“What Will the US‐China Deal Accomplish on Tech Transfer, IP Protection and Innovation?” By Simon Lester and Huan Zhu, courtesy of the Cato Institute The US-China Economic and Trade Agreement, described as a “phase one” deal, entered into force today (30 days after signature, pursuant to Article 8.3, para. 1). The Agreement has created a […]
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How Tariffs Will Lead to Fewer Kids Playing Tabletop Games
Janson Q. Prieb, American Consumer Institute The Trump administration recently announced that video game consoles will not be subject to the upcoming tariffs. While this might be good news for companies like Sony and Microsoft, the same benefit will not be extended to tabletop games. With increased prices on tabletop games, parents are indirectly […]
Washington Beyond the Headlines: A Tariff Is A Tax!
By Andy Blom, TES Washington Editor While the impeachment circus goes on America’s economy surges ahead, unemployment is low and conservative and center-right organizations and individuals are doing lots of work on issues and ideas that affect America, and the world. Read on, it’s a busy week (except in Congress)… Tariff Wars, […]
Big players will be sorry they let WTO lapse
“WTO at 25: What has It Ever Done for Us? Welfare Effects of the WTO” Courtesy of IFW Kiel January 1, 2020 marks the 25th anniversary of the founding of the World Trade Organization. Whether it is looking forward to a rosy future is however uncertain. Their largest members, the US and China […]
The most unhelpful Brexit idea so far: UK-EU tariffs
Just Say No To Uk-EU Tariffs By Simon Lester, courtesy of the Cato Institute It’s hard to figure out sometimes whether Twitter reflects reality, but I’ve seen some discussion there suggesting that as part of the Brexit negotiations, the UK and the EU may be negotiating about the extent to which they will impose tariffs […]
U.S.-China compromise is (mostly) good news
“A Few Things to Like About the U.S.-China Trade Deal” By Daniel J. Ikenson, courtesy of Cato Institute More clarity and more questions emerged over the weekend about the terms of the U.S.-China trade deal, which warrants an update to this preliminary assessment published on Friday. The deal is pretty good for what is […]
Epic Fail: Trump’s trade policy in a nutshell
“Trump’s Trade Policy Has Produced Damaging Tariffs but Little Else” By Daniel Griswold, courtesy of the Mercatus Center Americans are about to enter the third full year of President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariff regime, which aims to promote US manufacturing, protect key industries, and prompt other nations to reduce their trade barriers. So, […]
High tariffs benefit a few high flyers – and that’s it
“Higher Tariffs Benefit Certain CEOs, But Almost Nobody Else” By Daniel Griswold, courtesy of the Mercatus Center A big reason why tariffs are so tempting to politicians is that the costs they impose on the economy are diffused. These costs are spread across millions of households and thousands of businesses, forcing them to […]
How should small countries navigate a “tripolar” world?
“The political dimension of a Swiss-US trade agreement” By Jennifer Anthamatten and Patrick Dümmler, courtesy of Avenir Suisse In the last two decades, global trade flows have shifted markedly, and the current geopolitical structure is in transition. The time in which there was an undisputed hegemon seems to be ending. Instead, a future […]
TES Weekly Update: Russian Bear Gets Cozy In The Tropics
Meet your fuzzy new best friend everyone Vladimir Putin may have promised that the “Russian bear” will stick to the cold climes of Siberia, but perhaps he wasn’t being entirely truthful (shocking, shocking). It seems the famous ursine avatar is sniffing around the Middle East and Africa — and Russia’s moves in these regions […]