Bryan Riley is director of the National Taxpayers Union's Free Trade Initiative. He previously was an advocate for free trade through his research and writing for The Heritage Foundation, where he was the Jay Van Andel senior analyst in trade policy.
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The new Republican Party platform suggests: “We need better-negotiated trade agreements that put America first.” Here are nine ways future trade agreements could really put… Read More
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Britain’s vote to leave the European Union serves as a lesson for U.S. trade negotiators that the goal of trade agreements should be to increase… Read More
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In 2012, 51 leading economic experts were asked what they thought about the following statement: On average, citizens of the U.S. have been better off with… Read More
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Rep. Gary Palmer, R-Ala., recently proposed an amendment to legislation on Puerto Rico that would exempt the island from the Jones Act. The Merchant Marine… Read More
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The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), which is the government agency whose mission includes providing the president and Congress with independent analysis of international trade issues,… Read More
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New Balance Athletic Shoes, which manufactures some of its shoes in the United States, has recently been pushing Congress for a “Made in the USA”… Read More
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One of the most persistent myths about international trade is that American manufacturing workers can’t compete with foreign workers who are paid much less. That… Read More
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More than any other age group, people under the age of thirty (“millennials”) understand the important role international trade plays in the U.S. economy. Strong… Read More
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The newly released Economic Report of the president from the Council of Economic Advisors mentions “inequality” 235 times and “freedom” just once—and that’s with respect… Read More
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Last week, the Obama administration released the text of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership—a trade pact between the U.S. and 11 other Pacific Rim countries. Advocates… Read More
