Tori Whiting is the Jay Van Andel trade economist in the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation.
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After years of government intervention under the Kirchner family, in 2015 the Argentine people elected center-right candidate Mauricio Macri to be their next president. Macri… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Thanks to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Americans will be making a whole lot more lemonade this year, and saving money while they’re at it…. Read More
LawCommentary
Buried deep in the text of the 728-page water bill being considered in Congress is a costly provision that requires the use of American-made iron… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The World Trade Organization announced this week that it expects global trade to grow much slower than originally projected. WTO analysts, who projected global trade… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Steel producers in the United States are facing stiff competition from China and other countries, whose high steel production rates are driving down the prices… Read More
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In 2010, the Michigan economy was on the rocks—715,000 people were out of work, and the Great Lakes State’s gross domestic product had contracted by… Read More
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Countries around the world have made maintaining low corporate tax rates, as well as reducing rates, a priority in recent years. Meanwhile, the United States… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Obama administration is responsible for thousands of new regulations—including a historic number of major regulations. As the costs of these regulations add up, they… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
For nations all around the world, as well as right here at home, lawmakers struggle with how to achieve economic and social progress. Data collected… Read More
EconomyAnalysis
You may not know it, but May is World Trade Month. According to Stefan M. Selig, U.S. Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade: Every… Read More
