Showing posts with label 421. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 421. Show all posts
Monday, September 24, 2012

No, the President Will Not Extend His Favorite Protectionist Tariffs This Week (Thank Goodness)

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A couple weeks ago, I openly asked  why, considering how much President Obama just loves the tariffs on Chinese tires that he imposed in 20...
Monday, September 10, 2012

Where's the Love for the President's Signature Trade Enforcement Achievement?

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As you may recall, President Obama has repeatedly lauded his 2009 decision to impose prohibitive tariffs on Chinese tires under Section 421...
Thursday, May 3, 2012

Best Case Scenario: Tire Tariffs Cost $900k Per US Tire "Job" Saved

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I've been traveling over the last few days, and am thus a little late to this story, but it's just too good to pass up. As readers o...
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Thursday, February 2, 2012

Documenting the Real - and Personal - Harms Imposed by the Obama Administration's Trade Remedies Policies

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Over the last few days, I've tried to document the myriad problems surrounding current Obama administration policies related to trade re...
Thursday, January 26, 2012

Classic: Poster Child for President's SOTU "Trade Enforcement Team" Is an Abject Failure

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I've already spent too much time writing about the stale trade ideas in President Obama's 2012 State of the Union , but one of the ...
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Monday, January 2, 2012

Meet the New Year, Same As the Old Year

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One of the big trade developments of 2011 was the continuing tit-for-tat protectionist battle (I refuse to say "trade war") betwee...
Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Obama's Tire Tariffs: A Very Valuable Failure

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A few months after President Obama's 2009 decision to impose steep tariffs on Chinese tires under Section 421 of US trade law, I noted ...
Saturday, April 16, 2011

Weekend Quick Hits

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Apologies for the light blogging this week - it's been a brutally long one for your humble correspondent.  But here's a treasure-tro...
Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Here Comes the Chinese Retaliation?

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Over the last few weeks, I've cautioned that America's absurd ethanol policies and the new US WTO complaint against Chinese "...
Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Wednesday Quick Hits

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Lots of headlines since last week, so let's get right to it: Cato's Dan Ikenson provides some much-deserved criticism of USTR's...
Sunday, September 19, 2010

Sunday Quick Hits

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I'm just back from some business travel, and there's lots to mention, so let's get right to it: Ten months of Section 421 tarif...
Monday, May 24, 2010

PC4D: Lee Fisher Blames Rob Portman (and US Trade Policies) for Ohio Job Losses, DMV Lines and Cancer

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According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer , the Democrat Party and its Ohio Senate candidate Lee Fisher are going after his competition, Repub...
Saturday, May 8, 2010

Section 421 Decision Does Nothing to Change US Consumption of Imported Tires

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It's been a while since we last checked in on the debacle that is the President's September 2009 decision to impose prohibitive tar...
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Friday, May 7, 2010

Friday Quick Hits: Headlines Edition

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I have a lot to share, so it's headlines-only today.  Yes, yes, I know: I'm lazy.  But hey, you're still getting your money'...
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Monday, March 29, 2010

Monday Quick Hits

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A few noteworthy items for those of you whose brains weren't fried by yesterday's WTO analysis : Crappy Anniversary!  On the six mo...
Monday, February 8, 2010

Monday Quick Hits

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A few things to note on a slow news day here in the nation's snow-covered capital: Vietnam has filed its first ever WTO dispute settle...