Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts
Monday, March 25, 2013

Smart Power

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One of the things not covered in my Cato Institute paper on US natural gas and crude oil exports was the potential geopolitical implication...
Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Giving Obama's Free Trade Legacy Some Much Needed Perspective

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Over the last several weeks, Americans have been treated to a pretty constant stream of news stories applauding President Obama's new fo...
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Monday, February 25, 2013

Permitting Oil and Gas Exports Is a No-Brainer

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The following entry was cross-posted at the Cato Institute's blog,  Cato at Liberty : Following today’s deadline for interested party ...
Thursday, November 1, 2012

Leading from Behind on Trade

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Last night, I lamented the last four years of politics-driven US trade policy stagnation and the United States' abdication of its tradi...
Thursday, July 26, 2012

New Podcast on TPP (UPDATE: Team Romney Reverses Course, Supports Japan's Inclusion)

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The good folks at Coffee & Markets had me on again to discuss international trade stuff.  This time, we went over the Trans-Pacific Par...
Thursday, June 21, 2012

Playing with Protectionist Fire

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I've frequently cautioned against supposedly free-market Republicans toying with "I'm a free trader but [blank]" protecti...
Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Good News: Canada Joins the TPP, But At What Price?

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As expected, the US and Canadian governments announced today that Canada would join the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations.  (To get cau...
Monday, June 18, 2012

Mexico Joins TPP as a "Second-class" Participant; Will Canada Follow? [UPDATE: Looks Like Canada's In]

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The big news of the day was that, as has been expected for the last week or so, Mexico has joined the ongoing  Trans-Pacific Partnership  ne...
Tuesday, April 10, 2012

VIDEO: Six Former USTRs Speak Frankly About US Trade Policy

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CSIS held a cool event last week with six former US Trade Representatives speaking about US trade policy.  The whole video is posted below,...
Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Guess Who's Blocking Canada's Participation in the TPP [UPDATED]

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Back when Japan announced that it was interested in joining the ongoing Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations - which currently include the...
Thursday, February 23, 2012

Zeroing's Zombies, ctd.

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When the United States first announced that it had settled WTO disputes with the EU and Japan about the Commerce Department's use of ...
Monday, February 6, 2012

Zeroing May Be Dead, But Its Zombies Still Roam the Earth (UPDATED)

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I've long lamented the United States' almost-decade-old refusal to comply with numerous WTO Appellate Body rulings (and a US appeal...
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Friday, November 11, 2011

Obama Administration Votes Present on Japan and the TPP

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As had been rumored for about a week now, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda announced today that his country will formally seek to joi...
Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Tuesday Quick Hits

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Happy belated early St. Patty's Day.  Here are some links to keep your lucky streak going: AEI's Phil Levy writes a great column ...
Tuesday, November 9, 2010

If You Read Only Two Things Today, Read These Two Things

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I'm sure I'll be found guilty of overselling these two articles, but alas.  First up is Kevin Williamson's hilarious, deadly-acc...