There are sure to be lots of events coming on trade policy in a Biden administration. I'll be hosting a Cato one on Thursday, November 12, at 12:30 p.m. EST. The link is here. Here is the description:
Trade Policy in a Biden Administration: Back to Normal, or into the Great Unknown?
The Trump administration made significant changes to U.S. trade policy. Trump’s trade policy team promoted protectionism and unilateralism, undermined the international rule of law, and shifted power from the legislative to the executive branch. The Biden administration will therefore inherit a messy legacy on trade and will have difficult decisions to make going forward. To what extent will it want to, and to what extent can it, return to the trade policy situation that existed prior to Trump? What will it do with the various tariffs the Trump administration enacted? How might it repair relations with allies? How will it interact with Congress on trade policy? It will take many months to get full answers to these questions, but this event will kick off the discussion of the direction of trade policy in a Biden administration.
The panelists are all people with U.S. government experience: Halie Craig, formerly a legislative assistant with Senator Pat Toomey; Nasim Fussell, formerly with the House Ways and Means Committee and most recently Chief International Trade Counsel at the Senate Finance Committee; and Mike Smart, formerly international trade counsel for the Senate Finance Committee, and Director for International Trade and Investment at the National Security Council. I'll be asking them questions, and if I miss anything, the audience can ask questions too, so please join us.
