The state of Oregon is considering banning plastic bags in retail stores: Oregon lawmakers will consider whether the state should become the first to pass a ban on plastic bags, a measure recycling advocates believe would trigger a domino effect among other states. A bill co-sponsored by two Republicans and

The Report is here.  Its title is stark:  The Doha Round:  Setting a Deadline; Defining a Final Deal.  Aside from the fact that the report urges a "realish" deadline of the end of this year, the most striking thing for me was the magnitude of gains from concluding

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The NYT has an interesting op-ed today regarding developments in congressional antics regarding GSP, Trade Adjustment Assistance, Andean Preferences, and the Colombia-US FTA.  I won't try to replicate its description of the linkages among these, which remind us of Bismarck's observation that there are two things

In the comments, Susan Aaronson says: In the 1/25 Financial Times, World Trade Organization director-general Pascal Lamy argues that the way we calculate trade flows is inaccurate and is exacerbating tension over imbalances. The problem, he says, is an outdated system that assigns a given good only one country

In a new Cato Institute paper, Dan Ikenson and Scott Lincicome question the approach taken by many people who argue for free trade, and propose an alternative.  They start things off with a critique of the existing pro-trade arguments: ... in an atmosphere where demagogues peddle myths to mislead the public