Sallie James on U.S. Trade Policy
On reason.tv, Sallie James of the Cato Institute talks about the past Bush trade policy and the future Obama trade policy. It starts at about :50 of the video.
More on Chinese Internet Censorship as a Trade Barrier
At the Huffington Post, Michael Santoro and Wendy Goldberg make the case to the incoming Obama team for Chinese internet censorship to be treated as a trade barrier:
Almost all discussion of the harm done by China's strict censorship of the Internet focuses around its human rights implications.
More on Carbon Emissions and Trade
As a result of my post the other day on the carbon tax proposal by Congressman Inglis and Arthur Laffer, I received a call from Congressman Inglis' office, inviting the media, which to my surprise apparently includes me, to join a conference call hosted by Inglis and Laffer, where
Carolyn Deere on the WTO DG Non-Race
It is being reported that Pascal Lamy is the only candidate for DG. Carolyn Deere comments:
This year, with only one nominee at hand, WTO Members must nonetheless ensure that there is vigorous debate on the challenges facing the organization and the changes that the Director-General should pursue. They must
Accession Protocol Commitments
Henry recently mentioned the issue of paragraph 15 of China's protocol of accession. Here's the text (link is to a Word document):
15. Price Comparability in Determining Subsidies and Dumping Article VI of the GATT 1994, the Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General
Market Access for Safe Toys
Whenever I am talking with someone about the purpose of the WTO (or trade agreements generally), I like to draw the distinction between discrminatory trade barriers and non-discriminatory trade barriers, with the point being that we may want to treat the two categories differently. Putting aside the difficult question of
Gilston on Trade
I'm not sure I know how to link to this properly, but Sam Gilston of the Washington Tariff & Trade Letter was on C-Span's Washington Journal talking U.S. trade policy. He comes on at about 2:07:30 of the program, so you have to
An Anti-Dumping Case on Toilet Paper
An opportunity for some good puns, as you can probably imagine, courtesy of the Sydney Morning Herald.
More on Carbon Taxes
Somewhat related to yesterday's post on using consumption taxes to fight carbon emissions, Congressman Bob Inglis and economist Arthur Laffer argue in the NY Times for a carbon tax that is offset by income tax cuts. In doing so, they say:
The United States can’t solve climate
Trade and Carbon Emissions: Consumption versus Production Models
How can we effectively fight carbon emissions, while at the same time limiting trade conflicts that result from such measures? Geoff Carmody explains that the answer is to focus on consumption rather than production:
But an emissions production model only works if all nations sign on at the same time.