2020 Presidential Campaign

Trade came up a bit in last night's Vice-Presidential debate between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris. Here's what they said: Harris: ... The vice-president earlier referred to it as part of what he thinks is an accomplishment. The president’s trade war with China. You lost that

This is from a CNN Town Hall last week: GARRY HARTMAN, BUSINESSMAN: Vice President Biden, Cheetah Chassis is located in Berwick, Pennsylvania, where we produce intermodal container chassis. We're a small family-owned business that is facing unfair trade container chassis imports from, we'll call, a massive

This is from an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper that aired yesterday: TAPPER: Don't you think that one of the reasons why President Trump has been able to appeal to the blue-collar workers that you talk about is because of his message on trade? And that

Presidential candidate Joe Biden has responded to questions from the United Steelworkers here. There were some interesting questions and answers on trade. The whole exchange is below, but here are a few highlights: -- It seems pretty clear that ISDS will not be in future Biden trade agreements. -- He

It's hard to know when we will get back to the policy (or, at the least, political) debates that are part of U.S. presidential campaigns. We were distracted by a pandemic, and then by protests against systemic racism and related behavior by police, so there hasn'

In the coming months, we will start seeing political ads for the 2020 presidential campaign. Trade policy is likely to feature prominently, especially in certain industrial states. The Trump campaign posted a video recently that perhaps gives us a flavor of their message. The trade part starts around 17:50.