U.S. Trade Politics

Here's how Austan Goolsbee, a University of Chicago economics professor who is Obama's leading economic adviser, describes Obama's views on trade: "I don't think he views himself as a protectionist," Goolsbee said. He said Obama favored expanding access to global

Yesterday was Barack Obama day here on this blog.  Today is Hillary Clinton day. In her recent Economic Blueprint for the 21st Century, Hillary Clinton sets out a "Pro-America Trade Agenda."  (As an aside, do politicians in other countries use similar phrases?  For example, do Koreans running

A number of bloggers and others have been talking about Barack Obama's views on trade recently.  Many seem to feel that he is moving towards a "populist" view on trade (some make this point approvingly, others disapprovingly). Examples of those in favor of a populist approach

Barack Obama is following-up his recent primary victories with some new thoughts on economics, to be offered today at a speech at a GM factory.  Here is an excerpt of what he will say about trade: It’s also time to look to the future and figure out how

In pulling out of the Presidential race, Mitt Romney said the following in his withdrawal speech: The attack on our culture is not our sole challenge. We face economic competition unlike anything we have ever known before. China and Asia are emerging from centuries of poverty. Their people are plentiful,

Here's an argument from Daniel Koffler that he is: Whereas Clinton has recently taken to pulling protectionist stunts and rethinking the fundamental theoretical soundness of free trade, and Edwards is behaving like the love child of Huey Long and Pat Buchanan, Obama instinctively supports free trade and grasps

The U.S. Presidential campaign is getting somewhat heated on the Democratic side, and the acrimony seems to have spilled into trade policy: On trade [Barack Obama] also criticized her for saying one thing and taking another position when she decided to run for the presidency. “Because only in Washington

The Republican candidates were debating in Florida last night. In response to a question about tax cutting, Governor Huckabee said the following: But let me speak to the really heart of what I think a lot of Americans are concerned about with the economy. And frankly, in talking about the

Over at Eyes on Trade, Holly Shulman has a great post about a conference in which several of the Presidential candidates' economic advisers talked about their views on economic issues.   She "loosely transcribed" what they said on trade.  Here are some snippets (there is more at her