The Economic Populist: White House Messaging Doesn’t Match Reality
By Katie Hettinga The Wall Street Journal recently published an op-ed by President Trump in which he claims that his ...
The Economic Populist: Is Trump’s Tariff Policy Bark Bigger than Its Bite?
By Katie Hettinga This week, Trump proclaimed via Truth Social that he was increasing tariffs on South Korea to 25%. ...
The Economic Populist: Trump Backs Down on Greenland Tariffs
By Katie Hettinga Last week, Trump threatened tariffs of up to 25% on seven European countries and the United Kingdom ...
The Economic Populist: Venezuela Operation Delivers for the Oligarchy, not America
By Katie Hettinga Trump’s incursion into Venezuela last week added a military angle to what is shaping up to be ...
The Economic Populist: Big Tech Zeal to Weaponize Trade Pacts to Fight Competition Policy Exposed in Absurd House Hearing Targeting South Korean Digital Anti-Monopoly Laws
By Lori Wallach South Korea is a perverse country to target with claims that countries’ existing and proposed domestic anti-monopoly ...
The Economic Populist: Contrary to Trump promises, manufacturing jobs down, trade deficit up, nine-month data show
By Katie Hettinga Trump has made repeated promises that his policies would quickly rebalance U.S. trade, rebuild American manufacturing, and ...