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 ...
The Economic Populist: White House Announces Flurry of Trade Deals and Frameworks
By Katie Hettinga In recent weeks, the press has been full of reports about trade announcements with Argentina, Ecuador, El ...
The Economic Populist: What’s at Stake in Trump’s Supreme Court Tariff Case
A ruling in Trump’s favor would be a more dramatic expansion of presidential power than all the previous extra grants ...
The Economic Populist: Another Week of American Workers Last Trade Policy
By Katie Hettinga Trump’s fetish for announcing any deal — seemingly without care about the terms in question — have ...
The Economic Populist: Beef & Soybeans from Argentina, Funding from U.S.
By Katie Hettinga It’s Exhibit A in Trump forgetting his “America First” trade commitments: Amid a growing U.S. food trade deficit that ...