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A donkey stands on blue ground, carrying a large, precarious stack of colorful shipping containers—a visual metaphor for the heavy burden of tariffs. Beside it is the article title: The Impossible Plight of the Pro-Tariff Liberals by Rogé Karma.
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The Atlantic: The Impossible Plight of the Pro-Tariff Liberals
May 7, 2025
Aerial view of a busy cargo port at sunset, with large cranes, numerous shipping containers, docked ships, and a city skyline in the background—a vibrant hub where global trade thrives despite shifting tariffs.
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Commonplace: A False Start: Where is the American Left in the Wake of Liberation Day Tariffs?
April 23, 2025
Headline reading Trade, Monopoly, and the Fight We Can’t Let Trump Define with a subheading about tariffs, trade, and monopoly power. By Zephyr Teachout, dated April 17, 2025. This insightful analysis delves into how the ongoing debate over tariffs is reshaping America’s approach to trade policy and fueling the concentration of monopoly power—underscoring why we must not allow.
External Voices
The Nation: Trade, Monopoly, and the Fight We Can’t Let Trump Define by Zephyr Teachout
April 17, 2025
Donald Trump sits at a desk in the Oval Office beside a smiling man holding up a large signed document, possibly related to new tariffs. Two U.S. flags are visible in the background.
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Unherd: Is Trump trying to save China? His messy trade policy is a boon to Beijing by Daniel Rangel, Matt Stoller
April 17, 2025
A news article titled “With High Tariffs, Has Trump Ended Or Revived Neoliberalism?” by Matt Stoller discusses Trump’s tariff policies and their broader impact on global trade, featuring share, comment, and save icons.
External Voices
Column: BIG by Matt Stoller: With High Tariffs, Has Trump Ended Or Revived Neoliberalism?
April 4, 2025
A large container ship is docked at a busy port, surrounded by cranes and stacks of colorful shipping containers. Another ship sails nearby, with more containers visible in the background under a hazy sky.
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Op-Ed: The American Prospect: The Trade Policy We Need by Lori Wallach
March 28, 2025
Shipping containers and cranes at a port appear behind a headline that reads, What Trump’s Tariff Critics Are Getting Wrong, highlighting the ongoing debate over tariffs in the Economics section of a news website.
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Rethink Trade’s Lori Wallach for Project Syndicate: What Trump’s Tariff Critics Are Getting Wrong
March 26, 2025
Red graphic with the word COMPACT at the top left. Below, large white text reads: The Digital Trade Trap, referencing issues such as tariffs in global commerce. Large black text reads: Lori Wallach.
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Op-Ed: Compact Magazine: The ‘Digital Trade’ Trap by Lori Wallach
March 17, 2025
Yellow graphic with the COMPACT logo and the headline “Trump Must Do More on DeMinimis Lori Wallach.” Date: February 07, 2025. “Share” is in the bottom right corner.
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Op-Ed: Compact Magazine: Trump Must Do More on De Minimis Lori Wallach
February 8, 2025
Blue background with bold white headline: How Trump’s billionaire pick for commerce secretary could backfire on Republicans. Smaller text discusses public statements, tariff views, and Lutnik connections that may influence policy decisions.
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MSNBC: How Trump’s billionaire pick for commerce secretary could backfire on Republicans by Lori Wallach
November 24, 2024
Kamala Harris has a chance to outflank Trump’s rhetoric on tariffs—and lay out her own vision of fair, green, worker-first global commerce. October 13, 2024
External Voices
NY Books: Harris’s Chance on Trade by Zephyr Teachout (10/13/2024)
October 24, 2024
Screenshot of a Governing article titled “How Federal Trade Deals Threaten States’ Crackdowns on Big Tech,” discussing how lobbyists push for trade deal provisions that could weaken state regulations.
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Op-Ed: Governing: How Federal Trade Deals Threaten States’ Crackdowns on Big Tech
September 17, 2024
Screenshot of Title from Joseph Stiglitz Foreign Policy piece
External Voices
Op-Ed: Foreign Policy: by: Joseph Stiglitz – Big Tech Is Trying to Prevent Debate About Its Social Harms
April 4, 2024
A screenshot of the art used for Professor Stiglitz's op-ed. It's a picture of Lady Justice with a purple background, and an overlay of a mouse hand.
External Voices
Op-Ed: Project Syndicate: A Big Defeat for Big Tech by Joseph Stiglitz
March 26, 2024
A hand uses a screwdriver to work on a disassembled smartphone, with various electronic components and circuit boards spread on a table.
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Op-Ed: Tech Policy Press: Trade Pacts Should Not Have Special Secrecy Guarantees for Source Code & Algorithms
February 12, 2024
A digital world map made of glowing lights overlays a background of stacked shipping containers, symbolizing global trade and logistics.
External Voices
Op-Ed: Chicago Tribune: Rep. Jan Schakowsky and Claude Cummings Jr.: The Biden administration is fighting back against Big Tech
February 8, 2024
A woman sits inside a large tractor wheel holding a sign that reads, Tractor repair restrictions: FIXED, on a paved area near some steps outside a building.
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Op-Ed: Globe and Mail: The Right to Repair needs to extend to software, too – and trade deals could be in the way
November 29, 2023
A close-up of a U.S. one hundred dollar bill featuring Benjamin Franklins portrait, partially shadowed with visible blue security strip and intricate details.
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The Hill Op-Ed: Special-interest privileges threaten to derail Biden’s ambitions for the Western Hemisphere
November 7, 2023