Trade Wars: Those damn’d torpedoes are OURS!
For many an age, a principal element of Britain’s strategy in its frequent wars with its Continental rivals was that of the naval blockade….
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IFT and Cobden Centre Video Series: Why Blockade Ourselves?
6 Reasons Why a Trade War with the Chinese Is Pointless
In a recent post I explained that China’s manipulations of its own currency hurt only herself and not her trading partners and, therefore, retaliatory…
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IFT and Cobden Centre Video Series: Free Trade and Public Health
China’s Currency Manipulation Harms China — Not Its Trading Partners
Americans are being told that China’s currency manipulations are causing harm to its trading partners, America being the main victim. Nothing could be further…
Read MoreTariff Wars and the Fallacy of the Balance of Trade
The world may be on the brink of a series of trade wars between the United States and both the European Union and China….
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IFT and Cobden Centre Video Series: New Zealand Lamb
We are working with Dan Hannan MEP’s think tank IFT to explain free trade to a wider audience. One of the questions I frequently…
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Benn Steil: Trump said the trade deficit hands jobs and wealth to other countries — here’s why that’s wrong
“The United States has an $800 Billion Dollar Yearly Trade Deficit because of our ‘very stupid’ trade deals and policies,” tweeted President Trump in…
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CFR: Trump’s Tariffs Are Hurting U.S. Competitiveness
by Benn Steil and Benjamin Della Rocca President Trump says that America running a trade deficit means that “jobs and wealth are being given to other countries.”…
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Singapore, Trade and Geopolitics
The Western media was incredulous. The Donald had disregarded diplomacy, scuttled out of the G7 meeting in Canada without endorsing the G7 agreement, and…
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