The Best Answer to Trump’s Tariffs: Free Trade
In the Bible it says, “He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone . . .” It also has…
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IFT and Cobden Centre Video Series on Free Trade: Food Security
IFT & Cobden Centre Video Series on Free Trade
The Cobden Centre is working with free trade think tank IFT, founded by Daniel Hannan MEP, on a video series explaining free trade. Here…
Read MorePotato Chips vs. Microchips: A False Dichotomy
by Mary Lucia Darst It doesn’t make any difference whether a country makes computer chips or potato chips!” ~ attributed to Michael J. Boskin ~…
Read MoreLaw of Comparative Advantage
The debates about Brexit and President Trump’s trade machinations have demonstrated the blindness of otherwise intelligent people to the Law of Comparative Advantage. Let…
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Daniel Hannan MEP Joins The Cobden Centre
We are pleased to welcome Daniel Hannan MEP to the board of directors of The Cobden Centre. I have also joined the board of…
Read MoreTrump’s Protectionist Follies Threaten a Trade War
President Donald Trump has announced the planned imposition of a new, 25 percent tariff on imported steel and a 10 percent tariff on foreign…
Read MoreTrade wars
An overt trade war has commenced. President Trump has fired the starting gun, setting in motion an election promise, part of his Make America…
Read MoreThe Council on Foreign Relations Guide to the Steel Tariffs
Introduction In March 2018, President Donald J. Trump announced he will apply across-the-board tariffs, or import taxes, on steel and aluminum. Trump argues that…
Read MoreDoes President Trump really care about the US
On Thursday March 1, the Trump administration announced plans to impose 25% tariffs on imports of steel and 10% tariffs on imports of aluminium….
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