Sanctions: The Never Ending Story
By William Reinsch Those of you who have followed what I have said and done over the years know that I have long been an opponent of unilateral sanctions. I learned that working for John Heinz in the Senate who thought they were almost always a lose-lose strategy. Because they are unilateral, the United States […]
Missed Opportunities
By William Reinsch I had planned to make some further comments on the NAFTA negotiations this week, but since it is so close to the date the administration must send Congress its detailed negotiating objectives, I decided to wait for that to occur before saying any more. Instead, this week, I want to comment on […]
Nate Olson interviewed on Marketplace radio program on G20 summit
Nate Olson was quoted on Minnesota Public Radio’s Marketplace segment on the global power shifts and economic harm that could result from Trump’s decision to leave the Paris climate agreement, and how the G20 summit presents challenges and opportunities as a result. Listen to the full segment here.
Nate Olson interviewed on Voice of America on Trump
Nate Olson was interviewed on Voice of America’s View 360 Urdu television program regarding the upcoming G20 summit and the challenges and allies Trump may encounter there. View the interview here. (9:39-14:43)
What Do We Do about NAFTA?
By William Reinsch A few weeks ago someone asked me to opine, in 200 words or less, whether NAFTA had “worked.” I pointed out that that question has been debated for the past 23 years, and whole books have been written about it. But this is 2017, and detailed analysis is out and tweets are […]
Nate Olson quoted on CNN on Japan-EU free trade deal
On the eve of a G20 summit with Trump, the leaders of Europe and Japan signed a free trade agreement covering more than 600 million people, 30% of the global economy and 40% of total world trade. -snip- “The EU-Japan announcement on a trade deal framework — big G20 splash and all — is a […]
William Reinsch quoted in Reuters on tariffs
G20 leaders will discuss steel overcapacity at this week’s summit in Germany, European officials said, as tensions rise over U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to use a Cold War-era law to restrict steel imports for national security reasons. -snip- William Reinsch, a fellow at the Stimson Center said if the threat of tariffs are used to […]
Managing Change
By William Reinsch Several weeks ago I spent the good part of a day at the Seventh Annual Summit on the Economy, put on by the Economic Innovation Group and the Governor’s Woods Foundation (one of the joys of semi-retirement is time to do this sort of thing occasionally). Many economic topics were discussed, but […]