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 […]
Nate Olson’s op-ed in The Hill on bridging the US skills gap
Workforce development is the archetype of vital-but-unsexy issues. The Trump administration deserves credit for highlighting the potential of expanded apprenticeships and other forms of vocational training. Are they drawing the right lessons for a successful strategy? The executive order signed on June 15 suggests not. Read the full article here.
Nate Olson’s op-ed in The Hill on trade and the skills gap
Workforce development is the archetype of vital-but-unsexy issues. The Trump administration deserves credit for highlighting the potential of expanded apprenticeships and other forms of vocational training. Are they drawing the right lessons for a successful strategy? The executive order signed on June 15 suggests not. Read the full article here.
Steel 232 – and Another Thing, or Two
By William Reinsch In cranking out last week’s column about the steel section 232 investigation I left out two points that are important, largely because there was no room for them. Since the issue lingers on — and I continue to believe it will take longer to come up with a plan than observers think […]
William Reinsch Quoted in Bloomberg Businessweek on Trade and the US Solar Industry
Ten years ago an engineering professor at Georgia Tech started a company outside Atlanta with the hope of manufacturing solar panels in America. And for a while it worked. The company, Suniva, grew into one of the largest panel makers in the U.S., with 350 employees. But it was always dwarfed by rivals in Asia, which […]
National Security Import Threats – the Latest Trade Tool
By William Reinsch The new hot issue in the trade world is the imminent arrival on the president’s desk of recommendations for action in the pending national security (section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962) investigation involving steel. While the speed with which this investigation is apparently being done has led to suggestions […]
NAFTA: Don’t Expect a Short, Smooth Train Ride
By William Reinsch Authors of novels sometimes say that the characters write themselves — they speak to the author and tell her what to say. The result is that the book often does not end up taking the path the author envisioned in the beginning. So it is with my columns, which have frequently started […]
Trump Dumps Paris?
By William Reinsch This week brought unhappy reports that the president has decided to pull the U.S. out of the climate change agreement. If the reports prove accurate — the timing, I suppose, is appropriate since we’re heading into what will likely be another blistering summer here in Washington, D.C. Staying in the agreement, of […]