Our trade with China is, to paraphrase William Lloyd Garrison, a covenant with death and an agreement with Hell. I wrote about it today at The Federalist.
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Two new articles
StandardToday at The Federalist, I wrote about three false choices in the debate over trade protection.
And at National Review, I reviewed Matt Stoller’s new book on monopolies in American history, Goliath.
A Bad Trade
StandardIn a free market with an unfree nation, we have created a competition of systems, and bad systems will drive out good. My latest from The Federalist.
Malign Neglect
Standard“The bill on 25 years of malign neglect has come due. With it comes not only economic upheaval but the realization that we have become so entangled in the communist sweatshop economy that we now lack the leverage to pressure China on human rights.”
I wrote about the causes of the trade war with China today at The Federalist.
Free trade with unfree nations?
StandardCan we have free trade with unfree nations? Not without giving away the store. I looked at the rare earths trade and rigged competition with China, today at The Federalist.