How to Fix the Trade Deficit

The Commerce Department is expected to report the U.S. deficit on trade goods and services in March was about $44 billion, indicating the United States is on track for another trade gap in excess of $500 billion for 2017. [PETER MORICI] May 1st, 2017 [Market Watch]  For decades, the trade deficit has been a source of…

Stephen Vaughn, the Hamiltonian at USTR Vaughn, the current acting U.S. Trade Representative, is a trade lawyer who shares Trump’s distaste for recent U.S. trade policy

What does “Hamilton” have to do with trade policy? More than you might think in the case of acting U.S. Trade Representative Stephen Vaughn, who counts himself among the hit Broadway musical’s legions of fans.   [DOUG PALMER] April, 27th 2017 [Politico] Vaughn, a history buff as well as a trade lawyer, says he has…