Editor’s note: Marc Fasteau and Ian Fletcher are interviewed in this podcast relating to their recent article on the economic foundations of industrial policy. This podcast accompanies their recent article on the topic in Palladium magazine. Marc Fasteau and Ian Fletcher join Wolf Tivy to discuss the economic foundations of industrial policy, why manufacturing is…
Editor’s note: This is good news. Trump’s leadership potentially sets the stage for a vigorous congressional debate over continued U.S. membership in the trade body. [Doug Palmer | June 23, 2020 | Politico] Critical context: A provision in the 1994 Uruguay Round Agreement Act, which approved U.S membership in the WTO, allows Congress to vote…
Editor’s note: The major meatpackers in the US are foreign-owned, or they are stateless multinationals. Their warnings of meat shortages while exporting more to China are another reason that they shouldn’t be trusted. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker questioned how companies could warn of pandemic shortages while exporting record amounts of pork to China.…