Ending the Cuba trade embargo would shift sugar production back to Cuba and away from ecologically fragile lands in the U.S. “Protect the Everglades, not sugar farmers,” (Florida Sun Sentinel, Feb 16, 2017) argues: Unfortunately, the most important...
Since mid-August posts on the U.S./China topics are at the Debate Central website. Fifteen or so years ago, NCPA invited me to provide content for their new Debate Central site. Working with David Beers,...
NAFTA’s United States, Canada, and Mexico as well as the European Union are regional trade associations assembled from very different regional, political, economic, and social networks. Plus the governments of each U.S. and Mexican...
Wind and solar power subsidies jolted and damaged European economies, especially Spain and Italy. China’s economy received a similar jolt in 2015. Below we consider the claim that U.S. trade policy encourages Chinese government...
The Oregonian’s OregonLive post, “Case for free trade confirmed by new research” (March 30, 2016) reviews recent debates among politicians, pundits, and economists over the benefits of internationals trade and new trade agreements (and...
“Externalities” are costs imposed on others. A factory or farm dumping waste into local rivers or lakes is “externalizing” a cost of production. Reducing production costs by pushing air and water pollution on others...
U.S. federal government policies with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) involve trade and investment plus travel for tourism, education, and employment, plus migration. People and firms in the U.S. make agreements (contracts) with...
Who decides which food and food processes are safe? Who decides what food safety research will be federally-funded and food-safety regulations mandated? Georgia State University climate scientist Judith Curry’s Climate, Etc. post excerpts from Michael...
R Street’s “Some Ag Committee members draw millions in farm subsidies,” June 13, 2016, on farm subsidies, begins: Who benefits from farm subsidies? R Street long has been critical of our federal farm-support system,...
Reason.com’s June 13, 2016 post “Five Years and $500 Million Later, USDA Admits That ‘Food Deserts’ Don’t Matter” draws from a recent report on USDA program to address claims that people in poor neighborhoods...
