How the NAFTA renegotiation could impact Washington agriculture
President Trump has been suggesting that the U.S. could withdraw from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). For example, The Hill reports that earlier this week, “He told the senators that the United States may need to start the six-month withdrawal process to reach a better agreement with Canada and Mexico. Trump has previously […]
24th of January 2017
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal is dead. Reactions from Washington state.
Yesterday President Donald Trump officially abandoned the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement, just as he'd promised during the campaign. The TPP, as it is known, was a pending deal between the U.S. and 11 other nations. You can read more, and listen to our podcast about it, here. Not surprisingly, trade advocates in Washington – the […]
3rd of November 2016
A (friendly) debate on trade agreements & populism
Bloomberg View has an interesting online debate between economists Tyler Cowen and Noah Smith on "Free Trade and the Populist Backlash." Bloomberg sets up the debate thusly: The benefits of free trade have been a cornerstone of economic thought for decades. Recently, though, trade agreements have become the target of a populist backlash, with opposition […]
11th of October 2016
“The tariff is the meanest robber”
A month ago Mary spoke with Jon DeVaney of the Washington State Tree Fruit Association in a Policy Today episode about trade. In the episode, DeVaney mentions that China is a competitor for Washington growers as well as a market. On this point, see also this new USDA report. The report also gets to DeVaney’s points […]
8th of September 2016
18th of July 2016
24th of November 2015