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The fast track to freer trade
Source: Cato Institute
Country: United States

"Free trade allows Americans to live freer and more prosperous lives. ... To promote free trade, Congress should pass a "clean" fast-track bill, one that specifically forbids the inclusion of labor and environmental standards in future trade agreements. (10/30/97)

The U.S. Antidumping Law: Rhetoric versus Reality
Source: The Cato Institute
Author: Brink Lindsey
Country: United States

This study examines U.S. antidumping laws, and whether or not they live up to the "fair trade" rhetoric of supporters. Available online in Adobe PDF format. (8/31/99)

Protectionist policies nailing the homeowner
Source: Cato Institute
Author: Brink Lindsey, Mark A. Groombridge, and Prakash Loungani
Country: United States

Americans paying for new homes are suffering the consequences of a protectionist U.S. trade policy with Canada on softwood lumber. Available in Adobe PDF format. (7/11/00)

Trade, Jobs, and Manufacturing: Why (Almost All) U.S. Workers Should Welcome Imports
Source: The Cato Institute
Author: Dan Griswold
Country: United States

The common belief that imports destroy American jobs is wrong. This study shows that technology and other non-trade factors "account for most of the workers displaced from their jobs each year." The report is available in PDF format. (9/30/99)

The benefits of free trade: a guide for policymakers
Source: Heritage Foundation
Author: Denise H. Froning
Country: United States

Froning contends that "free trade helps to spread the value of freedom, reinforce the rule of law, and foster economic development in poor countries and therefore, America's leaders should seek to expand international trade by including the unilateral lowering of trade barriers, the forging of regional and bilateral trade agreements, and working within international trade forums such as the WTO."

Nailing the homeowner: The Economic impact of trade protection of the softwood lumber industry
Source: The Cato Institute
Author: Brink Lindsey, Mark A. Groombridge, and Prakash Loungani
Country: United States

"Protectionist trade barriers in the softwood lumber industry impose great costs on businesses and consumers here in the United States in order to enrich a few lumber producers." This study examines those costs, and recommends abolishing the trade barriers. The report is available in Adobe PDF. (6/6/00)

The New Protectionists: The privatisation of US trade policy
Source: IEA
Author: Marcus Noland
Country: United States

"For half a century the US Congress effectively evaded its constitutional duty by allowing the US President to take the lead in the formulation of trade policy. ... More recently, new demands largely unrelated to trade have perversely affected the policy as non-governmental organisations have demanded a role in its formulation." (Adobe Acrobat) (11/99)

Paying the Price for Big Steel
Source: AIIS
Author: William J. Barringer and Kenneth J. Pierce
City: Washington, State: DC, Country: United States
E-mail: aiis@email.msn.com

A 324-page study on 30 years of steel protectionism, trade restraints and corporate welfare. Freely available online (html) or downloadable in Adobe Acrobat format. (6/00)

Free trade, free markets - Rating the 106th Congress
Source: The Cato Institute
Author: Daniel T. Griswold
Country: United States

This report grades the members of the 106th Congress on their propensity to support free trade. It is available in Adobe PDF. (03/01)

Trade, labor and the environment: How blue and green sanctions threaten higher standards
Source: The Cato Institute
Author: Daniel T. Griswold
Country: United States

"If the U.S. government wants to encourage higher labor and environmental standards abroad, its most important policy should be to encourage free trade and investment flows so that low-standard countries can develop more rapidly." This report is available in Adobe PDF. (08/02/01)

Steel Trap: How subsidies and protectionism weaken the U.S. Steel Industry
Source: The Cato Institute
Author: Daniel Ikenson
Country: United States

This report examines the folly of protecting the U.S. Steel Industry from foreign competition. It is available in Adobe PDF. (03/01/02)

Rethinking the Export-Import Bank
Source: The Cato Institute
Author: Aaron Lukas and Ian Vasquez
Country: United States

Lukas and Vasquez examine the history of the Export-Import Bank at determine that it "has little relevance in an era of increasingly open and sophisticated global markets." The report is available in Adobe PDF. (03/12/02)

The looming trade war over plant biotechnology
Source: The Cato Institute
Author: Ronald Bailey
Country: United States

Executive summary of a study examining the building friction between the United States and European Union over genetically modified organisms. (full report available as a PDF file). (08/01/02)

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