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Trump and Clinton are Both Wrong: Free Trade is Good for People

The benefits of trade in Michigan

… comes to the issue of foreign trade a lot of people from both sides … opposed to allowing a similar free flow of products and services … planks. But international free trade is a good thing. It allows … Many people blame foreign trade for the loss of some jobs, … evidence is overwhelming: Free trade always accompanies economic …

Despite Candidate Rhetoric, Michigan Exports to Mexico Continue to Gain

Freer trade is good for Michigan and the country

The North American Free Trade Agreement’s influence on the state … example of the downside to free trade. Yet a simple look at the data suggests that more trade with Mexico has been a boon … Michigan exports. Blaming more trade with Mexico for this state’s … ignores the other side of the free-trade coin that directly benefits …

Despite Union Leader Complaints, Michigan Exports Exploding

Free trade boosts the economy

… President James Hoffa criticized trade deals in the United States … Michigan, are being hurt by trade deals, he won’t find much support … chemicals. Michigan’s biggest trade partner is Canada, which receives … for Public Policy. “We are trading much more internationally … Michigan’s total international trade activity (the state’s imports …

Free Trade Agreements Have Been Good For America

… was published by Forbes. Free trade was a major boogeyman in … claimed that “we don’t win on trade” and proposed dramatic increases … expressed skepticism of free trade agreements in general. … imbalance a result of too many free trade agreements or a result of … are best realized when it is free from artificial impediments, …

Why Trump is Wrong About Trade

… unanimous support from economists, but free trade is one of them. Despite this, a … both political parties, was that free trade was somehow harmful to the United … President Trump’s assessment of free trade is misguided. Mark J. Perry is … economics blog, Carpe Diem. Lunch is free and is included with reservations. …

Free Trade a Boon to Michigan’s Ailing Economy

… Granholm scorned the landmark trade agreements of the past 15 years … whom reversing the growth in trade is near the top of their agenda. … from our trading partners. Free trade does not necessarily mean … reality that Gov. Granholm’s free trade hostility seeks to evade … state’s economic malaise on free trade may score political points …

NAFTA and the Benefits of Free Trade

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has fostered … principle of economics: it pays to trade. Keeping artificial trade barriers … prosper if it were one giant free trade zone, the bigger the better. … oppose NAFTA in general and free trade with Mexico in particular. In a supposedly free country, they want to punish …

"Green Energy" Subsidy Factory — not just Cap & Trade — the Real Test for GOP Energy Chair

… mining and “root-and-branch” nuclear reform, plus opposition to cap-and-trade and EPA-imposed carbon restrictions, as “baseline” requirements for the … latter is at odds with everything they claim to believe—smaller government, freer markets—but it's green’." Indeed, rolling back the “subsidy factory” will …

A Larger Perspective on Unions

Contrasting the oppression that unions face in Iran with the privileged position they have in the United States

… to Live in Dignity: Iranian Trade Unionists’ Struggle for Rights." … in which Iran’s independent trade unions operate; an environment … thousands of workers. Independent trade unions entered the fray to … safe environments and to be free from prejudicial hiring and … Cold War and the independent trade union movement in Iran today …