Throughout US history, trade has been politically contentious. It engenders controversy because trade has distributive consequences. Trade generates economic gains for some, but losses for others. And who the winners and losers are within a given country shifts over time. Policymakers anticipated the political backlash trade could provoke and constructed institutions to manage it. In … Read More

Today, Representatives John Garamendi (CA-08) and James Gallagher (CA-01) reintroduced the American Food for American Schools Act, legislation to ensure that American-grown food is served in school meals. Senators Tim Sheehy (R-MT) and Adam Schiff (D-CA) introduced companion legislation in the U.S. Senate. “California is the largest agricultural producer in the United States, providing produce … Read More

In March 2025, Premier Doug Ford ordered the LCBO to strip American alcohol from its shelves and wholesale catalogue in a bid to pressure Washington to drop its tariffs on Canadian exports. Last week, Washington answered. President Donald Trump announced 50 per cent tariffs on nearly $20 billion of Canadian goods, including our beer, wine … Read More

American breweries purchase more than $1 billion in grain, barley and other agricultural inputs from U.S. farmers every year. In a state like Iowa, where agriculture is the backbone of the economy and essential to the identity of our communities, that demand directly supports our way of life. Unfortunately, this connection is under threat due … Read More

Shein says it swung to a quarterly loss as its sales slowed after US President Donald Trump removed an import duty exemption on small packages. It also comes as uncertainty remains over the tit-for-tat US-China tariffs wars, which is currently paused. The fast-fashion giant, which has its headquarters in Singapore but was founded in China, … Read More

The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today released a new report, “The Hollowing Out of America’s Medicine Cabinet: Two Case Studies in Lost Generic Manufacturing – and a Plan to Rebuild Domestic Capacity,” documenting the collapse of U.S. generic pharmaceutical manufacturing and laying out a policy roadmap to rebuild it. The report finds that … Read More

While American cars and culture have always enjoyed a passionate following among hobbyists in Japan, American brands in the mainstream lag far behind not just Japanese domestic brands but European imports as well. This is slowly changing, but it’s not Chevrolet or Ford that is winning over Japanese buyers — it’s Tesla. The American electric car … Read More

Democrats in the US Congress have laid out plans for what they say would be the “boldest” bid to revitalize the country’s industrial heartlands since the second world war – using revenue raised by tariffs on China. A bill introduced this week would create a new bank to strengthen domestic manufacturing, provided with up to … Read More

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE), Dr. Muda Yusuf, has said Nigeria is unlikely to suffer any significant economic setback from the decision by the United States Government to impose a 12.5 per cent tariff on imports from Nigeria, arguing that the country’s export structure and trading patterns … Read More

Robert Lighthizer uses U.S. bulk commodity agriculture as an example. “We’re more competitive, and we’re more discriminated against around the world. I’ve always said that no group suffers more from protectionism abroad than agriculture.” Speaking during the Iowa Farm Bureau Economic Summit earlier this month, he said politics get in the way of free trade. … Read More