PUBLICATIONS BY Daniella Markheim
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2009 Research
September 28, 2009
Global Trade Liberalization Continues, But Risks Abound
By Daniella Markheim and Ambassador Terry Miller
(Backgrounder #2320)
The 2010 rankings of trade freedom in countries around the world, developed by The Heritage Foundation as part of its annual Index of Economic Freedom, show many countries moving ahead to lower tariffs and cut other barriers to trade. Other countries, however, are standing still or moving backward in response to protectionist political pressures and are likely to find themselves falling behind, with lower growth rates and stagnating economies.
July 06, 2009
An Act to End Trade
By Daniella Markheim
(WebMemo #2524)
The TRADE Act will erectcostly, protectionist walls around America's economy--sounding the death knell for the international trade system as a whole.
July 01, 2009
A Trade Agenda for the G-8 Summit in Italy
By Daniella Markheim
(Backgrounder #2293)
Time is running out for the world's leaders to strengthen the global trading system. In their July meeting, G-8 leaders should commit to eliminating trade barriers established in the aftermath of the financial crisis within the year, establish a global moratorium on new trade barriers and excessive use of trade remedies, and set a hard timeline and blueprint for concluding trade negotiations within the WTO.
June 19, 2009
Nuclear Energy Renaissance: Global Supply Chain Critical
By Jack Spencer and Daniella Markheim
(WebMemo #2495)
With protectionist sentiment on the rise, the DOE should be commended for recognizing the critical role that the global nuclear industrial base must play in reestablishing the U.S. nuclear industry.
June 16, 2009
Energy Cap and Trade Threatens American Prosperity
By Daniella Markheim
(WebMemo #2488)
Policymakers should maintain the integrity and freedom of global markets as a means to transfer clean technologies, keep international investment flowing, and promote economic growth and prosperity the U.S. and around the world.
June 15, 2009
KORUS FTA Strengthens the U.S. Economy and Alliance with Korea
By Bruce Klingner and Daniella Markheim
(WebMemo #2485)
Reviving the Korea-U.S. free trade agreement is a critically important issue for both countries.
April 24, 2009
Climate Policy: Free Trade Promotes a Cleaner Environment
By Daniella Markheim
(WebMemo #2408)
Regardless of the shape of any final climate change bill, lawmakers should maintain the integrity and freedom of global markets as a means to transfer clean technologies, keep international investment flowing, and promote economic growth and prosperity in the U.S. and around the world.
March 30, 2009
The Implications of the European Contribution to the Global Financial Crisis for the G-20 Summit
By Ted R. Bromund, Ph.D., and Daniella Markheim
(WebMemo #2369)
The story that Europe is telling about the global financial crisis is untrue: The crisis is not simply the fault of the United States.
March 27, 2009
G-20 Summit: Rhetoric and Empty Promises Will Not Protect Free Trade
By Daniella Markheim
(WebMemo #2366)
With the next G-20 summit only days away, President Obama and other world leaders are once again promising to oppose protectionism as a central tenet of their post-summit economic agenda. Unfortunately, these promises are unlikely to be backed with tangible policy action.
March 06, 2009
Obama Administration: Yet to Show Strong Leadership on Trade Policy
By Daniella Markheim
(WebMemo #2328)
The 2009 Trade Policy Agenda's general lack of specificity leaves much of its content open to interpretation, reducing its transparency and informational value to consumers and businesses trying to make economic decisions today.
January 30, 2009
Buy American Hurts America
By Daniella Markheim
(WebMemo #2256)
Looming large in the stimulus package passed by the U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday is the expansion of “Buy American” provisions that discriminate against foreign goods and services in U.S. government procurement.
January 23, 2009
Key Questions for Ron Kirk, Nominee for United States Trade Representative
By Daniella Markheim and Derek Scissors, Ph.D.
(WebMemo #2239)
In order to determine where the next U.S. Trade Representative stands on crucial issues, these questions should be put to the nominee during his confirmation hearing.
January 16, 2009
U.S. Partnerships with Canada, Mexico, and the E.U. to Streamline Trade Regulations Should Continue
By Daniella Markheim
(WebMemo #2229)
The SPP and TEC demonstrate that effective mechanisms can be found to improve the coherence, consistency, and effectiveness of regulation, enhance regional and transatlantic competitiveness, and develop stronger economic relations. In addition to supporting free trade, the Obama Administration should also pursue efforts within these initiatives that will result in greater economic benefits for America and its partners.
2008 Research
December 31, 2008
Time to End "Zeroing" in Trade Dumping Calculations
By Daniella Markheim
(WebMemo #2180)
America's refusal to eliminate its practice of "zeroing" in anti-dumping investigations erodes U.S. credibility in multilateral trade negotiations. With the new year should come a new commitment to cleaning up U.S. dumping practices.
December 22, 2008
America Should Support the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership
By Daniella Markheim
(WebMemo #2178)
In March 2009, the U.S., Australia, and Peru will sit down with member countries of the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership (P-4) to negotiate the potential expansion of the P-4 trade agreement. America depends on international trade—trade that can be made freer with the new Administration's support of negotiations under the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership.
December 22, 2008
The Future of the WTO Doha Round
By Daniella Markheim
(WebMemo #2179)
On December 12, the director-general of the World Trade Organization, Pascal Lamy, announced that he would not convene a ministerial meeting in December to conclude the Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations. The announcement comes after efforts to build consensus for a comprehensive agreement were held hostage to a handful of controversial trade issues, as well as changing political leadership in key WTO countries.
While a trade deal would immediately bolster confidence in the world economy, any further agreements are contingent upon whether, in 2009, WTO members have the political will to conclude the Doha Round.
December 18, 2008
Sovereign Wealth Funds: New Voluntary Principles a Step in the Right Direction
By Daniella Markheim
(WebMemo #2175)
The rise of sovereign wealth funds carries implications for global financial market stability and the national interests of countries receiving these funds. Newly released principles should help to ensure that SWFs are managed effectively, make sound investment decisions, and are more transparent.
December 18, 2008
New CFIUS Regulations Support U.S. National and Economic Security Concerns
By Daniella Markheim
(WebMemo #2176)
Only time and practice will reveal the actual effectiveness of the new regulations in carrying out FINSA legislation while preserving the open investment climate the U.S. economy relies on. Whether CFIUS gets that time will depend on the policy stance President-elect Barack Obama takes on foreign investment.
December 16, 2008
Protectionism Won't Fuel a Nuclear Renaissance
By Jack Spencer and Daniella Markheim
(Backgrounder #2221)
Expansion of nuclear power will result in increased demand for uranium. Growing fuel markets will create the environment that can sustain new enrichment capacity; artificially protecting domestic suppliers will not. The U.S. needs a domestic supplier of enriched uranium for national security purposes. The U.S. and Russia must continue to convert Russian weapons-grade uranium for use in peaceful power reactors.
December 12, 2008
Pass Pending Trade Agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea in 2009
By Daniella Markheim
(WebMemo #2167)
A trade agenda that includes timely ratification of the pending trade agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea would demonstrate a solid economic and strategic commitment to America’s allies and, more importantly, to America’s families.
December 12, 2008
Free Trade: The Fairest Trade Policy for America
By Daniella Markheim
(WebMemo #2169)
By keeping America open to trade, the new Administration can ensure that U.S. workers, consumers and companies really get a fair shot to earn and keep their place at the top in the global marketplace.
November 05, 2008
The Importance of Reviving the Doha Round
By Daniella Markheim
(WebMemo #2123)
Now that the economic storm has spread from the U.S. to much of the world, the need to keep the nation's trade and investment barriers low and competitive is even more critical.
October 24, 2008
Renegotiating NAFTA and Other U.S. Trade Agreements: Fixing What Isn't Broken
By Daniella Markheim
(WebMemo #2116)
The argument that NAFTA has brought nothing but woe to the U.S. economy and America’s workers is based on anecdotes and distorted data—and has gone far toward helping to misshape public perceptions about NAFTA's real impact.
October 17, 2008
Finding Pathways to Prosperity in the Americas
By Daniella Markheim and James M. Roberts
(WebMemo #2103)
Beleaguered supporters of market-oriented democracies can take some solace from the announcement by the Bush Administration of “Pathways to Prosperity in the Americas,” an attempt to enlarge free trade in the Western Hemisphere and create open-market policies that will carry over into the next Administration.
September 19, 2008
Trade Liberalization Continuing Despite Doha Impasse
By Daniella Markheim and Ambassador Terry Miller
(Backgrounder #2187)
The 2009 trade freedom rankings developed for the Index of Economic Freedom show many countries moving ahead to lower tariffs and other barriers to trade. This benefits consumers and businesses in those countries that will enjoy greater access to competitively priced goods from around the world. Other countries are likely to find themselves falling behind, with lower growth rates and stagnating economies.
September 19, 2008
aFinding Pathways to Prosperity in the Americas
By Daniella Markheim and Ambassador Terry Miller
(Backgrounder #2187)
Beleaguered supporters of market-oriented democracies can take some solace from the announcement by the Bush Administration of “Pathways to Prosperity in the Americas,” an attempt to enlarge free trade in the Western Hemisphere and create open-market policies that will carry over into the next Administration.
May 07, 2008
The Best U.S. Export-Promotion Strategy: Free Trade
By Daniella Markheim
(Heritage Lecture #1084)
U.S. government programs that subsidize risk offer above-market returns by privatizing gains while socializing losses. Advancing freer trade through a comprehensive and substantive conclusion to the Doha Round of trade negotiations and ratification of the three pending free trade agreements would promote both U.S. prosperity and economic development abroad.
May 02, 2008
Free Trade Agreements: Promoting Prosperity in 2008
By Daniella Markheim
(Backgrounder #2132)
Congress has an opportunity to help America reap the rewards of free trade. If lawmakers can separate myth from fact and assess upcoming trade initiatives objectively, not through the lens of campaign rhetoric, they can help to ensure that prosperity in the U.S. and around the world has a chance to thrive, both this year and in the long run.
March 06, 2008
Sovereign Wealth Funds and U.S. National Security
By Daniella Markheim
(Heritage Lecture #1063)
Sovereign wealth funds are coming under growing scrutiny due to concerns about the investment strategies underlying these funds and the fear that these funds could be manipulated to disrupt the U.S. economy or expropriate sensitive technologies. Properly monitored and regulated, sovereign wealth funds are not a threat to America’s national and economic security.
January 10, 2008
A Safe and Bountiful Harvest: How to Ensure America's Food Safety
By Daniella Markheim and Caroline Walsh
(Backgrounder #2096)
Legislating an unwise food safety policy could seriously undermine the primary benefits of international trade and harm U.S. households and the economy as a whole. America's food security depends on sound policies that mitigate the risk that unsafe products could reach U.S. dinner tables without reducing food supplies and driving up food prices.
2007 Research
December 21, 2007
Cut Shoe Tariffs to Help Low-Income Families
By Edward Gresser and Daniella Markheim
(WebMemo #1756)
Congress should repeal the tariffs on shoe imports and help all Americans save a few dollars on their next pair of work boots, pumps, or sneakers.
December 05, 2007
Europe: No Economic Juggernaut
By Daniella Markheim and Sally McNamara
(WebMemo #1720)
Europe must suppress its socialist inclinations and embrace open markets if it hopes to be competitive with the United States.
December 04, 2007
The U.S.-Peru Trade Agreement: A Winning Proposition for Both Countries
By Daniella Markheim and James M. Roberts
(WebMemo #1718)
Free trade agreements between the United States and Latin American countries will pave the way for a future of friendship, peace, and prosperity throughout the hemisphere.
November 30, 2007
Sovereign Wealth Funds No Cause for Panic
By Terry Miller, Daniella Markheim, and Anthony B. Kim
(WebMemo #1713)
Policymakers should not consider stricter investment controls in the wake of Abu Dhabi's purchase of 4.9 percent of Citicorp.
October 30, 2007
Trade Adjustment Assistance: Getting Reform Right
By Daniella Markheim and James Sherk
(WebMemo #1682)
Expanding a program like TAA that has no demonstrated results would be irresponsible; expanding such a program while adding restrictions likely to make it even less effective would be foolhardy.
October 04, 2007
Costa Rica and CAFTA: Chavista Rhetoric Threatens Trade Deal's Benefits
By James M. Roberts and Daniella Markheim
(WebMemo #1656)
Protectionists are waging a campaign of misinformation to dissuade Costa Ricans from voting to join CAFTA.
September 11, 2007
China's Yuan: Manipulated, Misaligned, or Just Misunderstood?
By Daniella Markheim
(WebMemo #1608)
Proposals from Congress would only hurt American families and businesses. None would provide a boost to U.S. manufacturing, exports, or jobs by making America more competitive.
August 15, 2007
Free Trade with Taiwan Is Long Overdue
By John J. Tkacik, Jr., and Daniella Markheim
(Backgrounder #2061)
A U.S.–Taiwan free trade agreement would (among other things) increase U.S. auto, rice, poultry, and livestock exports and open a significant new market for new research medicines. It also would signal Congress’s displeasure with Beijing’s trade misbehavior and demonstrate U.S. resolve in shoring up the eroding geopolitical position of a major American ally in East Asia.
July 31, 2007
Congress Should Extend Trade Preferences to Asia's Poorest
By Daniella Markheim and Walter Lohman
(WebMemo #1578)
Congress should act this year to extend the benefits of lowered tariffs to Asia's poorest countries.
July 30, 2007
TAA Reform Is Not Enough
By Tim Kane, Ph.D., and Daniella Markheim
(WebMemo #1574)
Rather than expand an ineffective job training program, Congress should consolidate all federal employment initiatives into one program that saves tax dollars and provides real assistance to workers.
June 28, 2007
Trade Promotion Authority Could Vanish with a Whimper
By Daniella Markheim
(WebMemo #1531)
Congress must renew the President's TPA so that the United States continues to lead and benefit from the global economy.
May 11, 2007
The New Shape of America's Trade Policy
By Daniella Markheim
(WebMemo #1454)
Details of the more controversial aspects of the trade accord between Congress and the Administration provide insight into the future direction of U.S. trade policy. It is a direction that may not promote U.S. interests.
April 16, 2007
Why Free Trade Works for America
By Daniella Markheim
(Backgrounder #2024)
Renewing the President's trade promotion authority to facilitate the completion of bilateral free trade agreements, reforming and reducing the scope of the farm bill to promote a successful conclusion to the WTO Doha Development Round, and guarding against populist, protectionist trade policy changes would go far toward expanding economic opportunity in the U.S. and around the world.
April 09, 2007
U.S. Trade Policy Tracker: April 2007 Update
By Daniella Markheim and Anthony B. Kim
(WebMemo #1417)
A summary of the current status of U.S. trade negotiations, agreements, and legislation.
March 08, 2007
Renew Trade Promotion Authority
By Daniella Markheim
(Backgrounder #2014)
Congress should renew TPA as it is without adding new conditions that open the door to protectionist policies that undermine America’s ability to remain a dynamic and dominant player in the global economy. Current TPA rules support the development and protection of effective labor and other economic policies without forcing unrealistic and detrimental regulations on developing economies.
February 21, 2007
Promoting U.S. and Indian Prosperity Through Freer Trade and Economic Liberalization
By Daniella Markheim
(WebMemo #1365)
An improved political climate alone will not be enough to break down the many barriers to economic activity between the U.S. and India.
February 05, 2007
Farm Subsidies, Free Trade, and the Doha Round
By Daniella Markheim and Brian M. Riedl
(WebMemo #1337)
The United States must make a meaningful offer to cut agricultural protection if Doha is to progress.
January 12, 2007
Reauthorize Trade Promotion Authority Without New Restrictions
By Daniella Markheim
(WebMemo #1307)
Congress should renew TPA as it is, allowing America to continue reaping the benefits of good policy.
2006 Research
December 14, 2006
Permanent Normal Trade Relations for Russia Would Benefit the U.S. and Russia
By Daniella Markheim and Ariel Cohen, Ph.D.
(WebMemo #1286)
Congressional approval of Permanent Normal Trading Relations for Russia is an important step in strengthening the U.S.–Russia economic relationship.
December 08, 2006
U.S. Trade Policy in the 110th Congress
By Daniella Markheim
(WebMemo #1281)
American and global prosperity have a real chance to flourish under the 110th Congress, but chance is dependent upon both the Administration and Congress having the will to work toward solutions on policy differences, rather than using trade as a means to advance a partisan agenda.
December 04, 2006
Congress Should Extend Developing Country Trade Preferences
By Daniella Markheim
(WebMemo #1271)
Congress must act on two expiring trade preference programs, and two new proposals, before the end of the year.
October 04, 2006
U.S. Trade Policy Tracker: An Update
By Anthony Kim and Daniella Markheim
(WebMemo #1229)
With 13 trade agreements under consideration, Congress and the Administration have the opportunity to boost America’s future prosperity.
September 26, 2006
The Economic and Strategic Rewards of the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement
By Daniella Markheim
(WebMemo #1223)
The U.S.-Oman free trade agreement advances America’s strategic and economic objectives.
July 25, 2006
Commit to Farm Subsidy Reform to Revive the WTO's Doha Round
By Daniella Markheim
(WebMemo #1175)
The U.S. should commit to reforming its farm support programs, giving the Doha WTO round a chance to conclude successfully
July 13, 2006
U.S.-Oman FTA Promotes Freer Trade and America's Strategic Interests
By Daniella Markheim and James Phillips
(WebMemo #1158)
On June 29, the Senate ratified the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA), and after a contentious and partisan markup session, the House Ways and Means Committee approved the pact for a full House vote in July. The agreement is contentious because of the perception that Oman is only weakly committed to protecting workers' rights. Not only is this a misconception, but the very structure of the FTA would promote stronger labor standards and their enforcement. Rejecting the FTA on questionable labor concerns will undermine continued reform of Oman's economy and send a strong negative message about America's commitment to freeing trade and bolstering economic development in the Middle East. Further, a vote against the FTA would also send a clear message that the U.S. values Oman little as an ally.
July 12, 2006
The Case for Permanent Normal Trading Relations with Vietnam
By Dana R. Dillon and Daniella Markheim
(WebMemo #1152)
On May 31, America and Vietnam signed a bilateral market access agreement detailing the requirements for Vietnam's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO).
July 07, 2006
U.S. Trade Policy Tracker
By Anthony Kim and Daniella Markheim
(Backgrounder #1949)
Continued American leadership depends not only on U.S. trade negotiators' intensive efforts, but also on con¬gressional support for free trade. Domestic priorities, such as fostering U.S. economic growth and job creation, opening foreign markets to American farmers and manufacturers, and increasing living standards, fully mesh with negotiators' efforts to promote trade liberalization.
June 13, 2006
The Need for CFIUS Reform to Address Homeland Security Concerns
By Daniella Markheim
(Heritage Lecture #944)
A strong economy, bolstered by free trade and investment, is a pillar of national defense; reform of the CFIUS process should therefore address the appropriate reporting and consideration of investment by government-owned firms without opening the door to protectionism and chancing the economic and political consequences of politicizing foreign investment in the U.S.
June 05, 2006
The Free Trade Future of AGOA
By Brett D. Schaefer and Daniella Markheim
(WebMemo #1108)
This week Washington will host the fifth Sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum, which will bring together governments and representatives of the private sector and civil society to discuss how the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) "can continue to be a vehicle to increase trade, investment and economic cooperation between the United States and sub-Saharan African eligible countries." Economic growth and development in sub-Saharan Africa depends greatly on increasing the competitiveness of African businesses and entrepreneurs. AGOA contributes to that goal by providing duty-free access to the U.S. market for most imports from the region. However, trade preferences are not the best long-term solution. For sub-Saharan African countries to take full advantage of trade to spur growth and development, their governments must remove barriers to trade among themselves and should enter into a full free trade agreement with the U.S. This will take time to negotiate and implement. The U.S. should begin work now to transform AGOA into a free trade agreement by its expiration in 2015.
May 17, 2006
After Dubai Ports: Getting CFIUS Reforms Right
By Daniella Markheim and James Jay Carafano, Ph.D.
(WebMemo #1081)
In the wake of the Dubai ports controversy, debate has centered over how much control Congress should wield over foreign direct investment (FDI). Proposals in the House and Senate would modify the law governing the Committee on Foreign Investments in United States (CFIUS), which reviews FDI deals that have national security implications. The bipartisan House legislation sponsored by Rep. Roy Blunt (R-MO) and others would strengthen the CFIUS process without unduly delaying or politicizing FDI deals. This approach meets national security needs while promoting foreign investment in America.
May 10, 2006
Facts Ease Labor Pains Over U.S.-Oman FTA
By Daniella Markheim
(WebMemo #1068)
A vote against the FTA on labor grounds would signal that America's stance on labor rights is more rhetoric than substance.
April 18, 2006
Free Trade and American Prosperity
By Daniella Markheim and Anthony Kim
(WebMemo #1040)
Americans have long reaped the benefits of free trade, yet the place of free trade in policymaking is far from secure.
March 04, 2006
Free Trade with the UAE Supports America's National Security Interests
By Daniella Markheim and Anthony B. Kim
(WebMemo #1006)
Increased trade is no threat to security; quite the opposite.
February 22, 2006
Moving Forward After Hong Kong
By Daniella Markheim
(Backgrounder #1915)
For further progress to be made toward concluding the Doha Round in 2006, countries need to remember that gaining market access for exports is just as important as gaining access to cheaper imports. The U.S. proposal would move beyond the impasse on agriculture and address issues of importance to all, including those regarding trade in services and manufactures.
January 23, 2006
Time to Put a U.S.-South Korea Free Trade Agreement on the Fast-Track Agenda
By Anthony B. Kim and Daniella Markheim
(WebMemo #964)
With the countries' strong ties and recent moves by Korea to open its market to U.S. goods, now is time.
January 12, 2006
Free Trade with Switzerland: Time for Action
By Daniella Markheim and James E. Dean
(WebMemo #960)
Now is the time for the U.S. and Switzerland to begin formal trade negotiations.
2005 Research
December 13, 2005
WTO Hong Kong Meeting Deserves America's Support
By Daniella Markheim
(WebMemo #937)
Free trade benefits consumers the world over, and strong U.S. leadership is necessary to ensure that the pace of liberalization does not slow.
November 02, 2005
America's Free Trade Agenda: The State of Bilateral and Multilateral Trade Negotiations
By Daniella Markheim
(Backgrounder #1891)
Congress should objectively debate the merits both of approving and implementing the U.S.–Bahrain Free Trade Agreement and of supporting U.S. leadership and negotiations in the WTO Doha Round. Domestic priorities, such as fostering economic growth and jobs and opening foreign markets for American farmers and manufacturers, fully mesh with negotiator's efforts to promote trade liberalization.
October 30, 2005
Time to Repeal the Byrd Amendment
By Daniella Markheim
(WebMemo #900)
Congress finally has a real opportunity to eliminate this costly and distortionary barrier to free trade.
September 16, 2005
Cutting Tariffs Will Speed Post-Katrina Rebuilding
By Daniella Markheim
(WebMemo #845)
To speed rebuilding and prevent price spikes, the Administration should exercise its authority to significantly reduce tariffs.
September 14, 2005
A Back-Door Threat to Free Trade
By Daniella Markheim
(WebMemo #838)
An amendment to an appropriations bill places the U.S. trade agenda in jeopardy.
July 13, 2005
DR–CAFTA Yes, Sugar No
By Daniella Markheim
(Backgrounder #1868)
DR–CAFTA's "fatal flaw" is that it does not go far enough to open the U.S. sugar market to the rigors of international competition. Political unwillingness to apply the rules and principles of free trade across all sectors of the American economy in a fair manner will continue to cost Americans jobs and impose higher supermarket prices on the American consumer.
June 23, 2005
Fatally Flawed: DR-CAFTA or the Sugar Program?
By Daniella Markheim
(WebMemo #771)
DR-CAFTA would barely make a dent in U.S. sugar protectionism.
June 16, 2005
Just the Facts: Debunking Some Myths About DR-CAFTA
By Daniella Markheim
(WebMemo #9999)
Congress should ignore the myths of DR-CAFTA and look at the facts. The trade pact will improve U.S. economic performance, support American jobs, and promote economic freedom and prosperity across the region.
2008 Commentary
December 22, 2008
Sovereign Wealth Funds And Protectionism
By Daniella Markheim
In October 2008, the International Working Group of Sovereign Wealth Funds (IWG) released a set of generally accepted principles and practices (GAPP) for the conduct, governance, and accountability of sovereign wealth funds (SWF).
April 14, 2008
America Loses by Changing the Rules on Trade
By Terry Miller and Daniella Markheim
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's sudden desire to change the rules on trade agreements carelessly throws into doubt a process that has brought unprecedented economic prosperity to millions of Americans — and billions more worldwide.
2006 Commentary
June 06, 2006
Congressional hypocrisy on free trade
By Daniella Markheim
Americans can be forgiven if they're a little confused about free trade. After all, many of our leaders certainly are. In the last year, various members of congress have introduced more than 250 specific bills to waive tariffs that harm their constituents. Clearly these leaders understand that lowering tariffs (a key component of free trade) on an industry-by-industry, state-by-state basis will improve the economy.
2005 Commentary
July 27, 2005
Beet-industry worry-warts need not fear DR-CAFTA
By Daniella Markheim
Can a trade agreement between the United States and six small countries in the Caribbean wreak havoc on Minnesota's sugar-beet industry?
November 10, 2009
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