At a time of high unemployment and political strife, trade is under fire. Imports in particular are criticized as harming the economy and, especially, costing jobs. These criticisms are misguided. Imports not only provide competition that benefits consumers and drives our economy forward, they support millions of American jobs from port handling to after-market service. Join us as we try to put U.S. trade policy on the right path.
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Edward Gresser
Director, ProgressiveEconomy Project, GlobalWorks Foundation
Daniel Ikenson
Director, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute
Derek Scissors
Senior Research Fellow in Asia Economics, The Heritage Foundation
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Ambassador Terry Miller
Director, Center for International Trade and Economics and the Mark A. Kolokotrones Fellow in Economic Freedom
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