The White House’s decision to send the pending free trade agreements (FTAs) with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea to Congress for approval is overdue but welcome news. With unemployment still above 9 percent, one can only hope that, nearly three years into office, President Obama is finally shedding his protectionist… Read more
Debates about trade and tariffs are a recurring element in U.S. history, and each time they have been resolved in favor of more freedom, Americans have enjoyed long periods of greater prosperity. Legislators should keep this history in mind and advance pending trade agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea… Read more
From the Korean War to Operation Just Cause in Panama to Plan Colombia, the U.S. has expended lives and treasure to protect Colombia, Panama, and South Korea from Communist aggression, narco-violence, insurgency, and misrule. The investment has paid off. Today, all three are increasingly prosperous democracies and… Read more
Abstract: President Obama has pledged to double U.S. exports over the next five years—an ambitious goal. But the President’s strategy of creating Export Promotion Cabinets and subsidizing loans is not the way to make that happen. The federal budget deficit—$1.4 trillion—is the largest obstacle… Read more
It started almost five years ago with free trade agreements (FTAs) reached between the Bush Administration and the...… Read more
Free trade advocates can finally rejoice in the long-overdue passage of free trade agreements (FTAs) with South Korea,...… Read more
Now that Congress has passed free trade agreements with Columbia, Panama and South Korea, it's a good time to ask why...… Read more
Free trade agreements (FTAs) have economically benefited nations the world over since their inception. Poverty rates in...… Read more
The House Rules Committee advanced three proposals Wednesday that may help curb a growing problem for the nation’s...… Read more
Congress keeps threatening to shut down over the budget, but there is at least one thing the two houses can agree on....… Read more
Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) visited Heritage earlier this week for The Bloggers Briefing and stuck around to chat in our...… Read more
The efforts of House Ways and Means Committee chairman Dave Camp (R–MI) to implement long-overdue trade agreements with...… Read more
The U.S. Commerce Department today reported that the country’s 2010 trade deficit was $497.8 billion, an increase of...… Read more
Last week, Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke delivered a speech at the National Press Club titled “Back to Basics: A...… Read more