Today on TAP: Don’t look for a grand strategy in Trump’s tariff policy—it’s mainly about impulsivity and bravado.
industrial policy
Posted inEconomic Policy
MAGA’s Gift to China
Trump’s tariffs aren’t helping America. But they are helping someone else.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Sun Sets on West Virginia’s Green-Energy Future
President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act was finally bringing jobs and industry back to the state. But not for long.
Posted inPolitics
House Republicans Take Aim at Red-State Economies
President Biden bent over backwards to help left-behind communities get factories and jobs. Their congressional representatives don’t appreciate it.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Manufacturing Boom We Already Had
A Q&A with Biden industrial-policy official Alex Jacquez on the right way to boost domestic production in critical sectors
Posted inPolitics
The Abundance Option
Fifteen years ago, I wrote that Democrats couldn’t build things anymore, and that Dems needed to better balance regulation with production.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Trade Policy We Need
Trump’s on-again, off-again tariffs are incoherent, but that should not discredit targeted tariffs paired with investment as a policy lever.
Posted inPolitics
For a Left Nationalism
Trump’s ‘America First’ nightmare isn’t the only way to think about U.S. identity.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Donald Trump Is Going to Destroy American Manufacturing
Bidenomics created a manufacturing boom. Trump is tearing that up by the roots.
Posted inPolitics
Is Industrial Policy a Political Winner?
A new study shows that Biden’s signature initiatives helped Kamala Harris—well, microscopically.