Does Trump have a coherent trade policy?
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Posted inEconomic Policy
Trump’s Economy: Brute Force and Favor-Trading
The tariff threats against major trading partners preview geopolitical strategies that Trump’s Treasury secretary nominee Scott Bessent has articulated, with a dash of corruption thrown in.
Posted inTAP
Caterpillar Treading on Workers
Today on TAP: Why is the Biden-Harris administration failing to enforce the labor provisions of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement?
Posted inLaw and Justice
Still Bring Us Your Tired
Bad policy and worse politics threaten the post-WWII imperative to admit victims of persecution. But in parts of America, humanitarian migration remains a cherished tradition.
Posted inPolitics
The Swamp; or, Inside the Mind of Donald Trump
His orations about migrants are a pastiche of others’ golden oldies. Exhibit A: the lie that migrants are sent from prisons and mental institutions.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Gas Industry Squeeze Play
The Biden administration has paused new permits for natural gas export terminals. The industry is fighting back by trying to facilitate gas exports from Mexico.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Texas Is Challenging 150 Years of Immigration Law
Senate Bill 4 could be the vehicle for the U.S. Supreme Court to finally unleash Lone Star Republicans on the world’s huddled masses.
Posted inTAP
Invading Mexico to Destroy the Drug Cartels? Here’s How!
Today on TAP: Mexico (among others) might object, but I have a solution for that.
Posted inWorking in America
As Auto Workers Contract Talks Heat Up, Stellantis Threatens to Move South
Capital flight is playing a major role in the UAW negotiations, with U.S. plants at risk of losing work to Mexico being used as leverage.
Posted inPodcasts
Border Bullies
President Biden has kept far too many of Trump’s brutal immigration policies.