A new report reveals that the industry’s significant increases in lobbying expenses are paying off.
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The Political Economy of Diesel
Trump is trying every possible short-term trick to cut diesel prices. None of it will work; he might as well command the tide to recede.
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Trump’s Pander Diplomacy
At the White House Summit, Xi played Trump for a fool. It didn’t take much.
Posted inPolitics
Republicans Had 690 Days to Oppose Trump
They’re trying to cram all the opposition into the last 40 before the election.
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Mark Carney Is No Hero
His trade war with Trump is a handy distraction from unpopular and neoliberal domestic Canadian policies.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Cattle Ranchers Have a Beef With Trump
The tariff-free importation of 300,000 metric tons of potentially substandard beef crashed cattle markets. Trump’s makeup plans to placate ranchers are lacking in substance.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Canada Strikes Back
Ottawa paid a price to open the Gordie Howe International Bridge. Now the bet is that retaliatory tariffs plus the midterms force Americans to end meme-driven trade policy.
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Why Are We (and Were We) in Vietnam?
The nation that defeated the U.S. 50 years ago now has the largest trade surplus with us of any nation.
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How Trump Is Destroying Detroit
His takedown of the U.S. auto industry can’t be good for Republicans in Michigan either.
Posted inEconomic Policy
How Trump Declared Economic War on His Own People
The simultaneous economic sanctions on Iran and Canada will make everything you buy cost more—if we’re lucky.