Today on TAP: The annual World Trade Organization meeting came to an ignominious end last week with no ‘progress’ on major issues. That is a form of progress.
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Posted inEconomic Policy
The Chinese Auto Conundrum
How can the U.S. hit its factory revitalization and climate goals when BYD and other Chinese automakers can sell for less?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Corporate Attack Dogs Find a New Subject to Bully
Beth Baltzan, a non-Senate-confirmed staffer to the U.S. trade representative, Katherine Tai, has been targeted by Big Tech firms as a way to sully Tai’s decisions about digital trade.
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 inPolitics
Why Alejandro Mayorkas Wasn’t Impeached
It may have had to do with his recent announcement on stopping goods made with forced labor, which potentially swayed a Republican China hawk to vote no.
Posted inTAP
Politico’s Hit Job on U.S. Trade Rep Katherine Tai
Today on TAP: A complex tug-of-war has been happening over the direction of Biden’s trade policy. Politico serves as a handy receptacle for Tai’s enemies to paint Tai as the problem.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Domestic Textile Industry Crashing Because of Trade Loophole
The ‘de minimis’ exemption allows Chinese e-commerce companies Shein and Temu to deliver hundreds of millions of packages of cheap clothing without tariffs or inspections.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Weak Link in Industrial Policy: Corporate Patriotism
When supposed national champions sell out the national interest
Posted inTAP
Regulatory Fiascos
Today on TAP: Shame on Gary Gensler. And the coup against Katherine Tai.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Bank Bailouts, Building Power, and Health Care Privatization
A look back at the Best of 2023 for our executive editor
