2010 MIIS International Trade & Investment Conference

Keynote Address by USTR General Counsel Timothy Reif AEI Program in International Economics Date: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 Time: 1:00 PM — 3:00 PM Location: Wohlstetter Conference Center, Twelfth Floor, AEI 1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 About This Event The Obama administration has emphasized the importance of enforcement as a central […]

Will the President’s trade agenda help to get American workers and businesses access to 95% of the world’s consumers that live outside the United States? United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk has recently commented on the President’s Trade Policy Agenda which is delivered to Congress by March 1 of each year. The Agenda and Report […]

The Asia Society (Northern California Center) is hosting a conference on Thursday, February 18, 2010 from 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. at the Silicon Valley Bank in Palo Alto, CA. The cost is $50 for students. The discussion will feature insider knowledge and expert insight into the Great Recession, economic relations between the US and […]

Russ Roberts, host of EconTalk, does a monologue this week on the economics of trade and specialization. Economists have focused on David Ricardo’s idea of comparative advantage as the source of specialization and wealth creation from trade. Drawing on Adam Smith and the work of James Buchanan, Yong Yoon, and Paul Romer, Roberts argues that […]