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PPI | Policy Report | September 10, 2002 | 
Toughest on the Poor: Tariffs, Taxes, and the Single Mom
By Edward Gresser
Examined closely, tariffs are taxes that hits poor families hardest, fail to protect jobs in light industry, and can be reformed at little cost with large benefit to the poor.
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The Straits Times | Editorial | April 6, 2002 |
US Tariff System Hits the Poor Hardest
By Edward Gresser
For some of Asia's poorer countries, 30-per-cent tariffs are not temporary measures, like those in steel, but permanent and normal American policy.
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PPI | Front & Center | February 4, 2009
Obama: Right on 'Buy American'
By Edward Gresser
President Obama's opposition to a "Buy American" clause in the stimulus bill is not only the right call, but a courageous one that shows the new administration is willing to do the right thing, even when it isn't the easy thing.
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Yale Global | Opinion | February 2, 2009
US and China: Grappling Over Economic Rescue -- Part II
By Edward Gresser
The two nations must first coordinate stimulus plans, then engage in currency diplomacy.
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The Wall Street Journal | Opinion | August 15, 2008
Free Trade Can Fight Terror
By Edward Gresser and Marc Dunkelman
[B]y opening up our market to Muslim countries, we could not only help American consumers, but also serve a larger strategic goal: that of boosting the economies which now produce large pools of unemployed, embittered youth. We can make trade an effective weapon against terrorism.
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Foreign Affairs | Commentary | July 30, 2008
Taxing the Poor
By Edward Gresser
A closer look at our tariff system would raise a question which is much easier to answer: should we really be taxing cheap shoes and clothes?
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PPI | Testimony | June 12, 2008
U.S. Trade Preference Programs: Record, Challenges and Future
By Edward Gresser
Testimony before the United States Senate Finance Committee on U.S. Trade Preference programs.
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PPI | Front & Center | July 25, 2007
America's Farm Policies and Their Effects on International Trade
By U.S. Rep. Ron Kind
The Food and Agriculture Risk Management for the 21st Century Act (FARM 21), will replace the current subsidy system with a more equitable, trade-compliant, and market-driven one focused on reducing risks for smaller and lower-income farmers.
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DLC | Blueprint Magazine | May 17, 2006
Raising Our Game
By Edward Gresser
How America can meet the challenge of global competition and maintain its lead in the world economy.
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Briefing | March 1, 2006
Connecting the Poor
By Shamarukh Mohiuddin and Julie Hutto
Billions of people worldwide living in low-income villages and urban neighborhoods are seeking information and communications technologies, and collectively, they represent an enormous trade opportunity for American businesses.
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PPI | Policy Report | January 30, 2006
Lands of Milk & Money
By Emily Bleimund
In order to bring the Doha Round to a successful completion, the time has come for rich nations to reform their agricultural subsidies programs.
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PPI | Briefing | July 15, 2005
The Progressive Case for CAFTA
By Edward Gresser
On economic and security grounds, CAFTA is in the best interests of the United States and the six CAFTA countries, and ought to be approved.
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PPI | Backgrounder | January 13, 2005
Hoover's Last Legacy: Time to Fix America's Tariff System
By Edward Gresser
Long after its Jazz Age contemporaries have faded into history, America's tariff system survives. At age 75, the tariff system is unfair, and barely relevant to U.S. employment or international competition.
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PPI | Fact Sheet | June 11, 2003
Who Gets Hit? A Summary of Tariff Policy in 2002
With a series of tariff reforms, free trade agreements, and special duty-free programs, the United States has created a trade system that affects different countries in very different ways.
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PPI | Policy Report | May 28, 2003
String of Pearls or Multi-Car Pile Up?: The U.S. Negotiates New Trade Agreements with 15 Countries
By Edward Gresser
No matter how good each specific agreement may be, and no matter how big the FTA program becomes, the truly central issues for American trade policy will not change: the Doha Round, the Free Trade Area of the Americas, the integration of Russia into the World Trade Organization, and a reshaped relationship with the Muslim world.
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DLC | Blueprint Magazine | December 2, 2002
Bad Policies Make Bad Politics
By Ed Gresser
Lessons from the Bush administration's klutzy foray into steel protectionism.
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Foreign Affairs | Commentary | November 1, 2002
Toughest on the Poor: America's Flawed Tariff System
By Edward Gresser
U.S. tariff policy has evolved into something astonishingly tough on the poor, both at home and abroad. This scandalous situation would not be hard to fix.
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DLC | Blueprint Magazine | May 21, 2002
Bush's Protectionist Tab
By Ed Gresser
The president talks a good line, but he's not yet chaste. And it's costing poor Americans a bundle.
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PPI | Speech | May 20, 2002
The Trouble With Trade Policy
By Edward Gresser
Speech text, as prepared for delivery to the American Association of Exporters and Importers, New York, NY.
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PPI | Policy Report | April 19, 2002
Kind to be Cruel: Why the Bush Plan Won't Help American Steel
By Edward Gresser
Internationally, the policy seems more likely to undermine America's broader trade agenda than to advance it. While at home, the new tariffs are likely to hurt the industry through price hikes and supply shocks that depress steel consumption.
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