Publications
The past few years have been trying times for America’s farmers and ranchers. As President Trump’s trade war with China drags on with no end in sight, the outlook for the American agricultural…
From Hot Air:
“I don’t know what the president’s endgame is here,” R Street Institute’s Trade Policy Counsel Clark Packard emailed after being asked to crawl into the President’s…
WASHINGTON (Aug. 1, 2019) – The R Street Institute is deeply disappointed by today’s announcement from President Donald Trump that the administration will levy new 10 percent tariffs on the…
In recent months, the United States and China have been engaged in an escalating trade war that has included retaliatory Chinese tariffs on tens of billions of U.S. exports, with particular…
“Instead of seizing the opportunity to push forward with efforts to open up foreign markets, from trade wars and protectionist bailout schemes, the Trump administration’s policies have moved in the…
With Mexico and Canada’s trade with the United States topping nearly $1.4 trillion in goods and services, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has been a tremendous success.
Yet the…
From Reason:
“The announced layoff was an entirely predictable consequence of a failed policy,” says Clark Packard, a trade policy expert with the R Street Institute. “Tariffs are a really…
From Inside US Trade:
But the U.S. did not give away anything lasting to China to get the meeting with Kim, he said, putting the U.S.-China talks “substantively back where we were before the May…
From KXAN:
And Clark Packard with the R Street Institute says it’s only going to get worse until the two countries reach a final deal, saying:
“If we don’t see sufficient progress in…
From The Steve Gruber Show:
Clark Packard discusses the China trade deal with Steve Gruber.