free trade

  • VIDEO: Millennial Policy Center takes on tariffs — yeah, baby

    VIDEO: Millennial Policy Center takes on tariffs — yeah, baby

    Leave it to Millennial Policy Center to find the funny in President Trump’s battles over trade and tariff. They satirize Austin Powers in the process in the chuckle-worthy takedown you see posted above. While the Denver-based think tank for younger policy geeks is as conservative as Ronald Reagan’s reputation, it leans harder toward free markets.…


  • Millennial Policy Center gives conservative take on free trade

    Millennial Policy Center gives conservative take on free trade

    The conservative Millennial Policy Center has a lot on its collective mind about foreign trade. The Denver-based think tank that engages younger voters released five policy reports on trade on the subject Monday. The center’s Free Trade Project breaks down American-Chinese trade negotiations, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and how free trade affects…


  • SLOAN | Free trade vs. national sovereignty? Or, is that a false choice?

    SLOAN | Free trade vs. national sovereignty? Or, is that a false choice?

    Colorado’s Steamboat Institute arranged and hosted a fascinating debate at CU Boulder last Monday between Nigel Farage, the British MEP and former leader of UKIP who is touted as the architect of Brexit, and former Mexican President Vicente Fox, on the respective merits of nationalism and globalism. Both gentlemen were impressive and handled their respective…


  • Nigel Farage-Vicente Fox debates at CU teach students how to think

    Nigel Farage-Vicente Fox debates at CU teach students how to think

    President Trump’s recent move to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports is just his latest policy decision that has disrupted the traditional political order. Support for the decision has split conservatives between those who favor free trade and those who want to protect manufacturing jobs. But it’s also attracted some liberals, who are increasingly…


  • Millennial Policy Center takes on tariffs in its latest video spoof

    Millennial Policy Center takes on tariffs in its latest video spoof

      Free market-minded Millennial Policy Center’s offers its own quickie course on tariffs and trade – the upshot being that the two don’t mix – and pitches the point through its latest effort in video spoofery. “ScamWow: The Tariff Towel!” – a play on the old “ShamWow” late-night infomercial – mocks the superficial allure of…


  • Gardner’s sure got no beef with the end of China’s U.S. beef ban

    U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner issued a statement today welcoming the end of a 13-year Chinese ban on U.S. beef imports – reminding voters he’s all in for international trade that benefits his home state even if his fellow Republican in the White House is a trade hawk: “As Chairman of the Foreign Relations Subcommittee on…


  • Another vote for free trade — from the Colorado Farm Bureau

    Another vote for free trade — from the Colorado Farm Bureau

    One of the state’s most prominent voices for agriculture weighed in today on the side of Colorado U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner — and free trade — following his vote Thursday in the U.S. Senate against Robert Lighthizer as the Trump administration’s U.S. trade representative. The Colorado Farm Bureau, reached for comment, provided this statement from President Don Shawcroft:…


  • VIDEO: Sonnenberg sees hope for state ag beyond end of trade pact

    One of the General Assembly’s leading voices for Colorado agriculture, state Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg tells ColoradoPolitics.com’s Joey Bunch that President Trump “will help” expand opportunities for the state’s ag exports to Pacific Rim nations despite the administration’s decision to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement. Sonnenberg, a Sterling Republican, says, “…It’s vital to our national security to…


Welcome Back.

Streak: 9 days i

Stories you've missed since your last login:

Stories you've saved for later:

Recommended stories based on your interests:

Edit my interests