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DLC | Policy Report | April 15, 2010 | 
Update the U.S.-Israel Free Trade Agreement
By Edward Gresser
In the 25 years since its signature in 1985,
the U.S.-Israel Free Trade Agreement has sped the transformation of an economic alliance, from a relationship defined by aid and
tourism into a partnership among advanced economies founded on trade, investment, research,
and regional integration. A generation after its launch, though, the agreement is showing its
age.
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DLC | Policy Report | July 20, 2009 |
More Growth, Less Gridlock: Toward a New Trade Agenda
By Edward Gresser
As the Obama administration works to pull the nation out of its economic crisis, trade policy should accordingly work to
spur growth by promoting innovative new industries and clean technologies at home, and by
supporting the globe's poorest citizens and reconciliation with the Muslim world.
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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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DLC | E-newsletter | May 14, 2010
Time for Trade
President Obama set an ambitious trade goal in January: doubling exports in five years. We applaud him for it and support the goal. With one quarter gone and only 19 left to go, we need to step up the pace. With the big health and crisis-response challenges of the administration's first year met, the time has come for trade policy.
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DLC | Testimony | March 9, 2010
Preferences: Options for Reform
By Edward Gresser
No nation can do more than America to ease poverty and speed development through trade. As we fulfill this responsibility, we benefit from strengthened security and new markets. These facts have been the foundation of our preferences since launch of the GSP in 1974; and they remain so today.
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Trade Fact of the Week | December 23, 2009
World refugee population: 10.5 million.
Based on the available demographic data for 8.2 million refugees, the total refugee count appears to include about 3.2 million children under 12, including 1 million infants and toddlers aged four or younger.
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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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DLC | New Dem Dispatch | November 1, 2007
Idea of the Week: A Free Trade Agreement With Peru
Shaped by Reps. Charles Rangel and Sandy Levin, the Free Trade Agreement with Peru strikes a good balance between traditional market-opening measures and progressive social goals.
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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 | New Dem Dispatch | May 11, 2007
Idea of the Week: Reviving Trade Policy
Some real progress emerged yesterday on an unexpected front: an agreement between House Democratic leaders, led by Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel (D-NY), and the Bush administration on a template for future trade agreements.
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DLC | New Dem Dispatch | December 14, 2006
Good News On Trade Policy
In the "lame duck" session's final minutes, and thanks largely to the efforts of Democrats, Congress did manage to pass a genuinely important trade bill.
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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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