tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post851949954639147328..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: An Exchange with Dan Ikenson, Director, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato InstituteRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-83491026107233433822016-08-16T10:17:39.126-04:002016-08-16T10:17:39.126-04:00I interviewed CEI about TPP two-plus years ago. Th...I interviewed CEI about TPP two-plus years ago. They endorsed as well. The view was that on whole the TPP was a net-positive even though free trade is better than managed trade. CEI has (or had) someone working with the US Trade advisory committee. <br /><br />The explanation was that hey, this removes 11,000 tariffs and reduces regulations and greatly opens trade and if the US wasn't Stuffed Pimentohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03631687618198640700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-30575801167130069532016-08-15T19:00:31.347-04:002016-08-15T19:00:31.347-04:00Certainly your last paragraph in the original post...Certainly your last paragraph in the original post is fair comment. Back in the day, CEI was the libertarian Washington group delegated with the task of criticizing managed trade, while Cato always endorsed whatever was in the cards "on balance." I wonder if that is still the case.Jule Herberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04010275785788333723noreply@blogger.com