Anti-dumping is protectionist bullying invented in the USA in 1921 as an anti-trust weapon aimed only at foreigners… https://t.co/0HCMf46w2V
The Astonishing Simplicity of Everything — still, not simpler than necessary (https://t.co/yUpgohMbUE). Also, the U… https://t.co/yQf1rDx2XD
“The Tower needs to be grounded in ethics—and so, too, does the Square. Admittedly, that is obvious. But today, as… https://t.co/9u7Fj3nV1C
RT @sdonnan: The one new thing I heard on trade in Trump’s speech was his openness to negotiating with #TPP members “as a group  Let’s b…
Break out some more dilithium crystals! https://t.co/m170iojXgs

TradeNewsCentre CHART: G20 economies ranked by level of tariff protectionism | #WEF18 #Davos2018 bit.ly/2xwuyhA pic.twitter.com/t5dVOrREcp
RT @jkalbrechtsen: Lovely piece by Tom Switzer, new CEO of the CIS, on Paddy McGuinness who died 10 years ago on Australia Day. When one of…
RT @SimonEvenett: Am sharing findings today at @Trade_EU on how foreign trade distortions hold back Extra-EU exports, which have stagnated.…
Never met Patsy. But I have met and/or watched Bill, Clayton, Carla, Micky, Charlene, Robert and Susan. None of the… https://t.co/2VWZySAmrH
It’s fine to be lukewarm on agreements like #TPP, but I’m sorry to see @Adam_Creighton lukewarming on trade. Jobs “… https://t.co/IUa5fxb1za
The hysteria over Huawei smartphones (from AU agencies, too)::https://t.co/nv9rKWipgX
CDN is among the 11 who agreed some-TPP-text-or-other in Tokyo last night. Good — probably. But who knows how to as… https://t.co/xIl2s6ilVd
RT @BaldingsWorld: 1. Trump is wrong to impose anti-dumping duties on Chinese solar panels
2. It is the wrong fight politically domesticall…
True. Minor difficulty is that they’re expedient for too few. @elonmusk has apparently received a big dollop of exp… https://t.co/fv2KenbJjp
There is a way that safeguards might work even while “injury†metrics continue to deteriorate: if capital & labor u… https://t.co/Tu2EbRUL6R
Safeguards provide the wrong incentives for trade “adjustmentâ€, so of course they don’t work. Here’s a nice report… https://t.co/7mHNmRQpxJ
NZ now launching satellites. Hooray!:: https://t.co/3Ooh4RbLvL
An exotic tale of trade, money supply and financial recession from the days when silver, not gold, was the numérair… https://t.co/jvUWD4yRWt
WorldTradeLaw What does the US want from China? dlvr.it/QC1mg8
ATabarrok There is no growth in paradise.
@dikenson @sdonnan Dan, your assessment (knowledge?) of where this is headed is no doubt right. ‘Rogue’? Don’t S301… https://t.co/zMjWNy8OgP
This is not a case of “motes and beamsâ€. There are authoritative tests of WTO compliance by the USA and CHN (altho… https://t.co/gg1hkx8MWT
“Given these facts, it seems clear that the United States erred in supporting China’s entry into the WTO…†I, too… https://t.co/7gLlyhsV99
“We should never have let them playâ€! What wd. have been the impact on USA wealth/growth since 2001 of no MFN (“PNT… https://t.co/CryrZUG7vg
RT @insteconomics: The ‘next trading system’ https://t.co/KsPO6MNe7p
For all the criticism of the WorldBank’s Doing Business Index, individual component rankings are valuable. Why e.g.… https://t.co/uKxbCtFSaY
RT @kjhealy: RIP @textism. How very sad. TextPattern was a beautiful thing. https://t.co/ABVWZRPV2i
RT @snlester: If this is used to block Chinese investment in the US (more than we already do), it’s going to be very damaging to the US eco…
On model training data, see also: “Is Your Data Really Oil?†(from @joshgans + 2):: https://t.co/LKCkvHMN0u
Personalised “AI-based†treatment such as this powerful model for predicting individual glycemic responses to diet… https://t.co/vRZA95X0kk
Starting to hear that great sucking sound? Apple has liquid foreign assets said to be worth about 20% of AU GDP:: https://t.co/u6kGxY5d3D
RT @davidcollinslaw: Really good summary pointing out several issues that are often neglected by commentators… https://t.co/1LwO1Moyp6
“I think Trump is a transitionâ€. Praise for Trump’s foreign policy (there isn’t a ‘doctrine’: it’s just prudence) i… https://t.co/vFQcZoZC7q
Yes, these… https://t.co/wBHjwzGkuV
Ricardo’s great idea is the science of optimism: it shows there is always potential, even in sh*tholes. https://t.co/USxb10g1mT
@MartinRavallion’s 2012 critique of “mashup indices†of development: among them the Doing Business Index. Recommend… https://t.co/FBq1x92cHg
RT @SincDavidson: Fred Argy: RIP https://t.co/C24nIpNfV8
Graham Robb’s book “The Discovery Of France†describes the deep fragmentation of provincial France up to the mid-20… https://t.co/Fpni5fvdmM
Dopes in banks: “It was a big miss,†said National Australia Bank economist James Glenn, “… trade will struggle t… https://t.co/5fAa9mAmd4
AU government allocated $2bn in 2007 to a “Carbon Capture & Storage†program. But Audit Office reports “None of the… https://t.co/0jgAvWQtXh
Recall Paul Erdös’ response to Einstein: “God maynot play dice with the universe, but something is certainly going… https://t.co/gFcXVpF9GU
RT @insteconomics: There’s no excuse for maintaining tariffs on new cars. https://t.co/q5ivOhOVJ4
Recommended. Have used @kjhealy’s Pandoc/LaTex/R-based plain-text suite for a few years (w/ @bbedit not EMACS). Mai… https://t.co/bPiKtk0IMn
“Platitude: an idea that, (a) is admitted to be true by everyone and (b), is not true.†(Mencken). Discuss. https://t.co/j3VImta0cT
Competition policy is a pillar of the EU single market; something the #NextTradingSystem should emulate. https://t.co/a7Ah7EeBFn
@koenberden @koenberden I believe what I said is entirely true :-) Your objection is that it is irrelevant. You mig… https://t.co/xUqExIfoYH
Guess it’s curtains, then, for the Swiss banana industry. Still, Swiss tariffs (they’re ALL specific rates) on e.g.… https://t.co/aB3FXtom5d