Sallie James

Sallie James - Sallie James is a policy analyst with Cato's Center for Trade Policy Studies. She writes and speaks regularly on a variety of trade topics, with a research emphasis on agricultural trade policy. A native Australian, Sallie has appeared on BBC World, CNBC, MSNBC, CNN, Fox News Channel, Bloomberg TV, NPR, and other TV and radio outlets. Sallie received her Bachelor of Economics and Master of Economics degrees from the University of Adelaide, and her Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Western Australia.

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Keep trade on the back burner, please
12:00 AM 03/16/2010

Trade has remained on the back burner this past year while the Obama administration has dealt with domestic issues, especially health care, with the little activity on the issue being largely negative. There was the early caving into pressure from organized labor over allowing Mexican trucks on U.S. roads (part of America’s contractual obligations under NAFTA), and another capitulation in September, when President Obama agreed to slap tariffs on Chinese tires at the behest of the steelworkers. (more)

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