In the wake of the global pandemic, American attitude on trade with China is beginning to sour.  Is president Trump’s hawkish stance on free trade the right way to go?  Has free trade made us more prosperous or mere stooges of foreign governments who take our jobs and rob us of billions in trade deficits?  Joining Josh to untangle these important issues is Scott Lincicome, international trade attorney and adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute.

This episode was inspired by a listeners email:

“Hello I’m a new listener and big fan of the show all the way from Massachusetts. I was hoping you would cover some economics like the supply side vs demand And maybe the debt deficit and why it matters. I know some of it can be wonky but I think your listeners would really enjoy it I know I would.”

Regards,

Raphael

While a discussion on trade touches only aspects of a broader discussion on conservative economic ideas, this episode will at least serve as an introduction to the subject with many more to come in the days ahead.

From the Cato Institution’s biography of Scott Lincicome:

Scott Lincicome is an international trade attorney with extensive experience in trade litigation before the United States Department of Commerce, the US International Trade Commission (ITC), the US Court of International Trade, the European Commission and the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Dispute Settlement Body. He has also advised corporate and sovereign clients on US bilateral and regional trade agreements and US trade policy, as well as WTO matters, including accessions, compliance and multilateral trade negotiations. Scott is also a Visiting Lecturer at Duke University, where he teaches a course on US trade policy and politics.

From 1998–2001 Scott was as a trade policy research assistant at the Cato Institute. Since 2009, Scott has authored or co‐​authored several policy papers published by the Cato Institute and other organizations. He also blogs on international trade politics and policy at his personal blog, lin​ci​come​.blogspot​.com.  Scott has a BA in Political Science from the University of Virginia and a JD from the University’s School of Law.

You can find Scott on Twitter @scottlincicome.