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Europe Must Choose Between America and China
In a multi-polar world, old certainties about the US security guarantee and access to markets no longer hold.
Trade Deals in the Time of Tariffs
The reciprocal levies aimed at allies have been paused for 90 days, now what?
Stop Freaking Out. Trump’s Tariffs Can Still Work.
Last week’s “Liberation Day” marked a kind of D-Day in the effort to reorder the international economic system.
Trump’s tariffs aim to reset global trade — and boost America’s workers
President Trump ushered in a new era of US trade policy Tuesday — a national course correction after decades of unfair trade practices
With Car Tariffs, Trump Puts His Unorthodox Trade Theory to the Test
With sweeping auto levies, the president is putting his beliefs about tariffs into practice on the global economy.
Bringing Back America’s Shipbuilding Capacity
Shipbuilding is a major component of any nation’s economic security.
Tariffs’ Long-Term Benefits Are Worth Short-Term Costs
President Trump’s America First trade agenda is worth it.
A New Trade Paradigm
The case for eliminating the U.S. trade deficit, supporting high-quality jobs, and expanding domestic manufacturing through fair and reciprocal trade policies
In Search Of The Invisible Hand
Adam Smith’s capitalism demands constraints on markets, not blind faith in them.
Trump’s Tariffs Face Long Odds in Bid to Bring Factories Home
Trump’s trade policy is trying to re-create an economy — and a way of life — that hasn’t existed in the United States for decades.
Oren Cass joins The Winston Marshall Show
Cass joins The Winston Marshall Show to discuss the benefits of tariffs for American workers.
Trump’s Trade War with Jared Bernstein and Oren Cass
President Biden’s former economic advisor Jared Bernstein and American Compass Executive Director Oren Cass debate Trump’s trade policies and whether U.S. protectionism will bring economic gains to the middle and Read more…
Oren Cass on the Invisible Hand
Adam Smith’s capitalism demands constraints on markets, not blind faith in them.
Oren Cass and Michael Gove Debate Protectionism with Tony Abbott and Daniel Hannan at ARC 2025
Resolved: Do Protectionist trade policies make us poorer?
USMCA Was Never Meant to Be Permanent
The first Trump administration’s USMCA deal needs to be just the opening salvo in our new trade dynamic.
Was ‘free trade’ really working?
Oren Cass joins the Spectator’s “Americano” podcast to discuss trade and globalization in the Trump era.
‘Tariffs can play a very effective role’
Oren Cass makes the strategic case for Trump’s using tariffs as a negotiating tool.
Trump’s Tariff Whiplash
Six reactions to the new administration’s aggressive trade diplomacy.
Trump claims first win in big tariff gamble
President Donald Trump claimed vindication of his strategy to use tariffs to wring concessions from foreign governments.
