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Oren Cass, founder and chief economist of think-tank American Compass, sits down with Freddy Gray at the ARC conference in London. They react to the announcement by President Trump over the weekend of reciprocal tariffs: the decision by the US to match import duties levied by other countries.
What’s the strategy behind Trump’s decision? And what could the consequences be for American companies and for global trade? They also discuss the broad political consensus behind free trade in the US since the 1990s. Given the ‘lived reality’ that faced many American investors and companies – for example competing with Chinese Electric Vehicles – was the free trade really working anyway?
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Oren Cass joins The Winston Marshall Show
Cass joins The Winston Marshall Show to discuss the benefits of tariffs for American workers.
Talkin’ (Policy) Shop: Balancing U.S. Trade
On this episode of Policy in Brief, Oren Cass is joined by American Compass policy director Chris Griswold to discuss how U.S. trade fell so far out of balance—and some ideas for how to rebalance it.
Trade Wars: The Art of the Tariff
From tariffs to mass deportations, Trump vows to shake up the US economy. Will it work?
