Clark Packard

Washington, D.C.

Research fellow @CatoTrade. The center can hold. Fan of globalization, Colorado, dogs and rock and roll. Deadhead. Opinions are my own.

Articles

Tariffs on Imports from China Are Still Too High

1 month ago | cato.org | Clark Packard

Generated with ElevenLabs AI technology. Relative to the so-called “Liberation Day” tariffs and subsequent retaliatory increases, the recent trade “truce” announced by Washington and Beijing is certainly an improvement.
US Withdrawal from the World Trade Organization Would Be an Epic Mistake

1 month ago | cato.org | Clark Packard

Generated with ElevenLabs AI technology. Earlier this year, Rep. Tom Tiffany (R‑WI) introduced a resolution to withdraw the United States from the World Trade Organization (WTO). The resolution is privileged so it will force a vote on the House floor in the coming months.
Polling Shows the President’s Tariffs Are Unpopular, Sentiment Will Likely Worsen

2 months ago | cato.org | Clark Packard

As he promised on the campaign trail, President Trump has swiftly moved to implement aggressive tariffs on imports from virtually every country, including areas only inhabited by penguins. Higher prices during the Biden administration helped fuel President Trump’s 2024 victory, so it’s no surprise the American public is souring on the president’s tariffs as he marks 100 days in office.
Americans May Bear the Brunt of Trump's Tariffs -- Again. Here's Where They'll Cost You

Feb 4, 2025 | cato.org | Clark Packard

If President Donald Trump wants to bolster American manufacturing, new tariffs are exactly the wrong way to go about it. February 3, 2025 • Commentary This article appeared in USA Today on February 3, 2025. Despite campaigning for two years on the benefits of lowering gas prices, revitalizing manufacturing and curbing migration, President Donald Trump on Saturday implemented a tariff policy that could make all of these policy aims worse.
Americans may bear the brunt of Trump's tariffs – again. Here's where they'll cost you. | Opinion

Feb 3, 2025 | usatoday.com | Clark Packard

Despite campaigning for two years on the benefits of lowering gas prices, revitalizing manufacturing and curbing migration, President Donald Trump on Saturday implemented a tariff policy that could make all of these policy aims worse. Ostensibly aimed at stemming the flow of fentanyl and illegal immigration, Trump imposed 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada and 10% tariffs on imports from China (America’s three largest trading partners).
Opinion | Trump's proposed tariffs will do nothing to solve our fentanyl crisis

Nov 30, 2024 | msnbc.com | Jeffrey Singer |Clark Packard

Earlier this week, President-elect Donald Trump announced he intends to punish all Americans because some Americans buy illicit drugs from traffickers, most of whom pay U.S. citizens to smuggle them through legal border crossings. Through increased tariffs, Trump wants to make Americans pay more for goods — including domestic manufacturing inputs — imported from Canada, China and Mexico (our three largest trading partners) until the U.S. wins the war on drugs.
New Defending Globalization Essay Just in Time for Thanksgiving: "Globalization Helps Feed the World"

Nov 26, 2024 | cato.org | Clark Packard

Generated with ElevenLabs AI technology. In anticipation of the Thanksgiving holiday this week, the Cato Institute published a new essay from Philip G. Hoxie entitled “Globalization Helps Feed the World.” Part of Cato’s ongoing Defending Globalization project, the essay documents how American farmers benefit from access to global export markets while trade exposure enhances the productivity of domestic farms and ranches.
Defending Globalization, Now Available in Paperback and Ebook

Nov 14, 2024 | cato.org | Clark Packard

Earlier this week, the Cato Institute published Defending Globalization: Facts and Myths about the Global Economy and its Fundamental Humanity, a book I edited with Scott Lincicome. Over the past several years, globalization has faced renewed interest—and criticism—from politicians and pundits across the ideological spectrum. Containing 25 original essays from several writers, including Deirdre N. McCloskey, James Bacchus, Johan Norberg, Daniel W. Drezner, Jeb Hensarling, Marian L. Tupy, Tom G.
Defending Globalization

Nov 12, 2024 | cato.org | Scott Lincicome |Clark Packard

The COVID-19 pandemic, war in Ukraine, simmering US-China tensions, and rising global populism have led to globalization facing renewed attention—and criticism—from politicians and pundits across the political spectrum. Like any market phenomenon, the free movement of people, things, money, and ideas across natural or political borders is imperfect and often disruptive. But it has also produced undeniable benefits—for the United States and the world—that no other system can match.
Defending Globalization Digest - October 2024

Oct 17, 2024 | email.cato.org | Andrew P. Morriss |Andreas Freytag |Phil Levy |Clark Packard

• Thirty-five years ago today, Boris Yeltsin visited NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. But it was a brief, impromptu visit to a nearby grocery store that may well have changed world history, writes Scott Lincicome• In light of the increasingly contentious nature of the US-China relationship, it is worth examining Americans’ views about economic ties between the two countries.