Shanker Singham

1 week ago | dailycaller.com | James Carter |Shanker Singham

For many of us free traders, the Liberation Day tariffs were a shock. We initially saw the tariffs as a problem and took the view that any deal was good enough as long as it got rid of the tariffs. Yet, it is possible to remain a free trader while at the same time recognizing there is a brilliant method to President Trump’s seeming madness. This year’s National Trade Estimate, an “annual report detailing foreign trade barriers faced by U.S. exporters,” ran 397 pages.

2 weeks ago | washingtontimes.com | Shanker Singham

OPINION: Free traders have been tying themselves into knots over President Trump’s trade policy. Amid the understandable shock, they miss an important dimension of what Mr. Trump is trying to do. Part of the problem is that there has always been a divide between the policy and economic disciplines of trade, on the one hand, and markets and industrial organization, on the other.

2 weeks ago | routledge.com | Shanker Singham

Shanker Singham is the top conservative economist of his generation. In his latest book, he explains how market distortions affect trade, domestic regulation and economic growth globally. This new work represents Singham’s most compelling effort to illustrate the scope and depth of regulatory overreach with new metrics. I urge policy makers to use these provocative new insights to drive game-changing impact in their countries’ economies, poverty alleviation, and human flourishing worldwide.

4 weeks ago | capx.co | Shanker Singham

Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesPhoto by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images The UK can now count a hat trick of trade-related firsts since leaving the EU Digital trade corridors between the UK and US could make customs smoother The UK’s deal with the US can only really be judged when the whole of it is concluded It has been an important week for the UK.

1 month ago | grandforksherald.com | Shanker Singham

Investors feel the whiplash as markets react to on-again, off-again tariffs proposed by the Trump administration. The recent 90-day pause led to sighs of relief in some quarters and consternation in others — but Trump’s effort to remake the global economy is just starting. Some countries have gotten the message loud and clear, though not as President Trump might have hoped.