The Cost of Treading Water
All too often, bad news accompanies good news. And people usually want the good news first, so here it is: Economic freedom is expanding around the globe.
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All too often, bad news accompanies good news. And people usually want the good news first, so here it is: Economic freedom is expanding around the globe.
Congress finally has a real opportunity to eliminate this costly and distortionary barrier to free trade.
Market liberalization is the best way to increase tradeopportunities, but it will require Washington to adopt a new visionfor trade policy--one that reduces, not raises, barriers to tradeand grants the President the authority to conclude trade agreementsquickly.
Returning to fiscal sanity means setting priorities and makingtough choices.