Sentences with phrase «many trade economists»

«Research that I and others have done suggests that Mexico has had a nice little income boost overall from NAFTA,» Gordon Hanson, a trade economist at UCLA, told me.

But few trade economists would say that a trade war is good or that it should be sought out; most think of trade wars as something to be avoided — or, at most, endured for the sake of protecting an industry that needs a helping hand from the government.

Free - trade economists say these types of moves don't do much to protect workers, and anything that raises the price of steel hurts other American industries.

4:30 CDT / 5: 30 pm EDT: Tori K. Whiting, Jay Van Andel Trade Economist at Heritage's Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies: China Trade Wars;

Philip Levy, senior White House trade economist for President George W. Bush, said the Trump administration «comes off as belligerent» in the document.

Dmitry Lysenko is a trade economist with the Government of Nova Scotia.

Professor Trefler is an internationally respected trade economist, known for his path - breaking contributions to fundamental research.

Before obtaining her veterinary degree, Dr. Mullen was as a trade economist in Washington, D.C.. However, a yearning to be closer to the horses she had always loved, motivated her to apply to veterinary school.

His professional experience working in Europe, Latin America and Asia uniquely qualifies him as a global trade economist.

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Kiely then glanced over his shoulder before Lakos — the economist doing the talking — crossed through the trading floor to the studio at the end of his 90 - second interview.

And Avery Shenfeld, chief economist at CIBC World Markets: «The NAFTA comments, and favourable comparison of the trade relationship with Canada relative to Mexico, should give at least some comfort to Canadian economy watchers.»

The fact is, most economists agree that trade deficits are not necessarily bad for the U.S. economy nor do they reflect some camouflaged version of a trade war, as Ross asserts.

Neutral reports on the Trump administration's trade policy tend to include a line advising readers that most economists disagree with just about everything that comes out of the mouths of the president, Ross and Robert Lighthizer, the U.S. trade representative and leader of the American side at the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreetrade policy tend to include a line advising readers that most economists disagree with just about everything that comes out of the mouths of the president, Ross and Robert Lighthizer, the U.S. trade representative and leader of the American side at the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreetrade representative and leader of the American side at the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade AgreeTrade Agreement.

Jacqueline Palladini is a Senior Economist with the Conference Board of Canada and contributes to research on global trade and investment as part of the Global Commerce Centre.

«It works against the administration's goal of increasing U.S. exports to eliminate our trade deficit,» says Dan Ikensen, an economist at the Cato Institute.

Morneau's comments came after he met with private sector economists in Toronto to get their input on everything from the North American Free Trade Agreement to global economic uncertainty ahead of the federal budget on Feb. 27.

The majority of banks and economists have forecast a UK recession in the wake of Britain's shock decision to leave the European Union, as investment and trade suffer from the uncertainty around the country's future.

The Republican presidential front - runner's campaign pledges to impose 45 percent tariffs on all imports from China and 35 percent on many goods from Mexico would spark financial market turmoil and possibly even a recession, former trade negotiators, trade lawyers, economists and business executives told Reuters.

Bob Baur, chief global economist at Principal Global investors in Tokyo said that a yen trading in a range of 95 - 100 to the dollar would be positive for Japan's economy.

Over the objections of economists, trade advisors, and foreign governments, President Herbert Hoover signed the bill into law.

WASHINGTON, March 7 - An economist who believes that Chinese goods are literally poisoning Americans, advocates ending Washington's «One China» policy and says trade deals have weakened the United States economically with the connivance of U.S. business has emerged as the big winner from renewed turmoil in the White House.

A trade war would be a risk to Japan's economic growth story, says Andrew Staples of the Economist Corporate Network.

Dana Peterson, a Citigroup economist, said the use of tariffs for national security reasons is a centerpiece of Trump's trade policy and the use takes trade disputes into a new territory.

«The cost of a trade war will be tremendous and it will make everyone unhappy,» Junichi Makino, chief economist at SMBC Nikko Securities in Tokyo, said in a report on Friday.

Commerce secretary Wilbur Ross, economist Peter Navarro and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer remain to press for a harder line on China.

With oil trading below $ 50 a barrel, economists are scrambling to determine the fallout of declining energy prices on the U.S. and global economies.

«There are some very significant trade linkages inside of Europe one would be foolish not to think about,» says Peter Hall, chief economist at Export Development Canada.

TD Bank economist Leslie Preston says the bank is forecasting the WTI - Brent gap to close by 2014 or 2015, with WTI trading for about $ 100 / barrel by 2013.

Statistics Canada released figures earlier Wednesday suggesting the country's merchandise trade deficit narrowed in January, though economists noted it was driven by a plunge in imports.

To make matters worse, economists can not agree on what has caused America's manufacturing malaise or why the trade deficit is so persistently large.

It's rare that economists agree on policy, but when it comes to free trade, experts are nearly unequivocal in their support.

Exports from Canada to the U.S. could be subjected to a maximum tariff of 3.5 per cent under the World Trade Organization's «most favoured nation» provision, to which Canada would almost certainly respond with its own tariffs on imports from the U.S. «For Canada, under WTO rules, we'd have to put up barriers with the U.S., and the retaliation would be one of the biggest sources of negative impact for us,» says Dan Ciuriak, a former deputy chief economist with the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.

Additionally, Ethan Harris, chief US economist at Bank of America Merril Lynch, noted a BAT may not even decrease the size of the trade imbalance.

As the United States and China inch closer to a full - fledged trade war, economists and investors worry about worst - case scenarios that could impact the global economy — and America.

The theme of the paper, co-authored by Commerce Secretary nominee Wilbur Ross and White House National Trade Council head Peter Navarro, an economist and University of California at Irvine business professor, is shifting the ownership and operation of public works to the private sector.

The U.S. dollar would also fall, which would then make this trade - related provocation somewhat moot, adds Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics.

«We don't have free trade deals with China and they're still our second - largest trading partner,» says Jacqueline Palladini, a senior economist with the Conference Board of Canada.

«If you asked me in 25 years will most of the market still be actively managed, I'd say «yes»,» said Brian Reid, chief economist at retail fund trade association Investment Company Institute.

Stephen Gallagher, Societe Generale chief U.S. economist, and John Stoltzfus, Oppenheimer Asset Management chief investment strategist, discuss the market and economic impact of President Trump's trade rhetoric with China.

His successor, economist and senior CNBC contributor Larry Kudlow, has insisted that the U.S. and China are in «negotiations,» but not a trade war.

Specifically, the economists found «strong evidence» of a relationship between political connections and informed trading, especially during the period in which Troubled Asset Relief Program funds were distributed.

«If we both impose tariffs and they're actually employed, I guess I would call that a trade war,» said Michael Englund, chief economist at Action Economics.

A trade war between the U.S. and China will ultimately hurt the very people President Donald Trump says he's aiming to protect, according to Nobel Prize - winning economist Christopher Pissarides.

«Ultimately it will be in the interest of both sides not to pursue an all - out trade war,» said Bernard Baumohl, chief global economist at the Economic Outlook Group.

Despite the exemptions, nearly two - thirds of the 40 survey respondents, including economists, fund managers and strategists, see the president's trade policies as negative for overall economic growth, with 23 percent saying it's too soon to tell.

Chinese exports have risen «despite repeated Chinese claims that they were going to reduce their steel capacity,» said Ross, whom The Economist, a business magazine that champions free trade, in 2004 labeled «Mr. Protectionism» for his history of owning businesses protected from foreign competition.

Everyone from liberal, Nobel - winning economist Paul Krugman to Republican Sen. Ben Sasse has noted that technological developments are a bigger threat to American workers than trade.

A trade war between the United States and China would ultimately hurt the very people President Donald Trump says he's aiming to protect, according to a Nobel Prize - winning economist.

In 1997, he tangled with manufacturers and fellow economists by declaring that the Canada-U.S. free trade agreement had not improved our productivity.

«A renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement could adversely impact Midwestern manufacturing states who swung for Trump in 2016,» according to Gregory Daco, an economist at Oxford Economics.