Free Trade: Principles, Myths, Prospects | Mercatus Events
Channel: Mercatus Center
Date: 14/10/2016

While the United States has a 70-year history of free trade, not everyone agrees that the benefits outweigh the costs. The debate on free trade has been brought to center stage with the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, a watershed moment which will decide where the US and major countries around the world go next with trade.

On October 6, the Mercatus Center hosted a Capitol Hill discussion on Congress and the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement. Among the topics covered were free trade's effects on manufacturing, whether or not trade deficits matter, and the effects of NAFTA and other agreements like it. 


Event Speakers:

Donald J. Boudreaux, Co-Director of the Program on the American Economy and Globalization, the Mercatus Center

Daniel Griswold, Co-Director of the Program on the American Economy and Globalization, the Mercatus Center

Douglas Irwin, John Sloan Dickey Third Century Professor in the Social Sciences, Dartmouth College

Linda Dempsey, Vice President of International Economic Affairs, National Association of Manufacturers

Ed Gerwin, Senior Fellow, Trade and Global Opportunity, Progressive Policy Institute

Edward Gresser, Assistant United States Trade Representative for Trade and Economics, Office of the United States Trade Representative


Learn more about the event: https://www.mercatus.org/events/free-trade-principles-myths-prospects


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