Articles by Claude Barfield
- Not So Fast: Conflicting Deadlines for the TPP and US-EU FTA Friday, March 8, 2013
- President Obama has suddenly embraced a highly problematic trade agenda for his second term.
- Heat without Light Tuesday, November 27, 2012
- The Obama administration owes it to the American people to make public the results of its extensive 18-month investigation of Huawei.
- ‘What to Do about Huawei?’ Thursday, July 26, 2012
- It is time for both the administration and the Congress to reveal what they have discovered about the Chinese telecoms giant.
- A Big Deal: Canada and Mexico Join the Pacific Trade Pact Tuesday, June 26, 2012
- Accounts of the G-20 summit in Mexico largely miss the most significant development.
- The First Carbon Trade War? Wednesday, April 18, 2012
- Europe vs. the rest of the world.
- Reforming the Patent System: How Did We Do? Friday, September 23, 2011
- Recent patent reform showed remarkable restraint from Congress and will lead to a more efficient and rigorous patent system that will in turn create economic ...
- Why the Next IMF Leader Should Not Come from Europe Thursday, June 9, 2011
- A flawed selection process will produce a director whose legitimacy will be in question from day one.
- From ‘Government’ Motors to ‘Shanghai’ Motors? Saturday, October 2, 2010
- President Obama has a delicate balancing act to manage in the upcoming General Motors initial public stock offering.
- Resurrection of the New Democrats Tuesday, June 15, 2010
- Senator Blanche Lincoln took on the unions and won.
- Where Is America in Asia’s Future? Wednesday, February 3, 2010
- Recent events and trends within Asia may well portend a stepped up pace for Asian regionalism—and heightened danger that the United States will find itself on ...
- APEC: The Keystone to U.S. Asian Policy Friday, November 13, 2009
- As the Obama administration formulates policies for Asia, it should make a trans-Pacific vision for regional integration a clear and central U.S. priority.
- What President Obama Can Learn From President Clinton Wednesday, July 15, 2009
- Compete don't retreat.
- Beware of Investment Protectionism Wednesday, December 17, 2008
- Barack Obama should announce to the world that the United States welcomes and encourages foreign investment.
- The Fast-Track Trade War Wednesday, May 7, 2008
- No matter how our allies react to the Colombia spat, the politics of FTA passage may have been permanently changed.
- The Grand Bipartisan Trade Deal Wednesday, May 16, 2007
- What have Congress and the White House really agreed to on trade? It’s hard to say, judging from their widely differing views of last week’s deal.
- Tout Seoul Thursday, April 5, 2007
- America’s new trade deal with Korea shows that bilateral negotiations can work. But the deal is headed for tough scrutiny on both sides of the Pacific.