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The week in regulations: CAFE standards and Christmas tree promotions

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The week in regulations: CAFE standards and Christmas tree promotions

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 06/16/2025

Israel launched a military strike against Iran. US Senator Alex Padilla was detained for trying to ask a question at a Department of Homeland Security…

Deregulation

The week in regulations: Paper packaging promotion and bridge conditions

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The week in regulations: Paper packaging promotion and bridge conditions

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 06/09/2025

President Trump ordered National Guard troops to deploy against American citizens. Agencies issued new regulations ranging from hot air balloons to authorizing ski areas.  On…

Deregulation

The week in regulations: Low-moisture human foods and grass promotion

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The week in regulations: Low-moisture human foods and grass promotion

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 06/02/2025

Lots of transportation-related regulatory cleanup this week. Friday alone had 47 proposed rules, most of them to repeal obsolete regulations. Two courts struck down Trump’s…

Deregulation

Life is made of trade

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Life is made of trade

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 05/30/2025

If I hadn’t become an economist, I might have found happiness as an evolutionary biologist. The two ways of thinking have a lot in common.

Trade and International

New CEI paper: How to break the trade blockade

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New CEI paper: How to break the trade blockade

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 05/27/2025

Today is release day for a new CEI paper by Kent Lassman, Iain Murray, and me, Trade Under Blockade: Navigating a Global Trade War.

Trade and International

The week in regulations: Postage prices and outdoor burning

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The week in regulations: Postage prices and outdoor burning

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 05/27/2025

Former President Joe Biden announced a cancer diagnosis. The House passed a big spending bill. A political activist murdered a young Jewish couple. Agencies issued…

Financial Regulation

Tariffs and the anchor heuristic

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Tariffs and the anchor heuristic

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 05/22/2025

It feels like President Trump is cutting tariffs. He has agreed to tariff deals with China and the UK, and he paused his biggest Liberation…

Trade and International

The week in regulations: Flight safety and organic pet food

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The week in regulations: Flight safety and organic pet food

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 05/19/2025

Qatar’s government gave Trump a $400 million jumbo jet that he can use after leaving office. The US and China agreed to lower their tariffs…

Regulatory Reform

Record tariff revenue is no match for record spending

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Record tariff revenue is no match for record spending

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 05/14/2025

Tariffs raised a record $16.3 billion of tax revenue in April, according to the Wall Street Journal. Averaged out over a whole year, this…

Trade and International

Regulatory reform takes all three branches

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Regulatory reform takes all three branches

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 05/12/2025

Over at The Hill, Wayne Crews and I argue that regulatory reform requires all three branches of government. Not only is a healthy separation…

Regulatory Reform

US-China tariff pause is good news, needs context

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US-China tariff pause is good news, needs context

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 05/12/2025

The Trump administration and the Chinese government announced a 90-day tariff reduction. While this is good news, it deserves context. The risk of recession…

Trade and International

The week in regulations: Medical devices and tuna

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The week in regulations: Medical devices and tuna

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 05/12/2025

President Trump proposed a 100 percent tariff on foreign movies, and reopening Alcatraz. The US and UK announced a trade deal. The Vatican named a new…

Regulatory Reform

Farm subsidies, car interest deduction show tariffs’ triple harms

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Farm subsidies, car interest deduction show tariffs’ triple harms

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 05/06/2025

Tariffs are a three-in-one tool for economic self-harm. The first harm comes from the tariffs themselves, which raise producer costs and consumer prices in the…

Trade and International

Why do so many countries have tariffs?

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Why do so many countries have tariffs?

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 05/05/2025

Over at the Center Square, Iain Murray and I ask an overlooked question: If tariffs are so bad, then why does nearly every country…

Trade and International

The week in regulations: Steel tariff inclusions and policies for arresting journalists

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The week in regulations: Steel tariff inclusions and policies for arresting journalists

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 05/05/2025

The 2025 edition of Wayne Crews’s Ten Thousand Commandments is out now. The economy shrank 0.3 percent in the first quarter of 2025…

Deregulation

That didn’t take long: Tariffs shrink economy in just two months

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That didn’t take long: Tariffs shrink economy in just two months

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 04/30/2025

The US is halfway to a self-imposed recession, and tariffs are to blame. A healthy economy started shrinking even before President Trump’s Rose Garden…

Trade and International

The week in regulations: Taconite plans and ante-mortem horse inspections

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The week in regulations: Taconite plans and ante-mortem horse inspections

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 04/28/2025

Markets went down when President Trump threatened to fire Fed chair Jerome Powell and went up when he backed off. Agencies issued new regulations ranging…

Regulatory Reform

Ten Thousand Commandments 2025 is out now

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Ten Thousand Commandments 2025 is out now

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 04/24/2025

The 2025 edition of CEI’s flagship report, Ten Thousand Commandments, is out today. For more than 30 years, my colleague Wayne Crews has been…

Deregulation

The week in regulations: Wildfire appraisals and portable spas

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The week in regulations: Wildfire appraisals and portable spas

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 04/21/2025

President Trump and El Salvador president Nayib Bukele confirmed that they would continue to imprison people without due process. Agencies issued new regulations ranging from…

Regulatory Reform

Definitely maybe tariff relief on electronics

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Definitely maybe tariff relief on electronics

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 04/14/2025

Smartphone and laptop buyers got some good news over the weekend with a lower tariff on Chinese-made electronics, at least for now. The exemption’s…

Trade and International

The week in regulations: Pool ladders and helicopters

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The week in regulations: Pool ladders and helicopters

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 04/14/2025

President Trump paused his Liberation Day tariffs after financial markets crashed. Even with the pause, America’s tariffs are still among the world’s highest. Agencies issued…

Regulatory Reform

What happened to never-needed regulations

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What happened to never-needed regulations

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 04/11/2025

CEI led a never-needed campaign during the COVID-19 pandemic. The idea was simple: if a regulation was causing harm in good times, it was probably…

Regulatory Reform

This week in ridiculous regulations: Helicopter hoists and migrant children

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This week in ridiculous regulations: Helicopter hoists and migrant children

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 04/07/2025

President Trump announced new auto tariffs that will take effect next week, raising the price of average-priced new cars from $3,000 to $10,000. Agencies issued…

Deregulation

This week in ridiculous regulations: Helicopter hoists and migrant children

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This week in ridiculous regulations: Helicopter hoists and migrant children

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 03/31/2025

President Trump announced new auto tariffs that will take effect next week, raising the price of average-priced new cars from $3,000 to $10,000. Agencies issued…

Regulatory Reform

This week in ridiculous regulations: Volatile gas and the Gulf of Mexico

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This week in ridiculous regulations: Volatile gas and the Gulf of Mexico

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 03/24/2025

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady, and President Trump put on some pressure to lower them. Trump also fired Democratic FTC commissioners on unclear…

Deregulation

Russia tariffs won’t bring peace

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Russia tariffs won’t bring peace

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 03/11/2025

President Trump seems to think that tariffs can accomplish almost anything. My colleague Iain Murray recently pointed out that Trump believes tariffs can raise…

Trade and International

This week in ridiculous regulations: NEPA and refrigerators

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This week in ridiculous regulations: NEPA and refrigerators

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 03/10/2025

President Trump delayed some tariffs against Canada and Mexico, but let others take effect. He also enacted a sixth round of tariffs against China and…

Deregulation

This week in ridiculous regulations: Crab specifications and dominant postal products

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This week in ridiculous regulations: Crab specifications and dominant postal products

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 03/03/2025

More tariffs are on the way against China. President Trump announced that delayed tariffs against Canada and Mexico will go through. The actor Gene Hackman…

Deregulation

My State of the Union message: Restore separation of powers

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My State of the Union message: Restore separation of powers

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 02/28/2025

President Trump is giving a speech on March 4 to a joint session of Congress. In a syndicated column for Inside Sources, I argue…

Business and Government

This week in ridiculous regulations: pillar coral and mailing cremains

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This week in ridiculous regulations: pillar coral and mailing cremains

  • By: Ryan Young
  • 02/24/2025

President Trump blamed Ukraine for its invasion by Russia and called Volodymyr Zelenskyy a dictator. He also issued an executive order with potential to…

Business and Government

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  • Wayne Crews
  • Myron Ebell
  • Dan Greenberg
  • Sean Higgins
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  • Marlo Lewis, Jr.
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  • Jessica Melugin
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