A respectable pro-trade proclamation would talk about market access, tariff reduction, and liberalized markets.


The White House proclaimed that May 19–25 is “World Trade Week.” Ironically, the administration’s announcement does not focus on trade, but rather on currying favor with labor unions, progressives, populist conservatives, and voters in manufacturing swing states such as Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin.

A respectable pro-trade proclamation would talk about market access, tariff reduction, and liberalized markets. Instead, the Biden administration’s announcement mentions the word “worker” in almost every paragraph, with phrases such as “workers’ rights” and “promote workers’ empowerment.”

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