Simon Lester
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Co-founder @CHNTradeMonitor & https://t.co/E60p4vMunE. Non-Resident Fellow @BakerInstitute. Formerly @CatoTrade @WTO. Taught trade law @MelbLawSchool @UMichLaw
Joined July 2012
RT @scottlincicome: Hot off the presses, my @washingtonpost take on why Trump's "dangerous" Intel deal risks serious harm to Intel's compet….
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RT @WorldTradeLaw: IELP blog post: Trump Pushes Big Pharma on Controlling U.S. Prices
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Following up on a previous post of mine, let's check in on the Trump administration's efforts to lower drug prices in the U.S. market. A White House fact sheet from last week explains that "Trump...
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RT @WorldTradeLaw: IELP blog post: Wentong Zheng on Presidential Tariffs
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University of Florida law professor Wentong Zheng has posted a new paper called "Presidential Tariffs," in which he argues that the IEEPA should not be interpreted to allow the President to proclaim...
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RT @WorldTradeLaw: IELP blog post: Matthew Schaefer on Trump Administration Trade Policy: A Historical Perspective and Key Questions & Tak….
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The following is an excerpt from a new Yeutter Institute piece by University of Nebraska law professor Matthew Schaefer entitled "Trump Administration Trade Policy: A Historical Perspective and Key...
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I used the Roger Alford Tech Policy Institute DOJ antitrust speech as a jumping off point to say some things about antitrust/big tech. tl;dr: I'm skeptical antitrust will save us from bad big tech practices. Instead the solutions lie with us as internet users.
IELP blog post: A Few Thoughts on Antitrust and Big Tech
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RT @3YearLetterman: @howardlutnick Thank you sir. If there’s anyone I trust to get involved in the affairs of a private corporation, it’s d….
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As the first order of business with its new ownership position, I recommend the government sell the 10% stake so as to promote free market capitalism.
BIG NEWS: The United States of America now owns 10% of Intel, one of our great American technology companies. This historic agreement strengthens U.S. leadership in semiconductors, which will both grow our economy and help secure America’s technological edge. Thanks to Intel
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As I like to point out now and then, we already have 744.81% anti-dumping duties on Slovenian mattress imports, so tariffs aren't really all that new in this sector.
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The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that mattresses from Slovenia are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV). The period of investiga...
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It is true that raising taxes will increase government revenue. That's kind of their thing. (Could be offset by tariffs being a drag on the economy though.).
CBO: Trump’s tariffs could reduce the deficit by $4 trillion over a decade
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This is worth a watch.
🏔️TPI Aspen Forum 2025🏔️ Former DOJ Roger Alford on The Rule of Law vs the Rule of Lobbyists (full video in thread 🧵) Prepared Remarks: #tpiaspen
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RT @Rmanning4: Spoiler alert: the state owning the means of production is not how free market capitalism is defined. Charitably, US is now….
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RT @AccountableGOP: Sen. Tillis on Trump's 10% stake in Intel: "I don't care if it's a dollar or a billion dollar stake in an American comp….
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The European Commission's "Questions and answers on the EU-US Joint Statement on Transatlantic Trade and Investment" document makes clear that more work will be required to get to an actual deal.
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RT @American_Bridge: WATCH: Wyoming Rep. Harriet Hageman gets booed as she defends Trump's tariffs and lies about the economic reality that….
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Not that there will be a satisfying answer, but somebody needs to ask it anyway: How is this not socialism?.
Howard Lutnick on the Trump administration's desire to buy a 10% stake in Intel: . “Look, the Biden administration literally was giving Intel money for free. Donald Trump turns that into saying, hey, we want equity for the money. we want a piece of the action."
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RT @marclbusch: In this piece for @TheHillOpinion, @inumanak and I look at DOJ's letter to the Court of Appeals justifying Trump's IEEPA ta….
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The Justice Department continues to push for an expansive reading of the president’s authority to levy tariffs.
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RT @scottlincicome: "wholesale prices for fresh veggies soared by a record amount last month, foreshadowing a possible spike at the grocery….
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