Daniel Ikenson

Associate Director
Center for Trade Policy Studies

Dan Ikenson is associate director of Cato's Center for Trade Policy Studies, focusing on WTO disputes, regional trade agreements, U.S.-China trade issues, steel and textile trade policies, and antidumping reform. Ikenson has been involved in international trade since 1990. Before joining Cato in 2000, Ikenson was director of international trade planning for an international accounting and business advisory firm. Before that, he co-founded the Library of International Trade Resources (LITR), a consulting firm providing interactive information access and international trade consulting. And before that, he was a trade policy and antidumping analyst at a few different international trade law practices in Washington, DC. Ikenson is the author of many studies and articles on trade policy and is the coauthor of Antidumping Exposed: The Devilish Details of Unfair Trade Law. He has appeared on The Newshour with Jim Lehrer, CNN, CNBC, Bloomberg TV, MSNBC, ABC News, and NPR. His articles have been published in the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Times, the Detroit News, National Review Online, and elsewhere. Ikenson holds a M.A. in economics from George Washington University.

Media Contact: 202-789-5200
To Book a Speaking Engagement: 202-789-5226
E-Mail: dikenson@cato.org

Speaking Topics

• Antidumping Law
• Steel Protection
• Trade Politics
• World Trade Organization

Media Appearances

Daniel J. Ikenson on US-China talks in Beijing on CNBC. December 13, 2007 [Flash Video, 05:53]

Dan Ikenson discusses US-China trade relations on the new Fox Business Network, October 15, 2007. [Real Media]

Dan Ikenson discusses U.S. manufacturing on CNBC, August 28, 2007. [Real Media]

Dan Ikenson discusses U.S.-China economic relations on CNBC, June 12, 2007. [Real Media]

Dan Ikenson discusses U.S.-China economic relations on CNBC, May 22, 2007.[Real Media]

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Books and Book Chapters

Antidumping Exposed: The Devilish Details of Unfair Trade Law by Brink Lindsey and Daniel J. Ikenson (2003)

Cato Studies

"Thriving in a Global Economy: The Truth about U.S. Manufacturing and Trade," Trade Policy Analysis no. 35, August 28, 2007.

"Leading the Way: How U.S.Trade Policy Can Overcome Doha's Failings," Trade Policy Analysis no. 33, June 20, 2006.

"Abuse of Discretion: Time to Fix the Administration of the U.S. Antidumping Law," Trade Policy Analysis no. 31, October 6, 2005.

"Nonmarket Nonsense: U.S. Antidumping Policy toward China," Trade Briefing Paper no. 22, March 7, 2005.

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Commentary

"Trading Up," National Review Online, April 8, 2008.

"Should the Next U.S. President Adopt a Tougher Stance on Trade Policy with China?" Council on Foreign Relations, March 31 - April 4, 2008. 

"Democrats would rather mislead than lead on trade," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 3, 2008.

"Pen Beats Sword," National Review Online, December 12, 2007.

"Talk about industry's demise just a manufactured myth," Pittsburgh Business Times, November 23, 2007.

"A new protectionism: dashed hopes and perhaps worse  for US trade policy," IPA Review, October 2007.

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Podcasts  

"Sovereign Wealth Scare" featuring Daniel J. Ikenson, April 2, 2008 [Flash Audio, 06:54]

"Jobs and American Manufacturing" featuring Daniel J. Ikenson, February 20, 2008 [MP3, 06:53]

"The Thriving U.S. Manufacturing Sector," August 28, 2007 [MP3, 06:59]

"Doha Round, RIP?," June 26, 2007 [MP3, 06:12]

"Trade Dispute Chafes China," April 11, 2007 [MP3, 10:34]

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Speeches  and Congressional Testimony

Is Trade Liberalization a Product of Domestic or International Processes? Lessons from Doha, July 4, 2007.

Cato Hill Briefing: U.S. Trade Policy in the Wake of Doha: Why Unilateral Liberalization Makes Sense, July 20, 2006.

China: Mega-Threat of Quiet Dragon, March 6, 2006.

The WTO After Hong Kong - Where Do We Go From Here, February 14, 2006.

Calming the Waters: Stormy Issues in the U.S.-China Trade Relationship, November 5, 2005.