"The simple fact is that highly skilled foreign-born workers make enormous contributions to our economy [...] The US will find it far more difficult to maintain its competitive edge over the next 50 years if it excludes those who are able and willing to help us compete. Other nations are benefiting from our misguided policies."
Bill Gates,
Testimony before the Committee on Science and Technology, US House of Representatives,
March 12, 2008.
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Friday, October 17, 2003
HILL BRIEFING
Are We Exporting Our Jobs to India and China? (
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Featuring Daniel Griswold, Associate Director, Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute; and Harris Miller, President, Information Technology Association of America.
Many people fear that we are losing manufacturing and even white-collar, information-technology jobs to low-wage workers in developing countries such as India and China. In Congress proposals exist to restrict trade with China or to make it more difficult for U.S. companies to outsource or hire foreign-born workers. Are those fears justified, or is flexibility in the location of manufacturing and information jobs essential for American companies to remain competitive in a global economy? Come hear two experts discuss the surprising facts about the trade, investment, and employment trends that are reshaping the U.S. economy.
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Monday, September 29, 2003
Cancun Postmortem: What Next For The WTO? (, )
Featuring Christopher A. Padilla, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative; R. Scott Miller, Director, National Government Relations, Procter & Gamble; Bruce Stokes, Columnist, National Journal; and Brink Lindsey, Director, Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute.
The recent collapse of the WTO's ministerial meetings in Cancun has been called a disaster, a blessing, or something in-between, depending on whom you ask. One thing is certain, the failure of the negotiations will have a profound impact on future international trade matters. Please join us in sorting out the repercussions of the events at Cancun on the WTO, the United States and international trade in general.
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Wednesday, September 10, 2003
Cato Institute Book Forum: Wealth, Poverty, and Human Destiny (, )
Featuring coeditors Doug Bandow, Cato Institute; David Schindler, John Paul II Institute; and contributors Michael Novak, American Enterprise Institute; and Daniel Griswold, Cato Institute
The 20th century featured a bitter struggle between capitalism and socialism, and capitalism triumphed. But the economic superiority of markets has not quieted all critics: some, especially within the religious community, argue that capitalism is inherently immoral. And, indeed, the material bounty produced by markets does not satisfy the human spirit. Markets offer liberty but do not tell people how to use their freedom. Is capitalism neutral, an empty vessel for the morals its participants bring with them? Is it negative, posing a threat to family, community, and social justice? Or is it positive, encouraging such characteristics as honesty and thrift? In a new book from the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, coeditors and contributors examine the moral merits of the marketplace.
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Friday, September 5, 2003
The Road from Cancun to Free Trade in Manufactured Goods ()
Featuring Ernie Preeg, Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI; Daniel Griswold, Cato Institute; William Lane, Caterpillar Inc.; and Arvind Panagariya, University of Maryland.
The Bush administration has proposed zero tariffs on manufactured goods worldwide by 2015 through negotiations in the World Trade Organization, whose members meet in September in Cancun, Mexico. At the same time, the administration is pursuing a string of bilateral and regional trade agreements to achieve free trade more rapidly and comprehensively with a select group of countries. Do bilateral deals complement or undermine the goal of global free trade in manufactured goods? Four experts in trade with differing views on that question debate the merits of the administration's trade strategy.
Thursday, September 4, 2003
Cato Institute Book Forum: In Defense of Global Capitalism (, )
Featuring the author Johan Norberg with comments by Bruce Stokes, Staff Correspondent, National Journal.
Johan Norberg is a young writer-activist at the Swedish think tank Timbro. A self-proclaimed anarchist in his teens, he is now a passionate crusader for the globalization that is lifting the Third World out of poverty. His book In Defense of Global Capitalism has received rave reviews in Sweden, the Netherlands, and England and is now available in the United States in an updated edition. To write the book and a British Channel 4 documentary based on it, Norberg traveled to Vietnam, Africa, and other battle zones in the war over globalization. His previous books include The Resistance Man Vilhelm Moberg, The History of Swedish Liberalism, and State, Individual, and Market.
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Friday, June 20, 2003
Can Free Trade Promote Peace in the Middle East? ()
Featuring Daniel Griswold, Associate Director, Center for Trade Policy Studies, Cato Institute (presentation - PDF, 2 pp, 24 kb); and Manar Dabbas, First Secretary for Political and Congressional Affairs, Embassy of Jordan.
On May 9 President Bush proposed a Middle East Free-Trade Area to encourage more openness, integration, and development in one of the world's most economically closed regions. The proposal would build on the success of the 2001 U.S.-Jordan Free-Trade Agreement, which has helped to spur a dramatic increase in trade between the two nations. Daniel Griswold, the Cato Institute, and Manar Dabbas, Embassy of Jordan, will discuss the importance of trade in promoting individual liberty, development, and international cooperation, including the impact of increasing trade and investment in Jordan, a strategic nation in the heart of the Middle East.
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Tuesday, April 22, 2003
The Company: A Short History of a Revolutionary Idea (, )
Featuring the author, Adrian Wooldridge, The Economist; with comments by Daniel Yergin, Cambridge Energy Research Associates and Author, The Prize and The Comanding Heights.
The West's secret weapon - that's how Adrian Wooldridge and fellow Economist editor John Micklethwait describe the company. This ubiquitious enterprise has been responsible for much of the wealth and prosperity that permeate Western culture. In their new book, The Company: A Short History of a Revolutionary Idea, Wooldridge and Micklethwait recount the history of the company, defining it and detailing its evolution and symbiotic relationship with Western society. The authors argue that no other institution plays such a profound role in our lives.
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Tuesday, March 4, 2003
Creative Destruction: How Globalization Is Changing the World's Cultures (, )
Featuring the author, Tyler Cowen, George Mason University; with comments by Benjamin Barber, The Democracy Collaborative University of Maryland.
A Frenchman rents a Hollywood movie. Thai schoolgirl mimics Madonna. It is a commonplace that globalization is influencing local culture. But is it helping as much as it hurts? In Creative Destruction: How Globalization Is Changing the World's Cultures, Tyler Cowen makes a bold new case for a more sympathetic understanding of cross-cultural trade. Cowen looks through an economist's eye at an age-old question: Are market exchange and aesthetic quality friends or foes?
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Thursday, January 30, 2003
HILL BRIEFING
Who Are the Real Free Traders in Congress?()
Featuring Rep. Tom Petri, R-Wis.; Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kans.; and Daniel Griswold, Cato Institute.
Who in Congress supports international trade free of market-distorting barriers and subsidies? In a comprehensive survey of votes in the 107th Congress, the Cato Institute identifies the 15 House members and 22 senators who voted most consistently against trade barriers and against trade subsidies such as the 2002 Farm Bill and Export-Import Bank reauthorization. A free trade senator and representative explain why they reject pro-subsidy internationalism and anti-trade isolationism. The study's author will also discuss what it means for the 108th Congress.
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