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Lovely speaks with China Central TV about new US tariffs

“This is a warning. It means that when China utilizes American technology and innovation to make achievements, the U.S. will not sit aside and simply let it happen,” says Mary Lovely, professor of economics.

April 2, 2018

Lovely speaks with Nexstar about new tariffs on Chinese imports

"A trade war is not inevitable," says Mary Lovely, professor of economics. "But the time is getting very late for us to avoid it."

March 27, 2018

Lovely discusses fairness of Chinese automobile tariffs in CNN Money

Mary Lovely, professor of economics, says the reason why the United States and China have such drastically different tariff rates for imported cars is because of a pre-existing deal between the countries to keep car tariffs high while slashing import taxes on other goods, such as soybeans.

March 16, 2018

Mitra weighs in on India's tariff hikes in Wall Street Journal

Instead of raising tariffs India should have emulated China by reforming labor laws and maintaining a low-tariff regime on intermediate goods to attract export-oriented global manufacturing firms, according to Devashish Mitra, Gerald B. and Daphna Cramer Professor of Global Affairs.

February 9, 2018

Van Slyke Comments on Trump's Infrastructure Plan in CityLab

David Van Slyke, Louis A. Bantle Chair in Business and Government Policy, was quoted in the CityLab article, "So Much for That Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan." 
January 31, 2018

Lovely weighs in on tariffs on imported goods in Chicago Tribune

According to Professor Mary Lovely, a drawback to the hefty tariffs President Trump imposed on imported washing machines and solar panels is that "there will be less innovation in the long term." 

January 25, 2018

Burman analysis of House GOP tax plan in Columbia Journal of Tax Law

"An Analysis of the House GOP Tax Plan," co-authored by Len Burman, Paul Volcker Chair in Behavioral Economics, examines the House GOP tax reform blueprint, which would significantly reduce marginal tax rates, increase standard deduction amounts, repeal personal exemptions and most itemized deductions, and convert business taxation into a destination-based cash flow consumption tax.

April 25, 2017

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Burman analysis of House GOP tax plan published in Columbia Journal of Tax Law

Jim Nunns, Leonard E. Burman, Ben Page, Jeff Rohaly & Joe Rosenberg
September 15, 2016

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