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Daniel J. Ikenson
Associate Director, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies
Dan Ikenson is associate director of Cato's Herbert A. Stiefel 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
Books and Book Chapters
"Trade," Chapter 59 of the Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th edition.
Antidumping Exposed: The Devilish Details of Unfair Trade Law by Brink Lindsey and Daniel J. Ikenson (2003)
Cato Studies
"Economic Self-Flagellation: How U.S. Antidumping Policy Subverts the National Export Initiative," Trade Policy Analysis no. 46, May 31, 2011.
"Beyond Exports: A Better Case for Free Trade," by Daniel J. Ikenson and Scott Lincicome, Free Trade Bulletin no. 43, January 31, 2011.
"Protection Made to Order: Domestic Industry's Capture and Reconfiguration of U.S. Antidumping Policy," Trade Policy Analysis no. 44, December 21, 2010.
"Manufacturing Discord: Growing Tensions Threaten the U.S.-China Economic Relationship," Trade Briefing Paper no. 29, May 4, 2010.
"Appreciate This: Chinese Currency Rise Will Have a Negligible Effect on the Trade Deficit," Free Trade Bulletin no. 41, March 24, 2010.
Articles and Newsletters
"Hard Lessons from the Auto Bailouts," Cato Policy Report, November/December 2009.
Opinion and Commentary
"Bailouts Beget More Bailouts," USA Today, June 16, 2011
"Why Antidumping Duties on Chinese Furniture Don't Save U.S. Jobs," Forbes.com, May 25, 2011
"GM's Profits: Nothing to Gloat About," Daily Caller, May 12, 2011
"U.S. Leaders Learning the Wrong Lessons from China's Rise," China-US Focus, March 15, 2011
"Tariffs Benefit Few, at Cost to All," Australian Financial Review, October 11, 2010
Cato @ Liberty Blog Posts
"Antidumping and U.S. Competitiveness," June 16, 2011
"Whitewashing the Auto Bailouts," June 3, 2011
"Antidumping Reform Crucial to U.S. Competitiveness," May 31, 2011
"Antidumping and Bedroom Furniture from China: The Real Story," May 25, 2011
"Obama's GM Quagmire," May 13, 2011
Events
"How U.S. Antidumping Policy Undermines U.S. Competitiveness: A Pro-Reform Perspective," June 28, 2011 [Conference]
"Beyond Exports: A Better Case for Free Trade," March 24, 2011 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
"Made on Earth: How Global Economic Integration Renders Trade Policy Obsolete," December 17, 2009 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
"Rethinking Trade Policy," December 15, 2009 [Policy Forum]
"Driving in the Wrong Direction: The Sordid Details and Lasting Consequences of the Bush/Obama Auto Industry Intervention," October 15, 2009 [Policy Forum]
Speeches and Testimony
"Lasting Implications of the General Motors Bailout," Congressional Testimony, June 22, 2011.
"Made in America: Increasing Jobs through Exports and Trade," March 16, 2011.
"China’s Exchange Rate Policy and Trade Imbalances," April 22, 2010.
"Ramifications of Auto Industry Bankruptcies," July 22, 2009.
Multimedia
Daniel J. Ikenson Testifies on the Auto Bailout (June 28, 2011) [Cato Video, 05:20]
Daniel J. Ikenson testifies on the GM bailout on C-SPAN (June 22, 2011) [Media Highlights - TV, 05:12]
Daniel J. Ikenson the auto bailouts on WSPD's The Brian Wilson Show (June 6, 2011) [Media Highlights - Radio, 11:39]
Daniel J. Ikenson discusses the auto bailout on NPR's Talk of the Nation (May 25, 2011) [Media Highlights - Radio, 29:24]
The GM Nationalization in Review (May 11, 2011) [Daily Podcast, 08:55]
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