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Daniel J. Ikenson
Director, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies
Dan Ikenson is 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
"President Obama's Chance to Fix Deteriorating Economic Relations with China," Forbes, January 22, 2012
"Tariff Lesson for Obama – and Us," Australian Financial Review, November 14, 2011
"Bipartisan Punishment of China Would Destroy U.S. Jobs," Human Events, October 17, 2011
"A Tariff-Reduction Plan for U.S. Jobs," The Wall Street Journal, September 10, 2011
"President's Fealty To Antidumping Lobby Kills Jobs And Depresses Growth," Forbes.com, August 16, 2011
Cato @ Liberty Blog Posts
"Is the U.S. Trade Representative a Closet Free Trader?," February 7, 2012
"The President's Heroics and Other Tall Tales about the Auto Industry," January 25, 2012
"President Obama Could Improve Relations with China at the Stroke of His Pen," January 23, 2012
"Does the U.S. Economy Need More Boeings or More Facebooks?," January 11, 2012
"Solar Panel Case Shines Light on the Imperative of U.S. Trade Law Reform," December 22, 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
"Manufacturing in the USA: How U.S. Trade Policy Offshores Jobs," Congressional Testimony, September 21, 2011.
"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
State of the Union 2012 (January 27, 2012) [Cato Video, 09:39]
'Insourcing' Confusion (January 9, 2012) [Daily Podcast, 06:49]
A Decade of China and the WTO (December 27, 2011) [Daily Podcast, 09:28]
Daniel J. Ikenson on the American Airlines bankruptcy on Cavuto (November 29, 2011) [Media Highlights - TV, 03:31]
U.S. Antidumping Rules Kill American Jobs (November 8, 2011) [Cato Video, 03:31]
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