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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: 202-789-5269
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
"Trade Policy Priority One: Averting a U.S.-China "Trade War"," Free Trade Bulletin no. 47, March 5, 2012.
"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.
Articles and Newsletters
"Hard Lessons from the Auto Bailouts," Cato Policy Report, November/December 2009.
Opinion and Commentary
"U.S. Doesn't Need Industrial Policy," USA Today, May 15, 2012
"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
Cato @ Liberty Blog Posts
"Solar Panels Trade Case Mocks Washington's Ways," May 17, 2012
"The TPP Trade Negotiations Need More Japan and Less Detroit," May 10, 2012
"Misguided Misgivings about the Miscellaneous Tariff Bill," May 8, 2012
"How Naysayers See the World Trade Organization," April 10, 2012
"Trade Policy Lessons in WTO Challenge of China’s Rare Earth Restrictions," March 13, 2012
Events
"Investment Protectionism And What to Do about It," May 17, 2012 [Policy Forum]
"Is Immigration Good for America?," April 26, 2012 [Conference]
"Trade Policy Priority One: Averting a U.S.-China Trade War," April 11, 2012 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
"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]
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
Investment Protectionism And What to Do about It with James Bacchus, Nancy McLernon and Josh Kallmer (May 17, 2012) [Events, 52:20]
Public Policy Day and "Liberating the Future" Celebration with David Boaz, Sallie James, Daniel J. Mitchell, Patrick J. Michaels, Jerry Taylor, Michael D. Tanner, Roger Pilon, Christopher A. Preble and Chris Edwards (May 5, 2012) [Events, 02:32:18]
Is Immigration Good for America - Panel 3: Immigration Solutions with Bryan Caplan, Alex Nowrasteh and Ted Alden (April 26, 2012) [Events, 51:46]
Is Immigration Good for America? - Opening Remarks and Keynote Address with Tamar Jacoby (April 26, 2012) [Events, 23:35]
Trade Policy Priority One: Averting a U.S.-China Trade War with Erin Ennis (April 11, 2012) [Events, 51:03]
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