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Daniel J. Ikenson
Associate Director, Center for Trade Policy Studies
Dan Ikenson is associate director of Cato's 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
"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.
"Made on Earth: How Global Economic Integration Renders Trade Policy Obsolete," Trade Policy Analysis no. 42, December 2, 2009.
"Burning Rubber: Proposed Duties on Chinese Tires Whiff of Senseless Protectionism," Free Trade Bulletin no. 39, September 11, 2009.
"Audaciously Hopeful: How President Obama Can Help Restore the Pro-Trade Consensus," by Daniel J. Ikenson and Scott Lincicome, Trade Policy Analysis no. 39, April 28, 2009.
Articles and Newsletters
"Hard Lessons from the Auto Bailouts," Cato Policy Report, November/December 2009.
Opinion and Commentary
"China Trade and American Jobs," The Wall Street Journal, April 2, 2010
"China and Currency Valuation," National Review (Online), March 17, 2010
"GM Stake Compromises Obama in Toyota's Recalls," Detroit News, February 9, 2010
"Chinese Exports Are Everyone's," by Daniel J. Ikenson and Alec van Gelder, South China Morning Post, February 8, 2010
"A Defining Moment?," Beijing Review, September 22, 2009
Cato @ Liberty Blog Posts
"The Rumors of Manufacturing’s Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated," September 1, 2010
"Media Feeds America's Skepticism about Trade ," August 27, 2010
"GM IPO ASAP, SVP," August 19, 2010
"Mexican Retaliation for U.S. Truck Ban is Proper," August 17, 2010
"The U.S.S. Trade Policy?," August 10, 2010
Events
"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]
"Restoring the Pro-Trade Consensus," June 15, 2009 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
"Restoring the Pro-Trade Consensus," April 28, 2009 [Policy Forum]
Speeches and Testimony
"China’s Exchange Rate Policy and Trade Imbalances," April 22, 2010.
"Ramifications of Auto Industry Bankruptcies," July 22, 2009.
Multimedia
"The Failed Auto Bailout" featuring Daniel J. Ikenson, August 26, 2010 [Flash Audio, 07:22]
Daniel J. Ikenson discusses trade with China on AFR's Crane Durham's Nothing But Truth August 12, 2010 [Flash Audio, 12:38]
Daniel J. Ikenson discusses the Chinese economy on FBN's Bulls & Bears August 11, 2010 [Flash Video, 03:46]
Daniel J. Ikenson discusses the Chinese currency on KPFK's Three O'Clock Report with Roy Ulrich July 9, 2010 [Flash Audio, 17:12]
Daniel J. Ikenson discusses the auto bailout on WBAL's The Ron Smith Show June 4, 2010 [Flash Audio, 05:26]
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