Aaron Lukas
Former Trade Policy Analyst
Aaron Lukas is a former policy analyst with Cato's Center for Trade Policy Studies. He conducts research in areas such as the intersection between trade and security, the taxation of electronic commerce, and the cost of economic sanctions. Lukas first joined the Trade Center in 1998. In 2002-2003, he served as chief speechwriter and strategic adviser for U.S. Trade Representative Robert B. Zoellick. His publications for the Cato Institute include "Rethinking the Export-Import Bank," March 2002, and "Tax Bytes: A Primer On the Taxation of Electronic Commerce," December 1999. He has been published in The Wall Street Journal, Journal of Commerce, The Washington Times, USA Today, The New York Times, Investor's Business Daily, and elsewhere. He is a frequent commentator on television and radio. Lukas received his bachelor's degree in political science from Texas A&M University and his master's degree in international economics from the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University.
Cato Studies
"Protection Without Protectionism: Reconciling Trade and Homeland Security," Trade Policy Analysis no. 27, April 8, 2004.
"Rethinking the Export-Import Bank," by Aaron Lukas and Ian Vásquez, Trade Briefing Paper no. 15, March 12, 2002.
"Safe Harbor or Stormy Waters? Living with the EU Data Protection Directive," Trade Policy Analysis no. 16, October 30, 2001.
"WTO Report Card III:
Globalization and Developing Countries," Trade Briefing Paper no. 10, June 20, 2000.
"Tax Bytes: A Primer on the Taxation of Electronic Commerce," Trade Policy Analysis no. 9, December 17, 1999.
Opinion and Commentary
"Our Protectionist Protection," The Orange County Register, March 21, 2004
"The Party of Protectionism," National Review (Online), March 10, 2004
"Big Sugar Gets Its Way, Again," Cato.org, February 18, 2004
"Byron "Free Trade" Dorgan? What Planet Is This?," Cato.org, December 22, 2003
"Dump The Export-Import Bank," by Aaron Lukas and Ian Vásquez, Cato.org, March 19, 2002