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Sallie James
Trade Policy Analyst
Sallie James is a policy analyst with Cato's Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies. James writes and speaks on a variety of trade topics, with a research emphasis on the subject of agricultural trade policy.
Before joining Cato in 2006, James was an executive officer in the Office of Trade Negotiations in the Australian Government's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, working on industrials market access negotiations. Prior to that she was a Senior Policy Adviser in the Australian Government's Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. She held numerous research and teaching assistant positions while studying.
Her articles have been published in the San Francisco Chronicle, Orange County Register, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the Minneapolis Star Tribune and other American newspapers as well as the Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics and the European Review of Agricultural Economics. James has appeared on BBC World, CNBC, MSNBC, CNN, Fox News Channel, Bloomberg TV, NPR, and other TV and radio outlets.
James received her Bachelor of Economics and Master of Economics degrees from the University of Adelaide, and her Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Western Australia.
Media Contact: 202-789-5200
To Book a Speaking Engagement: 202-789-5269
E-Mail: sjames@cato.org
Books and Book Chapters
"Climate Change and Trade," Climate Coup: Climate Coup: Global Warming's Invasion of Our Government and Our Lives (2011), pp. 129-156.
"Agricultural Policy," Chapter 18 of the Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th edition.
"Trade," Chapter 59 of the Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th edition.
Cato Studies
"Expanding Ex-Im's Mandate Is A Big Mistake," Free Trade Bulletin no. 48, March 14, 2012.
"Time to X Out the Ex-Im Bank," Trade Policy Analysis no. 47, July 6, 2011.
"The U.S. Generalized System of Preferences: Helping the Poor, But at What Price?," Trade Policy Analysis no. 43, November 16, 2010.
""Consumer Safety" Bill Could Boomerang against U.S. Manufacturers," by Daniel Griswold and Sallie James, Free Trade Bulletin no. 42, September 28, 2010.
"Is the Trans-Pacific Partnership Worth the Fuss?," Free Trade Bulletin no. 40, March 15, 2010.
Opinion and Commentary
"Unwise to Pin Much Hope on America in Global Free Trade," Australian, November 17, 2011
"Elena Kagan Balances Your Diet," by Sallie James and Ilya Shapiro, Daily Caller, July 2, 2010
"Free Is the Important Part of 'Free Trade'," Washington Times, May 5, 2010
"Keep Trade on the Back Burner, Please," Daily Caller, March 16, 2010
"Obama's First Trade Move: No Big Deal," Investor's Business Daily, December 28, 2009
Cato @ Liberty Blog Posts
"When Bipartisanship Is A Dirty Word," May 16, 2012
"Ex-Im Reauthorization Vote Expected Tomorrow," May 8, 2012
"House Republicans---Including 'Tea Partiers'---Support Ex-Im," April 27, 2012
"Save the EWG Farm Subsidy Database!," April 27, 2012
"The Washington Post Pulls Its Punch," April 9, 2012
Events
"The U.S. Generalized System of Preferences: Helping the Poor, But at What Price?," December 14, 2010 [Policy Forum]
"A Harsh Climate for Trade: How Climate Change Proposals Threaten Global Commerce," September 10, 2009 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
"Brother, Can You Spare A Trillion? - Lessons from the New Deal and Great Depression," June 1, 2009 [Conference]
"A Service to the Economy: The Importance of Free Trade in Services," February 10, 2009 [Policy Forum]
"McCain and Obama: Comparing Their Economic Platforms," July 15, 2008 [Policy Forum]
Multimedia
Sallie James discusses the Export-Import Bank on Wall Street Journal Online (May 9, 2012) [Media Highlights - TV, 02:44]
Public Policy Day and "Liberating the Future" Celebration with David Boaz, Daniel J. Ikenson, 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 1: The Economics and Demographics of U.S. Immigration with Pia Orrenius, Ali Noorani and Barry Chiswick (April 26, 2012) [Events, 42:43]
Sallie James discusses U.S.-China trade on FOX Business' Cavuto (February 14, 2012) [Media Highlights - TV, 04:23]
Sallie James discusses free trade on FBN's Cavuto (October 11, 2011) [Media Highlights - TV, 03:46]
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