March 15, 2012 9:25AM # Ex-Im Shenanigans, cont’d By [Sallie James](https://www.cato.org/people/sallie-james) --- SHARE Kudos to Tim Carney, who has [a great piece in the *Washington Examiner* today](http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/article/gop-could-make-hay-opposing-ex-im-bank/428346) highlighting some of the politics and policy substance behind the fight over reauthorisation of the Ex-Im Bank. It’s gratifying to see a journalist take a stand against outrageous corporate welfare. If only it were more common (I’m looking at you, *[New York “the bank is self-financing” Times](http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/15/business/jobs-bill-stalls-amid-fight-over-agency.html)*). [My new paper on Ex-Im](https://www.cato.org/publications/free-trade-bulletin/expanding-exims-mandate-is-big-mistake), in which I expand on [this blog post from a few weeks ago](https://www.cato.org/president-obama-to-promote-possibly-limitless-corporate-welfare/), was released yesterday. You’ll find even more evidence –[as if it were needed](https://www.cato.org/publications/trade-policy-analysis/time-x-out-exim-bank) — of why the Ex-Im Bank, rubber stamped through Congress by both parties on behalf of their rent-seeking friends for almost 80 years, has got to go. ##### Related Tags [Tax and Budget Policy](https://www.cato.org/tax-budget-policy), [Trade Policy](https://www.cato.org/trade-policy), [Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies](https://www.cato.org/herbert-stiefel-center-trade-policy-studies) [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).