July 24, 2009 9:19AM 

# Obama Fiddles While Trade Policy Burns 

By [Daniel J. Ikenson](https://www.cato.org/people/daniel-j-ikenson) 

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[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) 

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