tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post3890127214687410725..comments2024-03-06T06:34:42.881-05:00Comments on EconoSpeak: In Defense of the Francois-Baughman Analysis of the Trump TariffsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-23285142946503964412018-07-10T12:02:12.178-04:002018-07-10T12:02:12.178-04:00"This is where EPI's long link with AFL-C..."This is where EPI's long link with AFL-CIO shows up...."<br /><br />Right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-36245532938489979112018-07-09T11:59:12.224-04:002018-07-09T11:59:12.224-04:00This is where EPI's long link with AFL-CIO aho...This is where EPI's long link with AFL-CIO ahows up. They have long supported protectionism. Yes, there are gains to employment in the protected sectors, but when what is being protected is an intermediate good there is a problem for the industries using the intermediate good. The steel tariffs may be goos for workers and unions in the steel industey (and also the Trump-favored coal industry), but they are bad for workers and unions in the auto and construction and quite a few other industries, which EPI protectionists wish to downplay, just as Trump does.rosserjb@jmu.eduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09300046915843554101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4900303239154048192.post-38849395938081744412018-07-07T15:01:14.959-04:002018-07-07T15:01:14.959-04:00Excellent analysis.Excellent analysis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com