Competitive Enterprise Institute Report: Trump's 'Liberation Day' Trade Policy Under Fire
May 28, 2025
May 28, 2025
WASHINGTON, May 28 (TNSLrpt) -- The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) issued a report in May 2025 titled "Trade Under Blockade: Navigating a Global Trade War," sharply criticizes President Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" announcement on April 2, 2025, which abandoned decades of established trade principles in favor of a new system of baseline and "reciprocal tariffs." Authored by Kent Lassman, Ryan Young and Iain Murray, the report argues that this radical . . .