{"id":9733,"date":"2022-10-19T09:40:06","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T13:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americancompass.beckandstone.com\/?p=9733"},"modified":"2023-12-24T12:37:27","modified_gmt":"2023-12-24T17:37:27","slug":"policy-in-brief-balancing-u-s-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americancompass.org\/policy-in-brief-balancing-u-s-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"Talkin\u2019 (Policy) Shop: Balancing U.S. Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On this episode of Policy in Brief, Oren Cass is joined by American Compass policy director Chris Griswold to discuss how U.S. trade fell so far out of balance\u2014and some ideas for how to rebalance it. They explore three key ideas: the global tariff, the import certificate, and the market access charge. All three use market forces to bring trade into balance and help fix the decades-long erosion of American industry and innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script src=js/11528905-policy-in-brief-balancing-u-s-trade706b.js type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Further Reading:<\/strong><br>American Compass policy briefs: <a href=\"https:\/\/americancompass.org\/essays\/the-global-tariff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Global Tariff<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/americancompass.org\/essays\/the-import-certificate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Import Certificate<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/americancompass.org\/essays\/the-market-access-charge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Market Access Charge<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/americancompass.org\/collections\/regaining-our-balance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Regaining Our Balance<\/em><\/a> (American Compass)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/americancompass.org\/essays\/searching-for-capitalism-in-the-wreckage-of-globalization\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Searching for Capitalism in the Wreckage of Globalization<\/a> (Oren Cass, American Compass)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/americancompass.org\/wheres-the-growth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Where&#8217;s the Growth?<\/a> (American Compass)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2016\/04\/29\/warren-buffett-foreign-trade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Here\u2019s How I Would Solve the Trade Problem<\/a> (Warren Buffett, <em>Fortune<\/em>)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.economist.com\/by-invitation\/2021\/10\/05\/robert-lighthizer-on-the-need-for-tariffs-to-reduce-americas-trade-deficit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Robert Lighthizer on the need for tariffs to reduce America\u2019s trade deficit<\/a> (<em>The Economist<\/em>)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/prosperousamerica.org\/why_the_market_access_charge_is_necessary_to_fix_trade_imbalances\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Why the Market Access Charge is Necessary to Fix Trade Imbalances<\/a> (John R. 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