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Robert Wolfe
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Professor Emeritus of Policy Studies, Queen's University, Canada. Most posts on trade policy personal website: rdwolfe.ca

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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 20h
Tariff exemptions mean that applied rates are below the headline. Whereas 94% of US goods imports from China face duties, for imports from Canada the share is just 10%.

From @tobyn.bsky.social
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And the NY Fed
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Lux "Nightmare" Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 1d
TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it
One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way. What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money. Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight. To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.
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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 1d
Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S.
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
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The official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org
The Nobel Prize rewards science, humanism and peace efforts. This is one of the central concepts in the will of Alfred Nobel, and it also permeates the outreach activities that have been developed for...
www.nobelprize.org
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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 2d
Please enjoy my cartoon for Wednesday's Toronto Star
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Reposted by Daniel W. Drezner, Robert Wolfe, Gerald Friedman

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3d
I kinda remember Trump pardoning a bunch of people for this, many of whom beat up cops and put them in the hospital. I think they were yelling something about the Vice President as they stormed the building.
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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 3d
New Yorker cartoons nail it again.
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 3d
🤤 (shocked, shocked I tell you)
Vehicles registered to Ford cabinet ministers caught by speed cameras more than 20 times | Globalnews.ca
Documents obtained by Global News reveal that, over three years, vehicles registered to Ford’s cabinet minister received more than $3,300 in fines for speeding.
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Reposted by Daniel W. Drezner, Robert Wolfe

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Simon Lester @simonlester.com · 4d
It's a new era for reckless adventurism. Not less of it, just in a different location.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 4d
Doocy: "If a young man or woman signs up today, are they more likely to deploy to the Middle East or the Midwest?"

Hegseth: "The era of sort of reckless adventurism around the globe is over...We're here to defend the hemisphere, the homeland, the border."
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Alan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social · 4d
OK, let's take this seriously. I had an odd half an hour and via Apple Books had a quick look at the three claims I knew most about - two re the post-Brexit bilateral preferential trade agreements replicated from the EU versions and one about cheaper bananas. All are wrong or wildly implausible. 1/n
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Robert Wolfe @bobwolfe.bsky.social · 4d
If this story about Democrats is right, suggests that the domestic politics of trade in the US are so scrambled that Congress might be unlikely to agree… 2/2
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Why Jared Polis Wants Democrats to Campaign on Free Trade
After years of trying to have it all ways on tariffs, Democrats are uniting in opposition to Trump’s global trade war.
www.politico.com
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Robert Wolfe @bobwolfe.bsky.social · 4d
general assumption is that forthcoming USMCA “review” will be painful for Canada and Mexico. But does that imply that the treaty will be amended? and does that imply a need for Congressional action? 1/2
Why Jared Polis Wants Democrats to Campaign on Free Trade
After years of trying to have it all ways on tariffs, Democrats are uniting in opposition to Trump’s global trade war.
www.politico.com
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Robert Wolfe @bobwolfe.bsky.social · 4d
I was in 🇨🇦 OECD delegation for 4 years, later wrote a study on it for the department, then book chapters... and I learned never to assume that even government people knew what it was, or why it was important. Force fed it to my policy analysis students for years.
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Ronald Steenblik @ronsteenblik.bsky.social · 4d
Yay! My book chapter ("Emerging into the Light: Fossil Fuel Subsidies at the WTO") — which explores the pathways that have brought fossil fuel subsidies to the WTO, progress made by the forty-eight WTO Members of the Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform (FFSR) Initiative through March 2025, ...
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Robert Wolfe @bobwolfe.bsky.social · 4d
@coppetainpu.bsky.social @vaaranpa.um.fi you'd first have to explain what it is
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Peter Ungphakorn @coppetainpu.bsky.social · 5d
Good idea. Few have heard of the OECD, let alone know what it does. This would drag it into the national conversation and give it the higher profile it deserves.
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Ciaran Martin @ciaranm.bsky.social · 5d
Going to launch a campaign for
British withdrawal from the OECD, just for a laugh
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Mark Rendell @markrendell.bsky.social · 4d
Trump's America First economic vision is pushing Canada to follow suit, reviving a kind of economic nationalism not seen since the 1980s. I unpack the risks, trade-offs and opportunities of #Carney's new 'comprehensive industrial strategy' #cdnpoli #cdnecon
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco...
Pushed by Trump, Canada enters a new era of economic nationalism
The U.S. President’s ‘America First’ economic vision is pushing Ottawa to reach for a Canada First toolkit – one that would have been inconceivable a year ago
www.theglobeandmail.com
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Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 5d
Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.

After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
Tawny owl
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Peter Ungphakorn @coppetainpu.bsky.social · 5d
Good idea. Few have heard of the OECD, let alone know what it does. This would drag it into the national conversation and give it the higher profile it deserves.
ciaranm.bsky.social
Ciaran Martin @ciaranm.bsky.social · 5d
Going to launch a campaign for
British withdrawal from the OECD, just for a laugh
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Peter Ungphakorn @coppetainpu.bsky.social · 5d
Sad, sad news. Dr Ammar was not well-known outside Thailand except among specialists eg @ifpri.org, but he was a major influence on my career: ag and rice economics, even GATT and the Uruguay Round, and much more. I owe him so much.

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Respected economist Ammar Siamwalla passes away at 86
Ammar Siamwalla, one of the country’s most prominent and respected economists, who specialised in agricultural and development economics, passed away today at the age of 86.
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Reposted by Robert Wolfe, Simon Lester

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Steven Chase @stevenchase.bsky.social · 6d
Carney to meet with Trump in Washington next week as Canada seeks tariff relief

www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Carney to meet with Trump in Washington next week as Canada seeks tariff relief
This will be the Prime Minister’s second trip to the White House since taking office this year
www.theglobeandmail.com
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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 7d
Somebody actually sat down and wrote these two sentences, one after another. www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/u...
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Reposted by Scott L. Greer, Robert Wolfe, Simon Lester

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d
Mullin: "We know Obamacare, affordable healthcare, didn't work because it made the healthcare costs go through the roof. If we want to solve this issue, how about we use the president that's in office right now? He's the art of the deal, he knows business, he knows what free markets can do"
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Reposted by Jacalyn Duffin, Robert Wolfe

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 7d
Dr. Balfour Mount, who coined the term "palliative care" and whose profound empathy helped revolutionize health-care in North America, died peacefully at the palliative care unit that bears his name. He was 86. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... via @cbcnews.ca
Balfour Mount, who revolutionized end-of-life care, died at palliative unit named in his honour | CBC News
Mount devoted his life to caring for others and alleviating suffering. In interviews, his family and colleagues remembered him as both deeply compassionate and as a fierce advocate for the humanity of...
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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 8d
Literally the whole address was about identity
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Mediaite @mediaite.com · 8d
Joe Rogan Defends Hegseth Address to Generals: ‘No More Identity Politics and B*llshit’
Joe Rogan Defends Hegseth Address to Generals: ‘No More Identity Politics and B*llshit’
Joe Rogan approved of Pete Hegseth's proposed changes to the U.S. military, saying it was nice there would be "no more identify politics and b*llshit" The post Joe Rogan Defends Hegseth Address to Generals: ‘No More Identity Politics and B*llshit’ first appeared on Mediaite.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8d
Hegseth said yesterday he wants to ban any symbols of “superficial individual expression” by people serving in the military. Of course, he was probably talking about dangerous things like rainbows.
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Jessica Green @greenprofgreen.bsky.social · 8d
@aradwanski.bsky.social correctly identifies one of the key probs w/ Canada’s industrial carbon pricing: too many credits. This is not just a Canada problem, its endemic to cap and trade. “Fixing” carbon pricing is a lot harder than it seems. 🧵
Canada’s industrial carbon pricing system is a mess. Here’s how Carney can fix it
It was barely a system at all when he took office, but since then, the nationwide patchwork has only gotten patchier
www.theglobeandmail.com
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Robert Wolfe @bobwolfe.bsky.social · 8d
I think you have the wrong spin here. First, the story merely says that the government might change the way it allocates EXISTING access for US dairy. Second, dairy is a small part of our domestic food supply. Canadians would not want to eat only Canadian food, especially in winter.
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UK Trade Policy Observatory @uktpo.org · 9d
Once again, Trump is threatening tariffs on films made outside the US, claiming that other countries have "stolen" business from the US movie industry. Yet, how would these tariffs work? Ingo Borchert explains: www.uktpo.org/2025/05/07/b...

#InternationalTrade #US #TrumpTariffs
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Stephanie Rickard @sjrickard.bsky.social · 9d
The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), established by US President Clinton in 2000, expired yesterday at midnight. For 32 African countries, (even more) uncertainty now looms over #tariffs, exports, and jobs.

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Thousands of jobs at risk in Africa as US trade deal expires
A major US-Africa trade deal, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), will terminate as scheduled on Tuesday, ending duty-free access to U.S. markets for thousands of African products
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Peter Ungphakorn @coppetainpu.bsky.social · 9d
On Sep 30, the US repeated its objection to the current draft in the @wto.org fisheries subsidies talks known as Fish 2. It did not say what its objections are, but the US is understood to be seeking an outright ban on distant-sea fishing.

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Members advised to suspend WTO fish subsidy talks, as a handful hold out
Despite overwhelming support for his draft, departing chair Gunnarsson sees little chance of quick agreement as a few members drag the talks backwards
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