Audrey Stienon
@astienon.bsky.social
industrial policy at the Open Markets Institute • fascinated about how we shape industries and markets to serve the public interest • book nerd & recovering globe trotter • views are my own • 🇧🇪🇺🇸
Reposted by Audrey Stienon
Parts of the federal gov't that most people never think about -- research orgs, safety regs, low-income programs, etc. -- are being degraded & destroyed, with no one to notice or mourn them. But every bit of it erodes the foundations of US power & prosperity, carefully laid over decades.
December 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Parts of the federal gov't that most people never think about -- research orgs, safety regs, low-income programs, etc. -- are being degraded & destroyed, with no one to notice or mourn them. But every bit of it erodes the foundations of US power & prosperity, carefully laid over decades.
The logical solution, of course, is to bully other countries into keeping their standards low - or at least exempt US companies from new regulation - so that US never face any regulatory or competitive pressure to innovate and improve.
The new nanny state, everyone.
The new nanny state, everyone.
Accepting US car standards would risk European lives, warn cities and…
European cities and civil society groups have warned that accepting lower US car standards will see more dangerous vehicles flood into Europe
www.transportenvironment.org
December 4, 2025 at 3:52 PM
A common criticism of subsidies for industries is that they risk breeding lazy dependence on government.
We need to talk more about how de-regulation does the same thing.
How will US companies compete globally if we let them produce at a lower standard than other countries' companies?
We need to talk more about how de-regulation does the same thing.
How will US companies compete globally if we let them produce at a lower standard than other countries' companies?
everything this admin does is stupid and performative.
the big three has like no product line. decreasing fuel economy standards won’t make them start making affordable cars.
www.autonews.com/regulation-s...
the big three has like no product line. decreasing fuel economy standards won’t make them start making affordable cars.
www.autonews.com/regulation-s...
December 3, 2025 at 10:09 PM
This is the growing theme of US trade negotiations
Not only has the US refused to domestically regulate tech, or introduce a carbon tax, or require ESG disclosures, or raise corporate taxes...but now we expect every country that has done so to roll these advances back. Or else face the tariffs.
Not only has the US refused to domestically regulate tech, or introduce a carbon tax, or require ESG disclosures, or raise corporate taxes...but now we expect every country that has done so to roll these advances back. Or else face the tariffs.
December 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This is the growing theme of US trade negotiations
Not only has the US refused to domestically regulate tech, or introduce a carbon tax, or require ESG disclosures, or raise corporate taxes...but now we expect every country that has done so to roll these advances back. Or else face the tariffs.
Not only has the US refused to domestically regulate tech, or introduce a carbon tax, or require ESG disclosures, or raise corporate taxes...but now we expect every country that has done so to roll these advances back. Or else face the tariffs.
The logical solution, of course, is to bully other countries into keeping their standards low - or at least exempt US companies from new regulation - so that US never face any regulatory or competitive pressure to innovate and improve.
The new nanny state, everyone.
The new nanny state, everyone.
Accepting US car standards would risk European lives, warn cities and…
European cities and civil society groups have warned that accepting lower US car standards will see more dangerous vehicles flood into Europe
www.transportenvironment.org
December 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
The logical solution, of course, is to bully other countries into keeping their standards low - or at least exempt US companies from new regulation - so that US never face any regulatory or competitive pressure to innovate and improve.
The new nanny state, everyone.
The new nanny state, everyone.
More than any other outcome — more than increasing jobs, or lowering inflation, or even ensuring any one company or industry succeeds — Trump's policy priority is to consolidate power around himself.
This is authoritarian industrial policy.
This is authoritarian industrial policy.
December 2, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The danger is not that Trump is failing to check the power of corporate America.
The danger is that Trump is empowering corporate America in order to capture that power for himself.
The danger is that Trump is empowering corporate America in order to capture that power for himself.
November 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The danger is not that Trump is failing to check the power of corporate America.
The danger is that Trump is empowering corporate America in order to capture that power for himself.
The danger is that Trump is empowering corporate America in order to capture that power for himself.