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Daniel Griswold




Daniel Griswold is senior research fellow and co-director of the Program on the American Economy and Globalization at the Mercatus Center. Before joining the Mercatus Center, Daniel served as president of the National Association of Foreign-Trade Zones (NAFTZ) from 2012 to 2016, representing its members in Washington before Congress and regulatory agencies. From 1997 to 2012, Griswold directed the Cato Institute’s trade and immigration research program.

Daniel is the author of the 2009 Cato book, Mad about Trade: Why Main Street America Should Embrace Globalization. He has testified before congressional committees, commented frequently for TV and radio, authored articles for The Wall Street Journal and other national publications, and addressed business and trade groups across the country and around the world. Before joining Cato, Daniel was editorial-page editor of the Colorado Springs Gazette, a daily newspaper, and a press secretary on Capitol Hill. He holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and a diploma in economics and an M.Sc. in the Politics of the World Economy from the London School of Economics.

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Is the Northeastern Power Grid Ready for the Next Crisis?

August 10th is a special event in the energy industry. It marks the tenth year since the famous Northeastern blackout plunged millions of people into total darkness. While some small pockets of the region escaped unscathed, the vast majority of the homes and businesses suffered some type of financial loss. The question is, ten years later, what have we learned?

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Egypt, the United States and What’s Next

There are many grand failures of U.S. foreign policy. Egypt has joined the pantheon, with Washington seemingly under attack by every faction in Cairo. Egypt long has been a national wreck. Its recent history featured rule by an indolent king and a leftish Arab nationalist. A couple of authoritarian generals followed. The economy was ruined by dirigisme economic plans, endless bureaucratic incompetence, and pervasive political corruption.

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The Truth about Free Trade and the Transatlantic Agreement

July 8th marked the official commencement of the much anticipated Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations in Washington, DC. An eventual agreement could eliminate tariffs and curb superfluous rules and regulations that impede commerce and raise costs for businesses and consumers in the world’s largest economies. Those prospects make the effort worthy of our attention and, possibly, our support. But one is clear: the negotiations are less about free trade than they are the latest rejection of its virtue.

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Business Engagement with China: A Latin America Divided

SPECIAL REPORT—As the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has re-emerged onto the world stage in the first decade of the 21st century, its growing economic and political weight has captured the attention of business and political elites worldwide. And due to China’s intense focus on expanding and diversifying exports to spearhead the development of a country of more than 1.3 billion people, its actions have profoundly impacted countries around the world.

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