Cato Institute
K. William Watson, Trade Policy Analyst, Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies
The Cato Institute, founded in 1977, is a public policy research foundation dedicated to the principles of individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and peace. Its scholars and analysts conduct independent, nonpartisan research on a wide range of policy issues. William Watson’s research focuses on U.S. trade remedy policies, disguised protectionism, and the institutional aspects of global trade liberalization. The following is from “It’s Time to Dump Nonmarket Economy Treatment,” Free Trade Bulletin No. 65, March 9, 2016. Trade officials in the United States and Europe use what is called “nonmarket economy methodology” in antidumping cases against imports from China….
