"Twenty-Four States Led by Oregon File Lawsuit Challenging Trump's Section 122 Tariffs" reason.com/volokh/2026/...
"This may be the first time a lawsuit filed by blue state governments quoted Milton Friedman" 🔥
"EU Expects Exemption From US Universal Tariff Boost to 15%" 🤷 share.google/kbTqLGx1Llaz...
"The Cost of Air Cargo Is Rising Amid Mideast War Disruptions" www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
This guy rules.
My latest @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social newsletter on the very good non-tariff news buried in the Supreme Court's tariff ruling:
thedispatch.com/newsletter/c...
"US to Pay Interest If Ordered to Pay Importers Tariff Refunds" www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
It is the law, after all.
Question is: how many refunds actually get issued after a lengthy court/administrative battle.
The answer should be: all, now.
But...
"DOJ Probes US Fertilizer Market for Possible Price Fixing" www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Meanwhile, in reality:
"Risks to Western aluminium supply rise as Iran war escalates" share.google/Eon9q4EHI9uy...
"India, Canada aim for trade pact by year end, agree uranium deal" www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
"There is little US LNG producers can do to immediately replace lost Qatari cargoes" www.reuters.com/business/ene...
"American export plants are running nearly full tilt with most cargoes locked into long‑term contracts."
"Manhattan Institute’s Criticisms Vindicate Cato’s Report on Fiscal Effect of Immigrants: Part 1" www.cato.org/blog/manhatt... via @CatoInstitute @David_J_Bier
"America's average gas price saw its largest single-day jump in 4 years" www.businessinsider.com/average-gas-...
"Lawmakers demand Whirlpool CEO to answer to layoffs at Amana plant" www.kcrg.com/2026/03/02/l...
"Asia Scrambles for LNG as Qatar Output Halted, India Begins Gas Rationing" gcaptain.com/asia-scrambl...
"EU’s Ribera says Trump can’t break trade relations with Spain" www.politico.eu/article/eu-t...
"Imagine what might be achieved if such arbitrary barriers stopped getting in the way of what is clearly an instinctive human preference for free markets?" www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
"The General Motors plant in Janesville, Wis., had a bar so close to its front doors that the automaker tried to discourage lunchtime beer runs by building tall fences..." www.autonews.com/general-moto...
"The Unexpected Winners From Trump’s New Global Tariff" www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/u...
"Banned in California" marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevo...?
"The regulatory environment makes it effectively impossible to build new semiconductor fabs, automotive paint shops, battery gigafactories, or steel foundries."
"Tariffs Force Down Heavy Equipment Sales and Jobs" share.google/GOIY8WVZ8P3O...
"it is more economical to build a forklift overseas, import it and pay the tariff"
"multiple layers of tariffs on inputs have made it even more expensive to build machinery on American soil"
UPDATE: They just lost round one, but they'll almost certainly keep fighting - at great taxpayer expense.
Friday, the Trump administration began stalling IEEPA tariff refunds in court. In a new @cato.org blog post, we review US regs on customs duty refunds and find that IEEPA refund delays will cost taxpayers ~$700M/month in additional interest payments owed to importers: www.cato.org/blog/tariff-...
"US copper mountain still growing after December import surge" www.reuters.com/markets/comm...
"about a fifth of the world’s entire supply of oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz, which is now almost closed to traffic.... What happens if the Strait doesn’t reopen? Bad things" 🤔 www.ft.com/content/374a...
New @nberpubs: "The Economics of Tariffs" www.nber.org/papers/w34915
New @nberpubs: "Loneliness, Mental Health and the Work-From-Home Revolution" www.nber.org/papers/w34914
New @nberpubs: "Understanding High Schools’ Effects on Longer-Term Outcomes" www.nber.org/papers/w34913
New @nberpubs: "Minimum Wages and Rise of the Robots" www.nber.org/papers/w34895
"Strong Net Foreign Buying of US Assets" www.apolloacademy.com/strong-net-f...
More good stuff from Milei & Argentina, this time on labor market deregulation.
A great start, but more needed.
www.cato.org/blog/argenti...
