Willem Buiter and Anne Sibert explain the problems with the Brown-Obama-Durbin Patriot Employers Act: The dangerous protectionism of Barack Obama (Vox, Feb 26).
H/T to Jonathan Dingel at Trade Diversion. See also Trade Diversion's Crook: "Are we even intended to take this seriously?" (Feb 25).
Simon Lester at the International Economic Law and Policy Blog, on a quick initial review, doesn't see the Act falling foul of WTO or GATT rules (except - possibly - the Agriculture Agreement): The Patriot Employers Act under WTO Rules (Feb 26). The post includes the text of the Act.
There are more posts on the 2008 election here: Election 2008 or over here at the International Economic Law and Policy Blog.
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