Lori Wallach
@wallachlori.bsky.social
Director @ Rethink Trade | #WTO #NAFTA #ISDS #supplychainmess 💗 trade justice 🚫 hyperglobalization, corporate-rigged trade deals, Big Tech monopolies | www.rethinktrade.org
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Lori Wallach
@wallachlori.bsky.social
· Nov 7
Good morning - join me in getting ready for the 10 AM landmark Supreme Court oral arguments on the cases that will decide if Pres. Trump has constitutionally valid authority to impose his broadest tariffs. You can listen in live to the Court here 1/ www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...
https://supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/live.aspx
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The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the cases challenging Pres Trump's broad tariff authority. Catch up w/ highlights from the 2+ hour session & hints of where the SCrt may be headed in my thread👇This is a very consequential case. Tariff rates are the least of it!
This chart shows the results of China's mercantilist trade policy: distorted, maximilist exports levels and few imports.
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December 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This chart shows the results of China's mercantilist trade policy: distorted, maximilist exports levels and few imports.
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10 Big Tech lobbyists here to defend special privileges & powers they got Trump to add to his 2020 US-Mexico-Canada Agt or USMCA - the Trump NAFTA update. Versus 2 witnesses against Big Tech’s “digital trade” attack at hearing on the 6-year USMCA review. Quite revealing… 1/
December 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
10 Big Tech lobbyists here to defend special privileges & powers they got Trump to add to his 2020 US-Mexico-Canada Agt or USMCA - the Trump NAFTA update. Versus 2 witnesses against Big Tech’s “digital trade” attack at hearing on the 6-year USMCA review. Quite revealing… 1/
Commerce Sec. Lutnick said the Trump admin will trade away American manufacturing (steel tariffs) if Europe will gut law against Big Tech monopoly abuse. For a quick overview of EU digital regs Trump wants killed & the implications, check out my latest Rethinking Trade podcast.
OUT NOW: the latest episode of Rethinking Trade: Is Trump Using Trade Talks to Gut Europe’s Digital Rules for Big Tech?
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Europe’s Digital Rules Explained — Opening Segment (Full Episode Below)
This video features the opening segment of our newest episode on digital governance, data flows, and EU–U.S. regulatory differences.
Watch the opening discussion here, then listen to the full…
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December 5, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Commerce Sec. Lutnick said the Trump admin will trade away American manufacturing (steel tariffs) if Europe will gut law against Big Tech monopoly abuse. For a quick overview of EU digital regs Trump wants killed & the implications, check out my latest Rethinking Trade podcast.
Because of the govt shutdown, we don’t have the latest Fed data on manufacturing construction investment. But in the first half of 2025, it was trending down monthly same as the manufacturing indexes described in this story. Opposite of what Trump promised working class voters.
December 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Because of the govt shutdown, we don’t have the latest Fed data on manufacturing construction investment. But in the first half of 2025, it was trending down monthly same as the manufacturing indexes described in this story. Opposite of what Trump promised working class voters.
Explicitly trading away U.S. manufacturing (steel and aluminum tariffs) for Big-Tech-demanded rollbacks of European anti-monopoly and other digital safeguards is pretty much the opposite of what Trump promised working class voters in PA, WI, MI, etc. 😡
November 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Explicitly trading away U.S. manufacturing (steel and aluminum tariffs) for Big-Tech-demanded rollbacks of European anti-monopoly and other digital safeguards is pretty much the opposite of what Trump promised working class voters in PA, WI, MI, etc. 😡
Thank you @rokhanna.bsky.social for raising awareness about Trump’s lopsided America Last China “trade deal.” Yes to a Manhattan Project on rare earths. The minerals are not so rare as far as where they are located, but they require intense processing. We must improve/stand up that capacity.
November 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Thank you @rokhanna.bsky.social for raising awareness about Trump’s lopsided America Last China “trade deal.” Yes to a Manhattan Project on rare earths. The minerals are not so rare as far as where they are located, but they require intense processing. We must improve/stand up that capacity.
Please share your theory: Why did Trump announce beef 🥩and tomato🍅tariff cuts when 99% of US🍅imports and 42% of🥩are from Mexico or Canada and ALREADY DUTY FREE under USMCA? Argentine beef is another 25% import share and ALREADY HAD TARIFFS CUT. So why cut PHANTOM TARIFFS? 1/
November 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Please share your theory: Why did Trump announce beef 🥩and tomato🍅tariff cuts when 99% of US🍅imports and 42% of🥩are from Mexico or Canada and ALREADY DUTY FREE under USMCA? Argentine beef is another 25% import share and ALREADY HAD TARIFFS CUT. So why cut PHANTOM TARIFFS? 1/
Larry Summers — not just wrong and immoral on economics and trade…
November 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Larry Summers — not just wrong and immoral on economics and trade…
And POTUS again shreds his lawyer's key claim in SupCrt tariff case:
Trump SolGen Sauer 11/5 - "These are regulatory tariffs. They are not revenue-raising tariffs.... The tariffs would be most effective, so to speak, if no -- no -- no person ever paid them."
Trump 11/9👇
Trump SolGen Sauer 11/5 - "These are regulatory tariffs. They are not revenue-raising tariffs.... The tariffs would be most effective, so to speak, if no -- no -- no person ever paid them."
Trump 11/9👇
November 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
And POTUS again shreds his lawyer's key claim in SupCrt tariff case:
Trump SolGen Sauer 11/5 - "These are regulatory tariffs. They are not revenue-raising tariffs.... The tariffs would be most effective, so to speak, if no -- no -- no person ever paid them."
Trump 11/9👇
Trump SolGen Sauer 11/5 - "These are regulatory tariffs. They are not revenue-raising tariffs.... The tariffs would be most effective, so to speak, if no -- no -- no person ever paid them."
Trump 11/9👇
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the cases challenging Pres Trump's broad tariff authority. Catch up w/ highlights from the 2+ hour session & hints of where the SCrt may be headed in my thread👇This is a very consequential case. Tariff rates are the least of it!
Good morning - join me in getting ready for the 10 AM landmark Supreme Court oral arguments on the cases that will decide if Pres. Trump has constitutionally valid authority to impose his broadest tariffs. You can listen in live to the Court here 1/ www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...
https://supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/live.aspx
t.co
November 7, 2025 at 4:07 AM
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the cases challenging Pres Trump's broad tariff authority. Catch up w/ highlights from the 2+ hour session & hints of where the SCrt may be headed in my thread👇This is a very consequential case. Tariff rates are the least of it!
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Good thread about supreme court arguments RE: Trump tariff power over reach case.
And, with that, the oral arguments WRAP.
Now festivities shift to front steps of the court, where litigants will do press.
My biggest takeaway: Tho oral arguments arent ispositive of where court will go, bet Trump staff will be dusting off other statutes that give a prez...
Now festivities shift to front steps of the court, where litigants will do press.
My biggest takeaway: Tho oral arguments arent ispositive of where court will go, bet Trump staff will be dusting off other statutes that give a prez...
November 5, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Good thread about supreme court arguments RE: Trump tariff power over reach case.
Reposted by Lori Wallach
OUT NOW: What’s at Stake in Trump's Supreme Court Tariff Case by @wallachlori.bsky.social on the Economic Populist via @econliberties.bsky.social.
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What’s at Stake in Trump's Supreme Court Tariff Case
A ruling in Trump’s favor would be a more dramatic expansion of presidential power than all the previous extra grants of power the Supreme Court has given him
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November 5, 2025 at 10:29 PM
OUT NOW: What’s at Stake in Trump's Supreme Court Tariff Case by @wallachlori.bsky.social on the Economic Populist via @econliberties.bsky.social.
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SCOTUS is hearing case against Trump's tariffs. Listen along! I'll offer some thoughts as we go along.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM
SCOTUS is hearing case against Trump's tariffs. Listen along! I'll offer some thoughts as we go along.
bsky.app/profile/todd...
www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...
bsky.app/profile/todd...
www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...
Good morning - join me in getting ready for the 10 AM landmark Supreme Court oral arguments on the cases that will decide if Pres. Trump has constitutionally valid authority to impose his broadest tariffs. You can listen in live to the Court here 1/ www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...
https://supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/live.aspx
t.co
November 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Good morning - join me in getting ready for the 10 AM landmark Supreme Court oral arguments on the cases that will decide if Pres. Trump has constitutionally valid authority to impose his broadest tariffs. You can listen in live to the Court here 1/ www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...
Reposted by Lori Wallach
While you await results, we already have them! On this episode of Organized Money we talk about what candidates have been focused on in the elections, from affordability & electric bills to data centers.
Plus @wallachlori.bsky.social discusses tomorrow's Supreme Court hearing on tariffs.
Plus @wallachlori.bsky.social discusses tomorrow's Supreme Court hearing on tariffs.
The Election And Tariffs At The Supreme Court
This week we talk election Tuesday and how odd year politics can influence future electoral politicking. And then the battle over tariffs between the Executive, Congress and the Supreme Court.
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November 4, 2025 at 8:49 PM
While you await results, we already have them! On this episode of Organized Money we talk about what candidates have been focused on in the elections, from affordability & electric bills to data centers.
Plus @wallachlori.bsky.social discusses tomorrow's Supreme Court hearing on tariffs.
Plus @wallachlori.bsky.social discusses tomorrow's Supreme Court hearing on tariffs.
Reposted by Lori Wallach
LIVE IN 30 MINUTES: Rethink Trade’s @wallachlori.bsky.social joins WBUR's @wbur.org to break down what’s at stake in the Supreme Court case on Trump’s tariff authority.
Listen live at 7:00 am PT / 10:00 am ET: www.ctpublic.org
Background memo: rethinktrade.org/article/scot...
Listen live at 7:00 am PT / 10:00 am ET: www.ctpublic.org
Background memo: rethinktrade.org/article/scot...
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November 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM
LIVE IN 30 MINUTES: Rethink Trade’s @wallachlori.bsky.social joins WBUR's @wbur.org to break down what’s at stake in the Supreme Court case on Trump’s tariff authority.
Listen live at 7:00 am PT / 10:00 am ET: www.ctpublic.org
Background memo: rethinktrade.org/article/scot...
Listen live at 7:00 am PT / 10:00 am ET: www.ctpublic.org
Background memo: rethinktrade.org/article/scot...
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NOW: Rethink Trade's @wallachlori.bsky.social is up next:
LIVE IN 30 MINUTES: Rethink Trade’s @wallachlori.bsky.social joins WBUR's @wbur.org to break down what’s at stake in the Supreme Court case on Trump’s tariff authority.
Listen live at 7:00 am PT / 10:00 am ET: www.ctpublic.org
Background memo: rethinktrade.org/article/scot...
Listen live at 7:00 am PT / 10:00 am ET: www.ctpublic.org
Background memo: rethinktrade.org/article/scot...
Connecticut Public | Media for the curious | Connecticut Public
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November 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
NOW: Rethink Trade's @wallachlori.bsky.social is up next:
Sharing my thoughts on @rushdoshi.bsky.social's take on the Trump–Xi deal here too.
Rush's original thread here: x.com/RushDoshi/st...
Rush's original thread here: x.com/RushDoshi/st...
November 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Sharing my thoughts on @rushdoshi.bsky.social's take on the Trump–Xi deal here too.
Rush's original thread here: x.com/RushDoshi/st...
Rush's original thread here: x.com/RushDoshi/st...
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ICYMI: Lori Wallach joined Bloomberg to break down what’s at stake in next week's SCOTUS oral arguments about Trump's tariff authorities.
Read Lori's memo here: rethinktrade.org/article/scot...
Read Lori's memo here: rethinktrade.org/article/scot...
October 31, 2025 at 6:15 PM
ICYMI: Lori Wallach joined Bloomberg to break down what’s at stake in next week's SCOTUS oral arguments about Trump's tariff authorities.
Read Lori's memo here: rethinktrade.org/article/scot...
Read Lori's memo here: rethinktrade.org/article/scot...
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Last week, former NSC China Director Rush Doshi walked us through how China's announcement of rare-earth export controls in early October was an escalating form of geopolitical leverage.
October 31, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Last week, former NSC China Director Rush Doshi walked us through how China's announcement of rare-earth export controls in early October was an escalating form of geopolitical leverage.
Check out my latest podcast: A Chinese rare earths/magnet cut off can derail the global economy - and affect you directly. Years of planning led to China's near-monopoly. Rare earths are not rare/lucrative, but control over processing = major geopolitical power says @rushdoshi.bsky.social 1/
October 28, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Check out my latest podcast: A Chinese rare earths/magnet cut off can derail the global economy - and affect you directly. Years of planning led to China's near-monopoly. Rare earths are not rare/lucrative, but control over processing = major geopolitical power says @rushdoshi.bsky.social 1/
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I just listened to this and hoooly shit. again I do not know much here, but it seems UTTERLY BONKERS to me that the US not only allowed but directly facilitated China's near-monopoly on materials we rely on to this extent. and they 100% have the cheeto's number, too. this is not a good situation D:
Please listen to @rushdoshi.bsky.social on Rethinking Trade
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October 28, 2025 at 7:52 AM
I just listened to this and hoooly shit. again I do not know much here, but it seems UTTERLY BONKERS to me that the US not only allowed but directly facilitated China's near-monopoly on materials we rely on to this extent. and they 100% have the cheeto's number, too. this is not a good situation D:
Please listen to @rushdoshi.bsky.social on Rethinking Trade
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October 27, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Please listen to @rushdoshi.bsky.social on Rethinking Trade
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On Rethinking Trade, @rushdoshi.bsky.social breaks down what this means and what the U.S. must do next.
LISTEN NOW: open.spotify.com/episode/5Agy...
LISTEN NOW: open.spotify.com/episode/5Agy...
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October 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
On Rethinking Trade, @rushdoshi.bsky.social breaks down what this means and what the U.S. must do next.
LISTEN NOW: open.spotify.com/episode/5Agy...
LISTEN NOW: open.spotify.com/episode/5Agy...
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China’s move to restrict global access to rare earths and magnets could be cataclysmic — the one-year “pause” announced Sunday doesn’t remove the leverage.
October 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
China’s move to restrict global access to rare earths and magnets could be cataclysmic — the one-year “pause” announced Sunday doesn’t remove the leverage.