Government/Policy
April 3, 2022
Leibowitz on Trade: Commerce's 'Strategic Plan' Short on Specifics
Written by Lewis Leibowitz
The Commerce Department released a “strategic plan” to boost American competitiveness on March 28. It is long on buzzwords and short on specifics.
The pl
an identifies some opportunities to boost American competitiveness. But it focuses too much on government subsidies and protection of entrenched domestic industries and not enough on playing to America’s most important asset—private initiative.

