Bill Watson

International Man of Mystery

[R Street Institute @RSI]

📆 Sept 7: Securing the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain https://t.co/w6IqSpp4ji with our @clark_packard, Tiffany L. Smith, our @kw_watson

[Bill Watson @kw_watson]

"The implication that markets and the actions of firms can be easily aligned with the strategic aims of states without undermining or destroying the productivity and efficiency of the markets is almost certainly false." https://t.co/vKvObDTuxS @IGPAlert

[R Street Institute @RSI]

"Evidence suggests that existing, market-driven supply chains are already highly diverse and have proven themselves remarkably resilient despite historic strain during the pandemic." https://t.co/0yDxoyOcnB @kw_watson @clark_packard

[R Street Institute @RSI]

"The most direct threat to resilience and security for medicines and medical supplies during the pandemic has come not from foreign sourcing but from the short-sighted actions of anxious governments." https://t.co/abY6v1dBGJ @kw_watson @clark_packard

[Bill Watson @kw_watson]

“The CFIUS action remains under active discussion by the US government”

[Russell Brandom @russellbrandom]

Good news for TikTok and WeChat! Biden revokes Trump bans, planning to replace them with something more coherent after Commerce has had time to ponder. https://t.co/kaMaxhgYQT

[𝙱𝚛𝚢𝚊𝚗 𝚁𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚢 🗽🇺🇸 @FreeTradeBryan]

“the Trump administration’s trade policy was largely determined by attorneys from the trade remedy bar, many of whom had worked for years representing the steel industry, and they did not prioritize the advice of economists.”

[Meg Wilhorn @Maynamayy]

THREAD: I lived in Wisconsin my entire life (til college). I’ve gone to school when the windchill is -30. Mom didn’t make me bring a winter jacket until the temperature hit single digits. But now I live in Fort Worth, TX.

[HTIA @HiTechInventors]

Philips' newest ITC litigation is “a particularly obnoxious example of how Section 337 can be abused to bypass the regular rules of the U.S. patent system in favor of unmerited remedies from a trade agency.” Read more from @kw_watson https://t.co/E5mGpJxeKL

[Simon Lester @snlester]

5 recent trade policy recommendations from Mark Wu (just announced as a USTR Senior Advisor):

1) "Seek to resolve Trans-Atlantic differences over key WTO-related issues, including most notably, reform of WTO dispute settlement and digital trade"

https://t.co/MlBi5PcJzW

[R Street Institute @RSI]

Licensing Company With No Domestic Industry Wants ITC Do-Over https://t.co/C5AJNMyoVN @kw_watson

[𝙱𝚛𝚢𝚊𝚗 𝚁𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚢 🗽🇺🇸 @FreeTradeBryan]

It's been a rough few years for free trade. Off the top of my head, here are my 3 FAVORITE comments from elected officials from the Trump era. They are awesome so check them out and feel free to add more! (short thread)

[Neena @NeenaMoorjani]

#TPP (minus US) competitor #RCEP to sign Asian trade megadeal Sunday. Creates Asia's largest free trade zone. Where is the US? @scottlincicome @snlester @wendyscutler @kw_watson @tradereporter
https://t.co/Jq64MWuqe4

[Matthew Feeney @M_feeney]

It looks likely that the legislative agenda re: online speech will shift from predominantly "Don't take so much content down!" (as popularized by Trump and his Congressional allies) to "Take more content down!" (which we've mostly seen from Democratic lawmakers). #Section230

[Rob Moseley @DuckFootball]

STOP THE COUNT!

[Bill Watson @kw_watson]

@AlexNowrasteh Why did they make Liberia blue???

[Bill Watson @kw_watson]

@M_feeney At least he's not yelling 火 in a crowded theater.

[Alec Stapp @AlecStapp]

Nothing makes you realize you’re living through a moral panic like watching newscasts of previous moral panics.

[Clark Packard @clark_packard]

From suffering U.S. farmers to the pain inflicted on the developing world, everything about U.S. agriculture policy is dysfunctional. The next administration can do better. My latest for @ForeignPolicy.

https://t.co/B6aQznClSh

[Bill Watson @kw_watson]

@Laurachasen @FreeTradeBryan The only other veto since the 80s was by Obama to keep the ITC from banning iPhones. Here's a post about it from waaaay back in 2013: https://t.co/dgBdq86XD3