Join us for a discussion on the principles behind American trade policy. What will be better for America: free trade and globalization or protectionism and tariffs? Gurwin Ahuja, former advisor in the Office of the United States Trade Representative, will be moderating the discussion between Daniel Griswold and Daniel McCarthy. Griswold is co-director of the Trade and Immigration Project at the Mercatus Center and author of the 2009 book, Mad about Trade: Why Main Street America Should Embrace Globalization. Daniel McCarthy is editor of Modern Age. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, USA Today, The Spectator, The National Interest, Reason, Modern Age, and other publications.

Hosted by the Adam Smith Society chapter at Columbia University in partnership with Columbia Business School’s GovBiz Club and Greater China Society

Daniel Griswold (@DanielGriswold) is a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and Co-Director of its Trade and Immigration Project. Griswold is a nationally recognized expert on trade and immigration policy.  He is the author of the 2009 book, Mad about Trade: Why Main Street America Should Embrace Globalization.  He has authored numerous studies, testified before congressional committees, commented for CNBC, CSPAN, Fox News and other TV and radio outlets, and written articles for The Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and other publications.

Griswold holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and a Masters in the Politics of the World Economy from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Daniel McCarthy (@toryanarchist) is the Editor of Modern Age, an American conservative academic quarterly journal. Previously, he was the editor-at-large of The American Conservative from 2010 through 2016. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, USA Today, The Spectator, The National Interest, Reason, Modern Age, and other publications. He has been interviewed on National Public Radio, the BBC, Fox Business, and many other outlets. Outside of journalism, he has worked as internet communications coordinator of the Ron Paul 2008 presidential campaign and senior editor of ISI Books. He is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, where he studied classics.