Areas of expertise
International economics • Trade and manufacturing policies • Global finance • Foreign investment and “insourcing” • Industry studies
Biography
Rob Scott joined the Economic Policy Institute in 1996. His areas of research include international economics, trade and manufacturing policies and their impacts on working people in the United States and other countries, the economic impacts of foreign investment, and the macroeconomic effects of trade and capital flows. He has published widely in academic journals and the popular press, including The Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, The International Review of Applied Economics, and The Stanford Law and Policy Review, as well as The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Newsday, USA Today, The Baltimore Sun, U.S. News & World Report, and other newspapers. He has also provided economic commentary for a range of electronic media, including NPR, CNN, Bloomberg, and the BBC.
Highlighted work
- GM cutbacks a result of overvalued dollar • The Detroit News • December 1, 2018
- How Trump Should Address Unfair Trade With China • New York Times • October 23, 2018
- Don’t Sweat Trump’s Tariffs • U.S. News & World Report • March 5, 2018
Education
Ph.D., Economics, University of California at Berkeley
B.S., Engineering, Washington University (St. Louis)
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The state of American manufacturing: The failure of Trump’s trade and economic policies
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The failure of Trump’s trade and manufacturing policy
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Aluminum tariffs have led to a strong recovery in employment, production, and investment in primary aluminum and downstream industries
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The China toll deepens: Growth in the bilateral trade deficit between 2001 and 2017 cost 3.4 million U.S. jobs, with losses in every state and congressional district
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Economist discusses the top unresolved issues in NAFTA talks
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Steel and Aluminum Tariffs
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Estimates of jobs lost and economic harm done by steel and aluminum tariffs are wildly exaggerated
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News from EPI › Trade remedies for steel and aluminum were long overdue
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News from EPI › Trade remedies for steel and aluminum are long overdue
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Increased U.S. trade deficit in 2017 illustrates dangers of ignoring the overvalued dollar
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The U.S. has shown ‘malign neglect’ in trade policies
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Trump must act now to protect U.S. steel and aluminum: Administration delays have already heightened the import crisis for tens of thousands of steel and aluminum industry workers
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Renegotiating NAFTA: What should the priorities be?
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Republican tax plan will reduce American competitiveness
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Withdrawing from KORUS: A good impulse, driven by bad reasons, whose potential will be squandered
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Renegotiating NAFTA is putting lipstick on a pig
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We still haven’t recovered well-paying construction and manufacturing jobs
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Comments on NERA study of the “Impacts of Potential Aluminum Tariffs on the U.S. economy”
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Steel and aluminum trade restraints are good first steps, but not nearly enough to rebuild manufacturing
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Testimony before the U.S. Department of Commerce on aluminum imports
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Written comments on Section 232 National Security Investigation on steel imports
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Testimony before the U.S. Department of Commerce on causes of significant trade deficits for 2016
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Testimony before the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific of the House Subcommittee on Foreign Affairs: China’s Technological Rise—Challenges to U.S. Innovation and Security
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Trump spurns working Americans by abandoning efforts to realign U.S.-China exchange rate
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Trump administration trade policy review misses the big picture
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Trump’s Plan for Trade: The last thing we need is more trade deals
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Increased U.S. trade deficit in 2016 illustrates dangers of malign neglect of the dollar
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Growth in U.S.–China trade deficit between 2001 and 2015 cost 3.4 million jobs: Here’s how to rebalance trade and rebuild American manufacturing
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SoftBank: Great press, bad for manufacturing, services, and the economy
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The TPP is a back door for dumped and subsidized imports from China; it would enhance, not limit, China’s influence in the region