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Wilbur Ross

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Free Trade

Biden, Democrats Are Locking in Trump's Tariffs

Rather than undoing Trump's disastrous trade policies, Democrats in the White House and Congress appear to be entrenching the tariffs as a key part of U.S. trade policy.

Eric Boehm | 3.19.2021 11:05 AM

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Department of Commerce

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross Can't Stay Awake During Meetings. Does That Mean It's Time to Put His Whole Crony Capitalist Department to Rest?

The Commerce Department is a major dispenser of corporate welfare.

Christian Britschgi | 7.22.2019 3:15 PM

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Trump Administration

No Citizenship Question on 2020 Census as Trump Backs Down

Instead, the president signed an executive order directing government agencies to sift through documents and databases to determine Americans' citizenship status.

Eric Boehm | 7.11.2019 7:32 PM

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Census

Blame Wilbur Ross's Clumsy Lies for the Census Mess

The commerce secretary could easily have reinstated the citizenship question if he had been less transparently dishonest.

Jacob Sullum | 7.10.2019 12:01 AM

Wilbur-Ross-Newscom-2 | Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Newscom

Census

SCOTUS Ruling on Adding a Citizenship Question to the Census Shows Wilbur Ross Was Defeated by His Own Lies

The Court concludes that the commerce secretary's "contrived" explanation frustrated "meaningful judicial review."

Jacob Sullum | 6.27.2019 2:40 PM

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Census

Wilbur Ross Says He Did Not 'Intentionally' Mislead Congress About the Census

The commerce secretary falsely portrayed the decision to include a citizenship question as a response to a Justice Department request.

Jacob Sullum | 3.15.2019 3:45 PM

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