The Japanese refuse to liberalize rice imports, the Americans won’t budge on sugar subsidies and export credits, and Europe will never accept GMOs or hormones. Never say never. Trade Policy Problems President Barack Obama and Argentine President Mauricio Macri agreed to organize an effort at a bilateral free trade agreement. This comes at a time when political support in the U.S. for free trade is being seriously challenged. The president’s goals in this matter are laudatory but likely create some cognitive dissonance within the body politic. In fact, the underlying problems are competitiveness, unfair foreign trade practices, and public ignorance about both economics and science. President Obama and his successor have a great deal of wor...