Simon Lester

Simon Lester is a trade-policy analyst at the Cato Institute.

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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson greet U.S. President Donald Trump at the annual NATO heads of government summit at the Grove hotel in Watford, Britain December 4, 2019. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls/Pool

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A specialist wearing protective gear sprays disinfectant inside the FOOD CITY wholesale and retail market to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Moscow, Russia April 9, 2020. Andrey Nikerichev/Moscow News Agency/Handout via REUTERS

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Hospitalman Jeremiah Lewis, from San Antonio, organizes medical supplies aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy off the coast of southern California March 24, 2020. Picture taken March 24, 2020. U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialis

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Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks about responses to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic at an event in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson greet U.S. President Donald Trump at the annual NATO heads of government summit at the Grove hotel in Watford, Britain December 4, 2019. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls/Pool

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A man wearing a protective mask passes by a billboard depicting Chinese President Xi Jinping as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Belgrade, Serbia, April 1, 2020. The text on the billboard reads "Thanks, brother Xi". Picture ta

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A specialist wearing protective gear sprays disinfectant inside the FOOD CITY wholesale and retail market to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Moscow, Russia April 9, 2020. Andrey Nikerichev/Moscow News Agency/Handout via REUTERS

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Hospitalman Jeremiah Lewis, from San Antonio, organizes medical supplies aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy off the coast of southern California March 24, 2020. Picture taken March 24, 2020. U.S. Navy/Mass Communication Specialis

The Coronavirus Crisis Is the Right Time For Free Trade

Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks about responses to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic at an event in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

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U.S. President Donald Trump shows off the United States-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement (USMCA) after signing it on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, U.S., January 29, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis

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