Court of Appeals Ruling on Reciprocal Tariffs
By Ian Sheldon (sheldon.1@osu.edu) In a recent blog post, it was noted that the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit had begun deliberations over a ruling by the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) against President Trump’s…
Ohio Energy Outlook — August 2025
Brent Sohngen, Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics, Ohio State University (sohngen.1@osu.edu) This short article examines current trends in several parts of the energy sector, including oil, natural gas and electricty markets. In each section, I look at factors…
Will The Emerging Trade War Reorient How We Think About Sustainability?
by Brent Sohngen (sohngen.1@osu.edu) The world has been on a hot streak over the last 70 years. Global income growth shot up at an average annual pace of 2% per year (Figure 1). This fast pace of wealth accumulation more…
Ending USAID: What America—and the World—Stands to Lose
By Dr. Leah Bevis (bevis.16@0su.edu) is an Associate Professor in international development economics at AEDE and Dr. Anne Fitzpatrick (fitzpatrick.88@osu.edu) is an Associate Professor in international development economics at AEDE. She has worked with USAID on multiple projects since 2019….
US “Reciprocal Tariffs”: What Do They Mean?
By Ian Sheldon (sheldon.1@osu.edu) Currently the United States is on course to deviate from its World Trade Organization (WTO) commitments by unilaterally resetting all of its previously bound tariffs, President Trump referring to these as “reciprocal tariffs”. However, the interpretation…
The Future of Dispute Resolution in International (Agricultural)Trade
By Ian Sheldon (sheldon.1@osu.edu) Although commentators argue about the status of the World Trade Organization (WTO) compared to free trade agreements (FTAs), there is consensus that WTO dispute resolution has been its “crown jewel”. Key is the two-instance adjudication system,…
How much is public land worth in Ohio?
by Brent Sohngen (sohngen.1@osu.edu) Well, it’s spring again and flowers are starting to show. My favorite is the snow trillium. Hard to find, but worth the walk. It’s not the state flower of Ohio, but it should be. It’s a…
Renewable energy market conditions and outlook
This post written by Paige Lampman (Lampman.11@osu.edu) US: Renewable Energy Capacity Renewables have been gaining speed since 2010, and since 2015, the costs have fallen to levels competitive with traditional energy sources. The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects…
Oil and Natural Gas Market Assessment and Outlook
This assessment and outlook for oil and natural gas markets was written by Paige Lampman (lampman.11@osu.edu). The key word in energy for 2022 is uncertainty, which has been growing throughout the year so far. And unfortunately for consumers, uncertainty…
Ohio Scenic Rivers Program Response to Op-Ed
In response to my Op-Ed in the Columbus Dispatch on 4/6/2022 (here), Ohio Scenic Rivers Program Manager Bob Gable sent the following note to the Ohio Watersheds list-serv. I am copying it here, as well as providing the two attachments…
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