Soho Forum Debate: Stephen Moore vs. Scott Lincicome

An Oxford-style debate about the Trump administration's international trade policies and strategy.
About this Event

Resolution: As a means of gaining leverage in economic and political relations with foreign governments, Trump's tariff policies have brought net benefits.

For the affirmative:

Stephen Moore is an economist, a former senior policy adviser to President Donald Trump, and the co-founder and chairman of Unleash Prosperity. He is the author of several books, including Trumponomics: Inside the America First Plan To Revive Our Economy and The Trump Economic Miracle: and the Plan To Unleash Prosperity Again.

For the negative:

Scott Lincicome is the vice president of general economics at the Cato Institute's Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies. He writes on international and domestic economic issues, including international trade, subsidies and industrial policy, manufacturing and global supply chains, and economic dynamism.

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Agenda

🕑: 06:00 PM
Doors open
Host: The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture
🕑: 06:30 PM
Meeting convenes
Host: The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture
🕑: 08:00 PM
Reception
Host: Gene Epstein & Hisako Kobayashi's Apartment

Info: Food and drink are included with a Reception ticket.

Please note: to attend the reception, you must purchase a Debate + Reception ticket.