Phil Levy

Phil Levy is the chief economist at Flexport and a former senior economist for trade on the Council of Economic Advisers in the George W. Bush administration.

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Shipping containers at the Port of Los Angeles
Shipping containers at the Port of Los Angeles

All Roads to a Better Trade Deal Lead Through the WTO

Argument
Phil Levy, Chad P. Bown
Vice President George H.W. Bush at a press conference on April 7, 1983 in Helsinski. (Stringer/AFP/Getty Images)
Vice President George H.W. Bush at a press conference on April 7, 1983 in Helsinski. (Stringer/AFP/Getty Images)

History Will Remember George H.W. Bush Kindly

Elephants in the Room
William Tobey, Kori Schake, Phil Levy, Peter D. Feaver, Daniel Runde, Will Inboden
A preserved human specimen plays chess at the Plastinarium in Guben, Germany on Nov. 16, 2006. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)
A preserved human specimen plays chess at the Plastinarium in Guben, Germany on Nov. 16, 2006. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)

Trump Is Losing His Own 3D Chess Game

Elephants in the Room
Phil Levy
U.S. President Donald Trump holds a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 10. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
U.S. President Donald Trump holds a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 10. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump Will Be Haunted by the Ghost of TPP

Elephants in the Room
Phil Levy
Photo taken on January 11, 2011 shows containers stacked up at a terminal in the southeastern port city of Busan. South Korea's economy grew at an eight-year high of 6.1 percent last year, the central bank said on January 26, 2011, with fourth-quarter growth slowing compared with July-September but rising from a year earlier. AFP PHOTO / PARK JI-HWAN (Photo credit should read PARK JI-HWAN/AFP/Getty Images)
Photo taken on January 11, 2011 shows containers stacked up at a terminal in the southeastern port city of Busan. South Korea's economy grew at an eight-year high of 6.1 percent last year, the central bank said on January 26, 2011, with fourth-quarter growth slowing compared with July-September but rising from a year earlier. AFP PHOTO / PARK JI-HWAN (Photo credit should read PARK JI-HWAN/AFP/Getty Images)

Trump Is Considering the Worst Possible Response to the North Korean Threat

Elephants in the Room
Phil Levy
US President Donald Trump prepares to sign several executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, January 23, 2017. Trump on Monday signed three orders on withdrawing the US from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, freezing the hiring of federal workers and hitting foreign NGOs that help with abortion. / AFP / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
US President Donald Trump prepares to sign several executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, January 23, 2017. Trump on Monday signed three orders on withdrawing the US from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, freezing the hiring of federal workers and hitting foreign NGOs that help with abortion. / AFP / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

3 Strategies U.S. Trade Partners Should Pursue Post-TPP

Elephants in the Room
Phil Levy
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Turf War Before Trade War

Shadow Government 2009-2017
Phil Levy
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A Different Kind of Pivot to Asia

Shadow Government 2009-2017
Phil Levy
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Trade Under Trump

Shadow Government 2009-2017
Phil Levy
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Now That Trump has Picked Pence, How Will the GOP Handle Trade?

Shadow Government 2009-2017
Phil Levy
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Four Economic Questions on Brexit

Shadow Government 2009-2017
Phil Levy
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Have Old Ideas About NAFTA Hurt the TPP?

Shadow Government 2009-2017
Phil Levy
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Did China Trade Cost the United States 2.4 Million Jobs?

Shadow Government 2009-2017
Phil Levy
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Donald Trump Is a Disaster for Trade

Shadow Government 2009-2017
Phil Levy
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The Trade Endgame

Shadow Government 2009-2017
Phil Levy
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