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Free Trade Initiative

American families benefit from the Free Trade Initiative’s (FTI) work to expand access to affordable goods and services, strengthen the economy, and protect against special interests that manipulate trade policy for their own gain. Through research, lawmaker outreach, and coalition organizing, FTI helps ensure international trade empowers the American people through policies that support a more prosperous future for all.

Press Release 

New EU and Apple Tariffs Would Undermine “One Big Beautiful Bill”

May 23, 2025

Letters 

House Committee on Agriculture Cuts Should Reduce Federal Deficits, Not Expand Farm Subsidies

by Bryan Riley May 13, 2025

Press Release 

Remaining U.S.-China Tariffs Undermine Benefits of Tax Cuts

May 12, 2025

Press Release 

U.S.-UK Trade Deal Puts Americans on the Hook for $6.8 Billion Tax Hike

May 08, 2025

Letters 

Section 232 Tariffs on Pharmaceuticals Will Increase Costs and Weaken U.S. National Security

by Bryan Riley May 07, 2025

Letters 

Small Businesses Are Particularly Harmed by Tariff Increases

by Bryan Riley May 01, 2025

Blog 

The Senate Should End Global “National Emergency” Tariffs That Are Based on a Flawed Understanding of Trade Deficits

by Bryan Riley April 25, 2025

Blog 

How to Recalculate the Reciprocal Tariffs

by Joe Bishop-Henchman, Bryan Riley April 09, 2025

Blog 

One Question for U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer

by Bryan Riley April 07, 2025

Blog 

Other Countries Are Not Ripping Us off on Trade

by Bryan Riley April 03, 2025

Letters 

Tariffs Will Harm American Families, Producers

April 01, 2025

Press Release 

Tariffs Could Raise Auto Prices by More Than $6,500

March 27, 2025

Blog 

The Senate Should End “National Emergency” Tariffs on Canada

by Bryan Riley March 24, 2025

Blog 

New Bipartisan Bill Would Provide Relief from the Burdensome Jones Act

by Joseph Keller March 18, 2025