It’s an old movie, but a favorite. And each time I see it, I get excited and hope for a different outcome. Some say that’s a definition of insanity.
Many administrations have tried to reorganize the trade-related agencies of the U.S. Government. The concept is simple: we’ve got all these parts of government that work on trade, exports and imports, and they spend so much of their time (and budget) fighting each other or duplicating, wouldn’t it make sense to pull them together? Of course, it would. Then things fall apart.