Erin Humiston

As U.S. President Donald Trump hosted Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Mar-a-Lago, IPI’s Dr. Merrill Matthews joined a panel on CGTN-TV’s The Heat to discuss the leaders’ meeting and headlines from this week.

“By imposing stiff new tariffs on imported steel and aluminum, Trump just encouraged U.S. manufacturers to move their facilities overseas,” tweeted IPI president Tom Giovanetti after this week’s White House trade announcement.

Merrill Matthews joined a roundtable discussion on CGTN’s “The Heat” to discuss President Trump’s “America First” message to the World Economic Forum in Davos.

U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry said the U.S. is now the world's top oil and gas producing nation. "The U.S. is not just exporting energy, we're exporting freedom... There's no strings attached when you buy American LNG." This is an important point, and we couldn't agree more

The Trump administration is applying 30 percent tariffs on Chinese-made solar panels. "We think this a very unfortunate move," said Tom Giovanetti to the WBAP Morning News. "This president has been itching to slap tariffs on somebody, and this is his first opportunity to do so."

On Dallas-Fort Worth’s NBC 5 Lone Star Politics, Dr. Merrill Matthews reacts to the back and forth in Congress over health insurance subsidies and Medicaid block grants to the states in the latest effort to repeal Obamacare. 

In an interview, Giovanetti praised Gov. Abbott's call for special session to include caps on state and local spending, a move he describes as surprising and exciting for conservative and free market champions.

In an interview with Wisconsin radio host Vicki McKenna, IPI’s Dr. Merrill Matthews discusses the problems consumers face trying to price out healthcare services and products.  

On Boston Herald Radio, Tom Giovanetti discusses a new poll showing that an overwhelming majority of Americans favor light-touch internet regulations.

There's a new proposal from Republicans for a replacement for Obamacare. What's in it? Can it pass? The WBAP Morning News asked IPI resident scholar Dr. Merrill Matthews.

Save the date to join us for IPI's annual World Intellectual Property Day Celebration on Tuesday, April 25 at the ROA Building on Capitol Hill, featuring Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley.

“Trump would expose Americans to danger thru large scale reimportation of prescription drugs from overseas,” warned IPI president Tom Giovanetti.

Regarding Trump’s tax plan, Giovanetti admits, “As painful as it for me to say it, it is too big and too aggressive of a tax cut. It’s an outlier. There is no way to ‘pay for’ a tax cut that size

IPI's Merrill Matthews explains how Sen. Marco Rubio upset the ACA apple cart by cutting off insurance company bailouts. 

Why would President Obama's EPA downgrade a federal ethanol mandate? IPI's Merrill Matthews offers some perspective.