Philip Thompson
I am absolutely grateful for the support of the Tholos Foundation, an organization that values individual volition, market freedom, and entrepreneurship. I am deeply grateful to the Tholos Foundation’s Executive Director, Christopher Butler and Vice President of International Affairs, Lorenzo Montanari for their leadership and guidance in turning the TBI into a tool used by advocates all over the world.
I also must thank Lord Daniel Hannan for contributing a powerful foreword that does not mince words on the dangerous path protectionism leads and charges free-traders to win on facts not theories.
A special thank you to the authors of the case studies published in the 2025 Trade Barrier Index. The Index continues to be a platform for think tanks to share their challenges and successes with trade policy. I am also grateful to our associate Logan Schoen for his help in research and producing the 2025 Index.