Lord Dan Hannan
Never in all the years since this Index was first published has the news been so unremittingly depressing. The last time the world saw a swing away from free trade on anything like this scale, years of horror followed: the Depression, the rise of the dictators, the Holodomor, the Holocaust.
Then, the chief beneficiary of the old open commercial system (the United Kingdom) moved late and reluctantly
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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.
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Acknowledgements
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.
Philip Thompson