Mr. Sheehan is an adjunct scholar at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. He specializes in policies concerning international environmental regulation, trade, finance, and foreign aid. Sheehan speaks and writes about such international institutions as the United Nations, World Bank, NAFTA, and the World Trade Organization. He has presented his views on television programs for CNN, C-SPAN, CNBC, Fox News and America's Voice. His writings have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Baltimore Sun, San Francisco Examiner, Washington Times, and Journal of Commerce. He has testified before Congress and is a frequent guest on radio programs across the country, including National Public Radio.
Sheehan holds a Master of Business Administration from Duke University and a BA in international politics from the Catholic University of America.
recent op-eds & articles
Bad Stock Market Medicine
By James M. Sheehan, December 18, 2002
Swap New For Old: Congress Shouldn't Impose Tired Rules On OTC Derivatives -- Sheehan in IBD
By James M. Sheehan, August 9, 2000
Free Trade Is Green Trade
By James M. Sheehan, June 1, 2000
Trashing Free Trade: The Basel Convention's Impact on International Commerce
By James M. Sheehan, September 9, 1996
recent studies
Federal Government Doles Out Millions in Greenhouse Pork
By James M. Sheehan, August 19, 1998
Trashing Free Trade: The Basel Convention's Impact
By James M. Sheehan, October 1, 1996
Two Years After NAFTA: A Free Market Critique and Assessment
By James M. Sheehan, November 30, 1995
The Greening Of Trade Policy: “Sustainable Development” and Global Trade
By James M. Sheehan, October 31, 1994




