About Us

Republicans Fighting Tariffs exists to remind everyone why the Republican Party is the party of free trade. Free trade allows for strong businesses, good jobs, low prices, and a thriving economy. Tariffs, on the other hand, are an unwarranted tax on American businesses and families. We are urging Republicans everywhere to come together and tell Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to allow a vote on a bill that would end these tariffs and save jobs.

Republicans Fighting Tariffs is a project of Defending Democracy Together. For interview requests, contact us at [email protected].

Scott Lincicome, Senior Policy Adviser

Scott Lincicome is international trade attorney, with extensive experience in trade proceedings in the United States, Europe, China, India and elsewhere, and in litigation before US Courts and the WTO's Dispute Settlement Body. He specializes in advising multinational and sovereign clients on US trade policy and how to best conform their transactions and policies to global trade rules and related national regulations. Scott is also an adjunct scholar with the Cato Institute in Washington, DC, where he writes and speaks on US trade policy and politics, and a Senior Visiting Lecturer at Duke University Law School, where he teaches international trade law. Before law school, Scott worked from 1998 – 2001 as a research assistant with Cato's Center for Trade Policy Studies. Scott has published numerous academic papers and op-eds on US trade law, politics and policy issues; routinely appears in international media; and has advised dozens of political candidates and government officials on international trade issues. He has a BA in Political Science from the University of Virginia and a JD from the University’s School of Law, and lives in Raleigh, North Carolina with his wife and daughter (and dog).