Alan Tonelson (born 1953) is an American research fellow at the U.S. Business and Industry Council Educational Foundation.
He has written extensively on the trade deficit between the United States and other countries.
He has also written on free trade, globalization and industrial decline.
He has also worked as an associate editor of the Foreign Policy journal and Fellow at the Economic Strategy Institute.
He has appeared also on radio and television broadcasts, such as the PBS NewsHour and Nightly Business Report.