The 2017 National Trade Estimate Report features a new set of grievances concerning Chinese “barriers to digital trade” and blasts Beijing’s state-directed “Made in China 2025” plan for seeking to provide domestic companies advantages over foreign ones. [Jack Caporal] March 30, 2017 [Inside US Trade] The report from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, released annually,…

Washington~ Coalition for a Prosperous America announces the appointment of three new members to its Advisory Board. Joining the Advisory Board are Gregg Fisher, founder of Gerstein Fisher; Greg Autry, assistant professor of clinical entrepreneurship at USC Marshall and a member of Trump’s transition team for NASA, and John R. Hansen, an international economist and…

By Jeff Ferry, CPA Research Director On Friday, President Trump announced two executive orders that look like the beginning of a major offensive on trade policy. “Today….I set the stage for a great revival of American manufacturing,” the President said in Friday’s White House briefing.  The most significant executive order calls for a 90-day investigation…