U.S. Message to China: Hands Off Our Companies

The U.S. is toughening its scrutiny of Chinese deals, throwing a number of high-profile takeover bids into question and helping spur a huge case backlog, according to people familiar with the process. [ Kate O’Keeffe and Julie Steinberg | July 21, 2017 |The Wall Street Journal] The Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. has signaled there…

Buy America Movement Gathers Force

By Jeff Ferry, CPA Research Director President Trump’s “Buy American week” was largely a feel-good event, but behind the scenes there is growing nationwide support in the political and business worlds for more US spending to go on American-made goods and services.  Buy American is important because the federal government, state and local governments, and…