Editor’s note: Tariff-armageddon is still not happening. China know that its tariffs were pro-growth for its economy. We are just re-discovering that fact. But we also need to fix the overvalued dollar.  Manufacturing employment has risen for 18 straight months, the longest stretch of gains among nonsupervisory roles since the mid-1990s [Chip Cutter | March…

Excerpt: However, “the United States remains an independent nation, and our trade policy will be made here – not in Geneva. We will not allow the WTO Appellate Body and dispute settlement system to force the United States into a straitjacket of obligations to which we never agreed,” the report said. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration filed…