By Jeff Ferry, CPA Chief Economist Data published this morning by the Department of Commerce show that US trade figures continued to worsen in December and for the year 2018, in response to the strengthening dollar, a fast-growing US economy, and a surge in imports to front-run last year’s tariffs, while President Trump’s trade measures…
Editor’s note: Peter Navarro has driven a large part of the administration’s aggressive trade strategy. Last Friday, President Trump unveiled his grand strategy for American prosperity: the 2019 Trade Policy Agenda. This forward-looking report from the US Trade Representative maps out America’s deliverance from the bad deals, weak guardrails and sluggish growth that have handicapped…
Editors note: we may be seeing the Made in USA labeling issue become more powerful. CPA’s Buy American Committee is working with legislators and the administration to strengthen these laws. Here’s a story from The New York Times that I thought you’d find interesting: Democrats are questioning why firms that manufactured products in China but…
Brian Duncan, Vice President of the Illinois Farm Bureau, Zach Mottl, Chief Alignment Officer of Atlas Tool Works, and Peter Roskam, former U.S. Congressman and current IOP Pritzker Fellow, had a panel discussion on the short – and long-term dynamics of the Trump administration’s trade policies, particularly as they affect Illinois. They discussed the current…
Overvalued dollar drives record US deficits with China, rest of world Washington. Annual data released this morning by the Commerce Department shows that America’s overall trade balance continued to worsen in 2018. Not only did the United States record its highest-ever global trade deficit in goods—at $891.3 billion—but the annual goods deficit with China soared…
