Excerpt: “The laissez-faire, free-trade approach just burned up our countryside,” BELLEVUE, Wash. — Farmers at the 117th anniversary convention of the National Farmers Union this week had the same worry as the ones who attended the organization’s first gathering more than a century ago — low incomes. [Don Jenkins | March 7, 2019 | CapitalPress.com]The 460…
Editor’s note: Wellborn Cabinet, a petitioner in the trade case below, is a CPA member. China’s Shopping List in America Has These Farm Goods at the Top [Joe Deaux | March 6, 2019 | Bloomberg] U.S. may take market share from Brazil, Argentina, Australia A U.S.-China trade deal means the end of an era: Brazil group…
Editor’s note: More reasons to not believe China promises to change. U.S. has slammed program as a subsidy-stuffer to advance China as global technology leader at U.S. expense [Lingling Wei | March 5, 2019 | Wall Street Journal] Instead, Mr. Li said the government would promote advanced manufacturing. He ticked off a list of emerging…
Editor’s note: Interesting that Trade Ambassador Lighthizer quotes Nancy Pelosi’s opposition to China joining the WTO in this statement. AMBASSADOR LIGHTHIZER: Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Brady, distinguished members of the Committee: it is a pleasure to be here today and to discuss this very important issue. [February 27, 2019 | United States Trade Representative] I think…
