Editors note: Any candidate who will not fully repudiate any TPP-like agreement is hiding his/her views, will be “for” those economically destructive agreements and therefore should not be in the oval office. The Atlantic surveyed the Democratic presidential candidates on whether they support the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Only some took a definitive position. [Edward-Isaac Dovere, Madeleine Carlisle…
Editors note: Purposefully vague comments by the president on the next step towards possible future decoupling. The U.S. could hit another $300 billion in Chinese goods with 10 percent tariffs – not 25 percent – if the two sides fail to reach a trade deal, President Trump said on Wednesday, hinting that he may consider…
Editor’s note: No one is calling for the elimination of gov’t procurement rules in trade deals, unfortunately. Either b/c they don’t want to or b/c they think its politically unfeasible. A new report from the Government Accountability Office shows U.S. government procurement contracts are more likely to be awarded to foreign companies when subject to…
Editor’s note. We may be doing this whole tariff delay thing again. Or not. The press has a poor track record of prognostication on trade talks. CPA supports across the board tariffs on China. The U.S. is willing to suspend the next round of tariffs on an additional $300 billion of Chinese imports while Beijing…