Opposes congressional calls to suspend tariffs on COVID supplies Washington. The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) this week sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer urging him to resist congressional calls to suspend tariffs on COVID-related supplies and equipment. CPA says that enabling more imports of medical supplies would shortchange U.S. producers and leave the…
Editor’s note: We’ve been pushing for this for a while. Let’s hope Friday is indeed the day. The White House is preparing an executive order which will require certain essential drugs be made in the U.S., two sources familiar with the matter told CNBC on Thursday. [Kayla Tausche, Riya Bhattacharjee, Lauren Hirsch | May 14, 2020 |…
Editor’s note: More reports that China prevented the WTO from alerting the world re COVID, during the time that Beijing stockpiled medical supplies from around the world. The CIA believes China tried to prevent the World Health Organization from sounding the alarm on the coronavirus outbreak in January—a time when Beijing was stockpiling medical supplies…