Editor’s Note: The US Department of Agriculture needs to buy American. Billings, Mont. – R-CALF USA has learned that the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted foreign shipments of millions of radio frequency identification (RFID) cattle eartags the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) had purchased from foreign manufacturers. The USDA had planned to distribute the millions of…
Editor’s Note: CPA applauds unanimous congressional action to impose sanctions on China’s Communist regime for imposing its oppressive national security law on Hong Kong, in violation of the 1997 agreement to respect Hong Kong democracy. Bill now heads to President Trump; White House hasn’t indicated whether he supports legislation [Natalie Andrews | July 2, 2020…
Editor’s Note: CPA member Roger Simmermaker has written five books on buying American and trade policy since 1996. Roger Simmermaker reveals source for housewares and kitchenwares [Roger Simmermaker | June 29, 2020 | WND] How long would you think an American company would need to be around for you to trust that they offered a quality…
Editor’s Note: Michael Stumo is CEO of the Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA). Follow him at @michael_stumo U.S. investors recently learned a hard lesson about Luckin Coffee, a strong rival to Starbucks in China. The company admitted that much of its 2019 sales had been fabricated. Luckin’s stock, which is listed on the Nasdaq, had…
Editor’s Note: Today, July 1, the new USMCA comes into force, replacing NAFTA. In this note, USTR Robert Lighthizer explains the expected benefits of USMCA. Landmark trade agreement fulfills core Trump promise to end job-killing NAFTA [The Office of the United States Trade Representative | July 1, 2020 | USTR.gov] Washington, DC – The United…
Editor’s Note: New report documents China’s willingness to use its dominance in rare-earth minerals as leverage against the US. The US needs to accelerate efforts to revive our sole rare-earth mine, in Mountain Pass, California. The metals are used for a variety of advanced technologies, including weapons and computer screens [Timothy Puko | June 29,…
Editor’s Note: There are a number of key innovations that will help the US and its allies kick Huawei out of the world’s 5G networks and CPA member Parallel Wireless is at the leading edge of this fight. Can a new mobile-network technology get the United States back in the 5G race? [Jeanne Whalen |…
Editor’s note: Business consultants are recommending diversifying from China. But they still don’t have the national interest in building our jobs and our economy in their reports. ‘State of Logistics Report’ says ‘painful and chaotic’ 2020 will likely lead to more stockpiling, shifts in manufacturing [Jennifer Smith | June 23, 2020 | WSJ] Businesses reeling…
Editor’s note: There will be many more prosecutions as the FBI has an astounding 2000 China investigations open. China’s ambassador in Washington and a Chinese diplomat in New York City secretly aided in the recruitment of scientists in the United States, according to the FBI. [Caitlin Yilek& Jerry Dunleavy | June 25, 2020 | Washington…
Editor’s note: CPA board member Bill Parks concisely shows, in this Financial Times letter to the editor, why sales apportioned taxation fixes most of the important global and domestic taxation problems. In his new letter to European finance ministers, US Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin (FT View, June 19) declared an impasse in talks to adopt…
