Editor’s note: This is good news. But check out how many other international organizations China leads! Singapore’s Daren Tang beat Chinese contender for World Intellectual Property Organisation role [Katrina Manson, Primrose Riordan | March 4, 2020 | FT] A US campaign helped prevent China’s contender from taking the helm of the World Intellectual Property Organisation…
Editor’s Note: Jeff Ferry is chief economist at the Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA). 2019 could mark a major turning point. [Jeff Ferry | March 4, 2020 | Industry Week] In 2019, the overall U.S. trade deficit declined, as did America’s goods deficit with China. These are positive developments for the U.S. economy—and the Trump…
How safe are the items you are purchasing online? By Greg Owens On January 24, 2020 there was a press conference in Washington given by the Department of Homeland Security, which is responsible for US Customs, and Dr. Peter Navarro, Assistant to the President for Trade and Manufacturing Policy. Think about the last time you…
Editors note. Another reminder that the worst air pollution policy in history was allowing China into the WTO. Coronavirus is clearing the air in China. [Sara Dorn | February 29, 2020 | NY Post] Stunning aerial images of Earth show a drastic decrease in pollution levels over northern China in the past month, as entire…
Editors note: These are companies benefiting from forced labor in China. Acer, Apple, Amazon, ASUS, Dell, General Electric, Google… The Chinese government has secretly transferred thousands of Uyghurs and other ethnic minority citizens from Xinjiang to factories across the country, according to a new report that implicates brands including Apple, BMW, Google, Nike and Samsung. [Isabelle…
Editor’s note: Europe is finally realizing that Chairman Xi is not their friend. The US still must get the trade imbalance with the EU fixed so we stop transferring jobs and industries there. Countries that once saw Xi Jinping as a possible ally on global issues now find themselves resisting Beijing’s authoritarian sway [Yaroslav Trofimov…
In 2019, the US trade deficit, our total imports and our goods imports all declined. These are all positive developments for the US economy and especially so because key indicators of the overall US economy, including GDP and personal consumption expenditure, grew at healthy rates last year. The combination of US spending growth and imports…
Fails to provide relief from subsidized product from Canada, China, and Mexico Washington. The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today stated its disapproval of the U.S. International Trade Commission’s (ITC) decision not to impose new duties on dumped and subsidized fabricated structural steel imports from Canada, China, and Mexico. U.S. producers of fabricated steel,…
Editors note: Everyone is getting interested in national industrial strategy against China now. The United States is not playing to win against China. [Eric Schmidt | February 27, 2020 | NY Times] America’s companies and universities innovate like no other places on earth. We are garage start-ups, risk-taking entrepreneurs and intrepid scholars exploring new advances…
Will present paper on U.S. Job Quality Index Washington. The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) has been invited to participate in the Western Economic Association International (WEAI) upcoming annual conference in Denver. CPA Chief Economist Jeff Ferry and Senior Economist Steven Byers will present a paper on the U.S. Private Sector Job Quality Index…
