Editors note: Germany is the country that is breaking up Europe because of its trade surplus and sucking the economic life out of the peripheral countries. Germany accounts for nearly one-third of the euro area economy, and its bilateral goods trade with Europe and the U.S. represented last year 1.8 trillion euro ($2 trillion). [Dr.…
Editors note: George Soros is a China hawk. Sensibly advising Europeans to abandon their appeasement and engagement strategy. Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet the heads of state and government of the 27 EU member states at the EU-China summit in Leipzig in September. Europeans need to understand that they will hand him a much-needed…
Editors Note: Deliveries of this high technology product should be stopped. At least until China starts delivering their high tech products to us. CFM, a joint venture between GE and France’s Safran, is asking for a license to export more LEAP 1C jet engines to China [Ted Mann and Bob Davis | February 16, 2020 |…
Editor’s note. Admiral Rogers sounded the alarm on China while in the Obama administration. His analysis is quite good. Admiral Michael Rogers, former head of the U.S. National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command, was instrumental in some of the early intelligence reporting that put Chinese tech giants Huawei and ZTE on the radar…
Editor’s note: Well said Dr. Navarro. Navarro says coronavirus is ‘wake-up call’ to create American pharmaceutical supply chain [James Politi | February 12, 2020 | FT] Peter Navarro, a senior trade adviser to Donald Trump, has urged the US to reduce its reliance on pharmaceutical and medical supply imports from China and the rest of…
Editor’s Note: Zach Mottl is chief alignment officer of Atlas Tool Works, in Lyons, Ill. He serves on the board of directors of CPA, and is a past chairman of the Technology and Manufacturing Association of Illinois. Tariffs are depriving Beijing of money it needs to expand brutal regime [Zach Mottl | February 13, 2020 |…
Chinese telecom giant has stolen its way to high-tech dominance Washington. The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today praised the Trump administration for charging Huawei Technologies Co. and two U.S. subsidiaries with racketeering and intellectual property theft. CPA strongly supports federal efforts to prosecute Huawei and other state-owned enterprises in China that engage in…
Michael Stumo is CEO of the Coalition for a Prosperous America. America’s manufacturers are using more metals and minerals than ever, but the permit process to launch new mines has stretched to at least seven years. [Michael Stumo | February 12, 2020 | Tennessean] According to federal data, Tennessee enjoys some of the most affordable…
Editor’s Note: Even as the trade deficit with China was reduced, the deficit with Europe increased by 5.4% last year. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An emboldened President Donald Trump has set his sights on restructuring the more than $1 trillion U.S. trade relationship with the European Union, raising the specter of another major trade war as…
Editor’s note: The Chinese are cheating by producing products with banned carbon tetrachloride. We need to find out what supply chains use that chemical and ban them from US import. Despite being banned in 2010, about 40,000 tons of carbon tetrachloride, an ozone-depleting compound, are still emitted into the atmosphere every year. But the origins of…