Trade: A uniting issue in a divided America
Editors note: Roger Simmermaker is a CPA member. The old Washington consensus on free trade was bipartisan. We are forging a new bipartisan Washington consensus
USTR Announces Next Steps on Proposed 10 Percent Tariff on Imports from China
Editors note: This is the US Trade Representative’s announcement on the new 10% tariffs against Chinese imports. Some are delayed until December 15 to avoid
Clinton USTR official, Jennifer Hillman, is Still Wrong on China
By Michael Stumo Jennifer Hillman, a former Clinton trade official, recently wrote a misleading opinion article in the New York Times entitled “How to Stop
US retailers ‘at war’ with suppliers over price increases
Editors note: Tariffs are not taxes on consumers. The supply chain is being disrupted away from China. Trump’s threat to impose tariffs on more consumer
China’s Factory-Gate Prices Slip Into Deflation
Editors note: The tariffs are working. Now we need to get serious about exchange rate management. Falling producer prices add another complication to Beijing’s efforts
Tariffs won’t impact consumers: former Toys ‘R’ Us CEO says
Excerpt. “There is no way that the impact of these tariffs will be that substantial on the average American consumer.” says former CEO of Toys
Forget Tariffs. Here’s a Better Way to Close the Trade Gap.
Editors’ note: This is an important and clear article by respected journalist Matthew Klein supporting the Baldwin/Hawley Competitive Dollar for Jobs and Prosperity Act. However,
Former USTR General Counsel, Stephen Vaughn, to Join CPA Advisory Board
CPA also adds financial economist and real estate developer David Lynn Washington. The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) continues to expand its leadership capacity
From Fixing to Signaling, How China Manages the Yuan: QuickTake
Editors note: This article shows how the Chinese yuan is manipulated every day. Commentators who discuss which direction the yuan would go in a free
It’s Time to Rethink our Close Economic Relationship with the Totalitarian State of China
By David J. Lynn, Ph.D. China has become increasingly integrated into America’s economy with a wide range of industrial and consumer goods being imported from China
