Editor’s note: Tariffs are not killing the economy as claimed by the Very Smart People who brought us fake free trade. Tariffs are pro-growth, need to be expanded, and followed by fixing the overvalued, noncompetitive dollar exchange rate. U.S. stocks traded higher on Wednesday ahead of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s appearance on Capitol Hill. [Ken Martin…
Editors note: Ralph Gomory is a member of the CPA advisory board. In dealing with China, the United States has a fundamental problem. [Ralph Gomory | July 8, 2019 | The Hill] China has used a variety of tactics – from mispriced currency and subsidized competition to industrial espionage – to advance its industries and has announced its plans to dominate…
Excerpt: “The next time you hear ‘Business needs certainty,’ remember this is at best a tale signifying nothing and at worst verbal fog meant to conceal a pickpocket at work.” Exclusive: Curtis Ellis looks askance at ubiquitous claim about nature of business [Curtis Ellis | July 6, 2019 | WND] Turn on any business news channel…
Editor’s note: Home Depot founders surprisingly support tariffs and getting tough on China. They also say their business won’t be harmed. Home Depot co-founders Bernie Marcus and Ken Langone on U.S. trade tensions with China, President Trump’s record so far, their success working together and Marcus’ contributions to the Atlanta Aquarium. [June 24, 2019 |…
By David Morse, Tax Policy Director The US and domestic companies should be alarmed by China’s desire to preserve corporate tax avoidance strategies in the world. Many countries have had enough of corporate tax avoidance, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is currently considering solutions to restrict or end such practices. China…
Editors note: America is absorbing too much of the global oversupply of capital, driving our dollar higher and worsening our trade deficit. The Trump administration needs to support a market access charge to strategically slow these toxic waste capital inflows. Investors expect even lower growth and inflation; this isn’t the way it’s supposed to work.…
Editor’s note: Peter Navarro strongly defends the POTUS actions on China, battling with the CNBC hosts. Peter Navarro, assistant to the president and director for the White House Trade and Manufacturing Council, joins “Squawk on the Street” after talks between the U.S. and China at the G-20 Summit. Navarro discusses those trade talks, lessened sanctions…
Editor’s note: The Syracuse (NY) Post Standard featured an interview of Michael Stumo on leadership. Michael Stumo grew up on a family farm in Iowa. His first job after college was running a hog-buying station, where he lived in a trailer in a pasture. Inspired by a friend, he started studying for the LSAT (law…
Editors note: CPA members Zach Mottl and Bill Hickey are quoted throughout this important article on our defense industrial base being challenged by China and US monopolies Wall Street’s short-term incentives have decimated our defense industrial base and undermined our national security. [MATT STOLLER AND LUCAS KUNCE | June 27, 2019 | The America Conservative]…
Editor’s note: The issue of managing the US dollar exchange rate continues to get media attention. Populists say that devaluing the US dollar will bring back American jobs and boost domestic manufacturing. [Ben Piven | July 1, 2019 | ALJAZEERA News] What kind of American leader would want less bang for the buck? More and…