Annual White House economic report shows 73 percent increase in U.S. average tariff rate
Editors note: New Council of Economic Advisers report says that even after the Trump tariffs, the average US tariff rate is just 2.6%, still one of
CPA Op-ed: Too Much Foreign Capital is Hurting America’s Economy
The current trade negotiations between Washington and Beijing are more than a year in the making. Op-ed by Michael Stumo, originally appeared in The Columbus
Are Tariffs Reducing the National Debt and Federal Deficit?
There is increasing evidence that Trump’s tariffs are working to expand American manufacturing and create jobs. [Michele Nash- Hoff | March 6, 2019 | savingmanufacturing.com
Trade deficit hits record high amid Trump’s tariff tit-for-tat with China
Editor’s note: CPA member Greg Owens says the overvalued dollar hurts his Made in USA tableware business and makes the trade deficit worse. [March 6,
Opening Statement of USTR Robert Lighthizer to the House Ways and Means Committee
Editor’s note: Interesting that Trade Ambassador Lighthizer quotes Nancy Pelosi’s opposition to China joining the WTO in this statement. AMBASSADOR LIGHTHIZER: Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member
Beijing Drops Contentious ‘Made in China 2025’ Slogan, but Policy Remains
Editor’s note: More reasons to not believe China promises to change. U.S. has slammed program as a subsidy-stuffer to advance China as global technology leader
U.S. Cabinet Makers Seek Giant Trade Case Against China Imports
Editor’s note: Wellborn Cabinet, a petitioner in the trade case below, is a CPA member. China’s Shopping List in America Has These Farm Goods at
Press Mention: A different kind of farm organization
Excerpt: “The laissez-faire, free-trade approach just burned up our countryside,” BELLEVUE, Wash. — Farmers at the 117th anniversary convention of the National Farmers Union this week
Press Release: US Goods Trade Deficit Hits Major New Record in 2018
Overvalued dollar drives record US deficits with China, rest of world Washington. Annual data released this morning by the Commerce Department shows that America’s overall
Trump, Trade, and Tariffs
Brian Duncan, Vice President of the Illinois Farm Bureau, Zach Mottl, Chief Alignment Officer of Atlas Tool Works, and Peter Roskam, former U.S. Congressman and
