We all remember the famous line by Bill Clinton’s campaign advisor James Carville: “It’s the economy, stupid,” he said about what mattered most to voters. The economy still matters, of course, but one of the major fundamentals of the economy is the dollar and it’s non-competitive with the rest of the world. It’s too strong.…
Healthcare panelist and Phlow CEO Eric Edwards on what needs to be done to make more pharmaceutical drugs here. Most of them are coming in from Europe, India and…increasingly…China.
Are steel tariffs bad for America? Nope, says the CEO of Zekelman Industries. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo agrees.
The US is thinking about sanctioning Chinese individuals involved in the detention of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang. Is that enough? It hasn’t been before.
Climate change trumps China for the new USTR. We think the two are inseparable, actually.
Electric vehicles are said to be the next big thing, and the next sure thing in automotive. How will the US fare? Nissan leads the pack. Tesla is second. We have three startups that show promise. Meanwhile, China is gaining and setting itself up to be an indispensable part of the EV automotive supply chain.…
By Kenneth Rapoza, CPA Industry Analyst Score one for the local pharmaceutical industry. FDA’s essential medicine and critical inputs list gives domestic producers a a sense of exactly what government procurement contracts will place under Buy America provisions. The Food & Drug Administration released a massive list of essential medicines and critical inputs on Friday…
By Kenneth Rapoza, CPA Industry Analyst Why are we dependent on China’s pig population for a critical animal source material used in making heparin? Bovine heparin is the way to ween ourselves from that part of the medical supply chain, currently over-reliant on China. It is found in hospital crash carts, is one of the…
By Kenneth Rapoza, CPA Industry Analyst Is the sugar substitute stevia being harvested and produced through forced labor in China? Homeland thinks so. And Customs & Border Protection agrees. The US Department of Homeland Security said on Tuesday that some of the sugar substitute stevia that comes from China is being harvested and packed by forced…
By Kenneth Rapoza, CPA Industry Analyst Peter Navarro spoke with the Hudson Institute’s Michael Pillsbury and said economic nationalism is the only way to protect American manufacturing from China. He’s also listed what he calls China’s “Seven Deadly Sins”. White House Trade and Manufacturing Policy director Peter Navarro had a lot of choice words on…