Notes from a Hearing: “The Beijing Olympics and the Faces of Repression”
The Congressional-Executive Commission on China says American corporations are ‘complicit’ in China’s human rights violations.
Goods Trade Deficit Tops $1 Trillion, Equivalent The Size of the Mexican Economy
The U.S. broke the trade deficit sound barrier in 2021, hitting $1.09 trillion. Why tariff policy isn’t enough to stem the tide of imports.
New Study: Global Currency Misalignment Challenges US Reindustrialization Efforts
A new CPA study, using widely accepted methodology and IMF data, shows that for the world’s major economies to achieve fair currency values and eliminate global imbalances, large adjustments in major currencies would be required. The dollar would need to fall by 16.6%, while the Chinese yuan would need to rise against the dollar by…
Vanguard, BlackRock Invested in Olympics Sportswear Company Tied to China Prison Labor
The Olympics are showing why we need capital market sanctions against China’s human rights abusers. Americans can’t buy Anta Sports gear if made from Xinjiang cotton. So why can Wall Street buy Anta’s shares?
House Hearing on FDA: Advanced Manufacturing May – or May Not – Lead to Domestic Manufacturing Boom
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce discussed FDA’s user fee budget and what can be done to reshore more of the pharmaceutical industry.
As China’s Olympics Begin, A Reminder Who is Helping Build the CCP Frankenstein Monster
A look at a detailed report by Horizon Advisory on the U.S. corporations funding and supporting the rise of the Chinese Communist Party, and America’s biggest rival economy.
At House Climate Hearing, Solar Import Lobby Talks Up Domestic Manufacturing
The House Select Committee on Climate Change had the solar import lobby talking up domestic manufacturing while advocating for the removal of solar safeguards. They cannot have both.
How America’s Direct-from-China E-Commerce Model Will Kill Retail, & Manufacturing Labor
The House Ways & Means Committee wants to lower the de minimis price threshold from the current $800 level. Here’s why it makes sense for them to do that.
We Need to be Better at Industrial Policy
We Need to be Better at Industrial Policy By Amanda Mayoral, CPA Economist Industrial policy is critical to competing in a global economy and maintaining our national security. In the world of U.S. economic policymaking, we need to stop wasting time debating whether to “do” industrial policy and rather debate how to improve it.…
CCP Believes China’s Market Trumps Concerns Over Trade, Other Issues
The U.S. China Economic and Security Review Commission hear from panelists last week in a hearing to discuss the 20th Party Congress, Xi’s inner circle, and a strong belief in Beijing that Western capital and business won’t abandon China.