As proof that no company can match China on price, Chinese producers of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and the key starting materials (KSMs) used to make them are slashing prices by up to 50%. Not even low-cost India – one of the largest importers of Chinese KSMs – can compete at those levels.
Findings Indicate that Copper Products Remain Essential to U.S. Economy and National Security as Trump Administration Seeks to Protect and Enhance Industry
The closure of the de minimis loophole – which went into effect at midnight – stops the descent into eCommerce lawlessness characterized by the rise in platforms like Temu and Shein, and the fact that judgment-proof overseas retailers now make up the majority of vendors on Amazon’s U.S. store.
Ruling Clears the Way for Retroactive Tariffs on Billions in Illegally Imported Chinese Solar Equipment
Aurobindo Pharma’s proposed $5.5 billion acquisition of Prague-based Zentiva poses an unacceptable risk to Europe’s and America’s pharmaceutical security. CPA is calling on the European Union (EU), including Czech authorities and European Commission competition regulators, to reject the transaction.
The study details how Beijing is pursuing a program of “space sector capture” to penetrate and control the space sectors of more than 120 countries through agreements with ostensibly private Chinese companies that, in effect, act as fronts for the People’s Liberation Army (PLA).
It’s been three full months of record-high tariffs, and yet rolling 12-month overall inflation came in at 2.7% in July, the same percentage rate as June, according to last week’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) inflation report. Core inflation (CPI), which excludes food and oil, rose 3.1% in July, up from 2.9% in June.
Florida Congressman Daniel Webster’s ‘USA Act’, introduced in August, amends the Science portion of the ‘CHIPS & Sciences Act’ to improve U.S. role in standards setting.
The initial report of the CPA/PSSI China Space Security Initiative (CSSI) details how Beijing is working to penetrate and control the space sectors of more than 120 countries through hundreds of ostensibly commercial agreements, via state-controlled Chinese companies that, in effect, act as fronts for the People’s Liberation Army (PLA).
The domestic polysilicon supply remains a national security imperative for the United States for many reasons including: China’s link to forced labor and human rights abuses; a globalized Chinese Communist Party-subsidized solar industry leading to overcapacity and export dumping; and the limitations of U.S. trade remedies to help, deep into the solar supply chain.
