Top Five Blunders (At Least) in Senate’s China Bill
Inside the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act sits the unsightly Trade Act of 2021. It is everything that is wrong with an otherwise good bill designed to tackle China.
Senate’s ‘China Bill’ Hobbles USTR, Puts Chinese Exporters First
One of the more problematic aspects of the new Senate bill called the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act is that it puts a massive dent in Section 301 tariffs, aka the China Trade War tariffs. Now industry groups want more tariffs cut.
U.S. Innovation and Competition Act: The Winners and the Losers in Senate ‘China Bill’
The Senate bill designed to help America outwit, outlast and outplay China passed mostly along party lines. Here is what we liked about what’s inside. And where we hope the House will do some rewrites on trade matters.
April Trade Deficit Surprisingly Falls, But U.S. On Track For $1 Trillion Goods Deficit
The trade deficit fell in April as imports from China shrank by $6 billion. That likely won’t be enough to break the $1 trillion goods deficit barrier in 2021.
Here’s How Many Billions Vanguard, Others, Have Invested In China’s Delisted, Sanctioned Companies
Big mutual funds run by Vanguard and ETFs run by State Street and BlackRock will have to divest from some China stocks within a year.
Beyond Beef Labels, Latest Amendment To Senate “China Bill” Mostly Bad
An amendment to the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (formerly Endless Frontier) is good for beef country of origin labeling, bad for tariffs. Here’s why.
Why Don’t Big Retailers, E-Commerce Want Consumers To Know Where Their Products Are Made?
Senators Tammy Baldwin, Chuck Schumer, and others want consumers to know where goods sold online were manufactured. Big Retail wants the language removed from the Endless Frontier Act. What are they so worried about?
Senate Hearing On Medical Supplies: “US Companies No Longer Getting PPE Orders. It’s Mostly Going To China”
Here we go again. Textile companies that spent money on retooling to make masks and hospital gowns now losing to China dumping PPE in the U.S.
In Senate Hearing, Wyden Says U.S. “Laser-Focused” On Out-Competing China
Katherine Tai fields questions on tariff removals, exemptions, and the revival of TPP.
Uyghur Testimony To Congress “I Saw Girls Lose Their Sanity.”
Two Uyghurs from Xinjiang tell the House Foreign Affairs Committee what’s going on inside China. Republicans and Democrats debate Olympic ban, corporate responsibility.
