The United States-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) Free Trade Agreement is fast becoming a free trade agreement for the world, whereas any multinational with a presence in Mexico can set up shop and make the U.S. its number one target. China is doing that now.
CPA today announced that the U.S. Private Sector Job Quality Index (JQI) was 82.45, essentially flat with only a change of -0.03% from the preceding month.
Domestic content rules and mandates have worked for China. Should the U.S. try to copy it, in spots, along key supply chains like new energy and semiconductors?
Trump has a new idea about the economy. The usual suspects hate it. On June 13, Trump said he’d consider a 10 percent tariff on imports and use the revenue to reduce some income taxes.
The CEO of American drone maker Skydio told the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party in a hearing last week (June 26) that tariffs were a much-needed tool if the U.S. wants any semblance of a domestic drone industry.
When asked about China, both Trump and Biden should say that China’s trade surplus is an insult to the world and a huge disruptor to our economy.
Chinese companies supply many inputs for America’s military, putting the U.S. in a disturbingly vulnerable position. This threatens the survival of the small domestic manufacturers that play a critical role in America’s defense industrial base.
CPA’s chief economist Jeff Ferry joined two other panelists Wednesday to talk trade in an hour-long webinar by Industry Week magazine titled the “2024 Manufacturing Economy First Half Checkup.”
China is flooding the global market with solar panels. It’s part of an aggressive strategy by Beijing to dominate the world’s solar industry.
John Deere will lay off or offer early retirement to over 200 workers in Iowa, while at the same time the tractor producer is gearing up to move production of mid-frame skid steer loaders and compact loaders from its plant in Dubuque, Iowa to a proposed new facility in Mexico.
