May Trade Deficit of $106.4 Billion is Not as Bad as it Looks
The goods deficit for May is the worst looking deficit on paper, at $106.4 billion, but might not be as bad as that number suggests.
Minimum Import Price: The Good American Tradition Versus the Failed Globalist Design
Before USTR borrows the tin cartel’s playbook, it should look to the American tradition of minimum import pricing — and beware the foreign imitations that ended in ruin.
CPA Hails Chinese Solar Retreat Driven by FEOC Restrictions It Long Championed
Years ago, CPA warned that China was using American clean-energy tax credits to capture our solar industry — and we led the fight to slam that door shut.
Sen. Gillibrand Raises Concerns About China’s Ability To Attract U.S. Biotech Investment, Partners
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) has become one of the Democratic Party’s leading voices raising concerns about the pharmaceutical industry’s growing ties to China.
Washington’s $70 Billion in Lost Protection: Liberation Day, One Year Later
One year after Liberation Day, the most aggressive tariff escalation since 2018, the United States collected just half of what its own policy prescribes.
China’s Rise As No. 2 Economic Power Has Created Worldwide Industrial Subsidies Trend
Subsidies across 15 key industrial sectors have reached their highest levels relative to revenue since the 2008-2009 global financial crisis, according to an OECD study published June 1.
Texas is Rolling Out the Welcome Mat for China’s Copper Takeover
China is quietly making a move on one of America’s most critical industrial materials — copper. Texas is helping them do it.
CPA Applauds Expanded Pentagon List of Chinese Military Companies
CPA welcomed the U.S. Department of War expanding its Section 1260H list of Chinese military companies and praised recent efforts by lawmakers, including Senator Rick Scott (R-FL), to draw greater attention to the threat posed by China’s military-civil fusion strategy.
Trade Deficit Falls in April, Driven Largely by Persian Gulf Disruptions
The ongoing conflict in the Persian Gulf likely led to a slight 1.2% decline in the overall goods and services deficit in April, coming in at $55.9 billion, based on Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) data released on Tuesday.
Government Seeks To Enlist Small Business Involved In Critical Supply Chains
The government increasingly sees critical minerals, battery materials and components, and refining as strategic industrial assets rather than low value goods often burdened by environmental regulations.
