We all remember the famous line by Bill Clinton’s campaign advisor James Carville: “It’s the economy, stupid,” he said about what mattered most to voters. The economy still matters, of course, but one of the major fundamentals of the economy is the dollar and it’s non-competitive with the rest of the world. It’s too strong.…
Healthcare panelist and Phlow CEO Eric Edwards on what needs to be done to make more pharmaceutical drugs here. Most of them are coming in from Europe, India and…increasingly…China.
Are steel tariffs bad for America? Nope, says the CEO of Zekelman Industries. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo agrees.
The US is thinking about sanctioning Chinese individuals involved in the detention of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang. Is that enough? It hasn’t been before.
Climate change trumps China for the new USTR. We think the two are inseparable, actually.
WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) and China Tech Threat today jointly released a white paper titled “Maintaining U.S. Leadership in Semiconductors and Countering China’s Threats.” The paper examines the decline in U.S. market share in global semiconductor manufacturing, the attendant risks to U.S economic and national security, and why maintaining U.S.…
Solar power is a vital source of renewable energy and an essential industry for the US today and in the future. This White Paper looks at the success of the US solar module industry in investment, production growth, and record market share. Nevertheless, China still retains a chokehold on the industry through its dominance in…
By Kenneth Rapoza, CPA Industry Analyst By most measures, China is preparing for the future. The 2021 Government Work Report is a reminder of what China plans to do remain resilient and a dominant force in global supply chains. The best way to look at China’s annual Government Work Report is that it is Beijing’s…
WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today highlighted how the January 2021 goods and services deficit reveals a serious, ongoing vulnerability in US industrial capacity. The data shows the US trade deficit rose in January to $68.2 billion. Alarmingly, imports increased by $3.4 billion to a total of $221.1 billion for January…
By Kenneth Rapoza, CPA Industry Analyst Shipping companies are preferring to send empty containers to Asia, in order to offload them and fill them with China goods bound for the US at a much higher price. Twenty-four Senators from farm states are now getting involved. Our new export to China: empty space inside a container…
