Claudia Sheinbaum, who won Mexico’s June presidential election with 59% of the vote, will take office in October 2024. She succeeds President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) and shares his political affiliation as a member of the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA).
Sunsong, a Chinese multinational automotive parts manufacturer, is now facing serious scrutiny from the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). And the attention it’s receiving is far from positive.
If anyone needed yet another example of the importance of China miners and processing companies, Beijing said it would put restrictions on exports of antimony and processing equipment used in batteries and as an alloy to increase a metal’s strength.
Aluminum imports into the U.S. have surged in recent years, with some product categories seeing a 380% increase since 2015. Many countries have already been found guilty of dumping aluminum into the U.S. at artificially low prices.
The Department of Justice indicted a Chinese national who was living in the United States and importing thousands of kilograms of precursor chemicals used in making the addictive, powerful synthetic opioid known as fentanyl.
PVC pipe is critical for U.S. infrastructure, especially as electrical conduit in energy, data centers, and other high-tech sectors. U.S. PVC pipe imports are surging with 2024 import levels over twice as high as 2023 levels.
Drug shortages are becoming commonplace in the U.S. Data from a new pharmaceutical industry tracking firm, Qyobo, shows hundreds of drugs are still in short supply – some well over a year — and our dependence on imports grows, including from labs on the receiving end of lackluster FDA inspections.
New Biden-Mexico Steel Agreement will only affect about 16% of imports from Mexico, based on CPA’s analysis (the White House estimates it will only affect just 13% of imports).
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.
The United States is facing an unprecedented drug shortage, with a record 323 active drug shortages at the start of 2024 — the highest number since 2001.
