Myths & Facts: the Commerce Department’s Investigation into Illegal Activity by Chinese Solar Manufacturers

In March of 2022, the U.S. Department of Commerce opened an investigation into the possible circumvention of 2012 Obama-era tariffs on solar panels from China. Large Chinese companies supported by Beijing are alleged to be circumventing those tariffs by shipping panels and parts from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam instead of from China. These four…

CPA Joins USTR, Pro-Worker Groups in Opposing Toomey “Poison Pill” to Gut Sec. 301 China Tariffs

WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today released a statement opposing Senator Pat Toomey’s (R-PA) poison pill effort to gut Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 and undermine efforts to address unfair foreign trade practices by China. Specifically, CPA is urging Senators to oppose the Toomey motion to instruct (MTI)…

Should the Renaissance in American Manufacturing be a Top-Down or Bottom-Up Approach? Perhaps the Answer is Both

By: Greg Owens, Co-Founder and CEO, Sherrill Manufacturing Inc. We have entered a new post-pandemic phase in world economic order.  Deglobalization is now upon us.  It started with a relatively “slow impact” move to decouple from China.  This was characterized by diplomacy followed by limited and low-percentage tariffs on certain Chinese goods.  Two years of…