Mike Froman Is Wrong Again: Manufacturing Jobs Are Among America’s Best Jobs
While hosting Ambassador Greer, the former USTR manipulated pay data to claim that services jobs had overtaken manufacturing.
EU Moves To Protect Antibiotics From Asian Dominance; Aligning More With U.S.
Lawmakers from member states of the European Union agreed to measures last week to stop drug shortages and fix chronic Asian dependencies for critical medicines, this time spurred by worries over the antibiotics supply chain.
Senate Small Business Hearing Suggests Some Tariff Wariness
A Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship hearing held last week had only one manufacturer serving as a witness. He liked the tariffs because they stopped the bloodletting of cheaper imitations from China. However, he told the Senate that changes could be made to existing tariff policy to help lower costs as commodity and other input prices are rising fast.
Stop Trading Away Industries. Stop Trusting Paper Origins. The USMCA Review Stakes.
The clock is ticking on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. On July 1, 2026, the three parties are scheduled to sit down for the formal “joint review” required by the deal itself. Under the terms USMCA’s drafters wrote into the agreement, the entire arrangement automatically expires on July 1, 2036 unless every government affirmatively recommits to it.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Wakes Up To China Competitive Threat
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce usually takes a white-glove approach to criticising their members’ businesses in China. But in a recent study, conducted for the Chamber by the Rhodium Group, there is a marked change of tune.
House Committee Hears Testimony Recommending Copper Get Special Tax Treatment, Consider Scrap Export Restrictions
A House Natural Resources subcommittee heard from witnesses last week calling for special tax breaks and for Congress to consider restrictions on copper scraps exports.
March Imports Rise, Monthly Deficit Up 4.4% In First Month of Iran War
The Bureau of Economic Analysis released its monthly trade data for March, and despite it being the first full month of the imbroglio in the Strait of Hormuz, imports rose more than exports and the deficit surpassed the three month moving average.
On Capitol Hill, China Themes Increasingly Center On Trade Theft, Espionage, IP Violations
How did China become a near peer competitor with the U.S. on everything from computers to AI platforms to space? Theft and IP violations.
In Hearing, Congress Says China Stealing American AI Models, But Witnesses Focus On More Obvious Problems
Leadership of the House Select Committee on the CCP is convinced China is stealing American AI models. That’s why China has an OpenAI rival, called DeepSeek, and the Europeans have nothing.
War, AI, and Grid Stress: Why This Is Solar Power’s Moment
The war in Iran is solar power’s Covid moment.
