In Senate Finance Hearing with USTR Amb. Jamieson Greer, Democratic Leadership Launches Anti-Tariff Bill
Meanwhile, Others Call for Tariffs on Lamb Meat, Sugar and Steel-Making Ores
Trump Tells War Department to Gain Better Visibility of Critical Minerals Used by Defense Contractors
Companies making goods from the Department of War (DoW) will now need much clearer visibility into their supply chains, especially if a product they make or buy includes critical minerals.
The Trade Bargain Behind America’s Cost-of-Living Crisis
Trade structured to support production raises productivity, and rising productivity raises the incomes that fund consumption durably, out of earnings instead of borrowing. That is the only durable answer to the cost-of-living crisis: paychecks that can carry the price of housing, healthcare, and childcare.
Cancelling Hard-Won Fertilizer Trade Remedies, the Administration Tells Domestic Producers: Don’t Count On Your Home Market
Last week, the White House declared an emergency under Section 318 of the Tariff Act of 1930 and suspended, for eight months, the collection of anti-dumping and countervailing duties on phosphate fertilizer from the Kingdom of Morocco.
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.
Report: China’s Capture of Latin American Space Sectors
New research reveals how Chinese state-controlled companies under the auspices of the PLA are targeting the entire space ecosystem in America’s backyard, funded, in part, by scores of millions of unsuspecting American retail investors.
No Longer With the Fed, Stephen Miran Can Now Tout Tariffs as Tax Policy
Former member of the Federal Reserve Board, Stephen Miran, did not waste much time post-government to come out publicly in favor of tariffs. In a June 28th thread on X, Miran made the market case for tariffs – centered on the “optimal tariff,” failed economic models, and revenue tariffs to curb or cut taxation.
Why Beef Prices Are So High: America’s Cattle Industry Has Been Gutted
U.S. beef prices continue to climb, with May 2026 prices already 22% above January 2025 levels. This is a serious cost-of-living issue for American families, but it is also a crisis signal for the beef industry.
CCP Committee Questions Reasons Behind Some China Investment in U.S.
The House Select Committee on the CCP’s recent hearing about China’s economic espionage and corporate influence in the U.S. suggests the Committee is taking China corporate investment here as a potential problem.
