Monthly Trade Deficit Tops $100 Billion for First Time in History
An overvalued dollar is helping to exacerbate the country’s largest-ever trade deficit in goods. The U.S. is on pace for $1.1 trillion deficit in 2022.
Legislative Alert: Sec. 301 Poison Pill in Senate China Bill
Download CPA’s Legislative Alert here. OPPOSE TOOMEY MOTION TO INSTRUCT What’s happening: USICA’s trade provisions are a gift to China. It is far more than
House Foreign Affairs Warns of Potential for Job Deserts in Climate Change Policy
A House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing warned against creating economic dead zones in rush to switch to renewables.
Semiconductor Manufacturing Becomes Problem for Defense Industry, Senate Armed Services Committee Says
The Senate Armed Services Committee heard testimony this week from defense industry experts warning about the declining domestic market share for microelectronics.
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.
Janet Yellen Seems to be Rethinking Globalization, Too
Janet Yellen tells The Atlantic Council that the U.S. needs more resilient supply chains. But judging by her speech, reshoring was not part of the solution.
What if China Left the World Trade Organization?
The U.S. China Economic And Security Review Commission debated ways to better deal with China’s non-market economy in the WTO. Tariffs were part of the solution.
China Commission: ‘Overvalued Dollar’ is a Real U.S. Trade Problem
At a hearing by the U.S. China Economic and Security Review Commission, the Market Access Charge is brought up as a way to balance trade.
China Commission: PNTR Removal for China Won’t be So Easy
At a hearing by the U.S. China Economic and Security Review Commission, panelists agree that removing China from its Permanent Normal Trade Relations status with the U.S. is not (yet) in the cards.
Senate GOP Backing China in Anti-China Bill
By Charles Benoit, CPA Trade Counsel An upcoming vote in Congress will be on par with the 2001 decision to grant China Permanent Normal Trade
