The US International Trade Commission (ITC) recently released a comprehensive analysis of the economic impact of all trade agreements the United States has entered into since 1985. Trade agreement negotiation, passage and implementation has been controversial throughout this time period. The ITC report is significant as the first recognition by a federal government trade agency…
The United States government has pursued trade liberalization for several decades. A substantial driver of this liberalization has been the assumption that more global trade would help developing countries become wealthier. However, there is considerable research that shows how trade liberalization policies have not always been the best tool to help support economic growth and…
A year ago, at the height of the pandemic, a severe shortage of vital personal protective equipment (PPE) hit America. Hospitals were asking staff to re-use masks and other protective equipment. Health care professionals, political leaders, and ordinary people with family members in hospitals and on ventilators were all in agreement: the U.S. must not…
Recent shortages an example of America’s over-bearing dependence on Chinese supply chains. The time is now to take action to reverses this decades-long headwind to U.S. manufacturing and its labor force.
Biden’s new tax proposal benefits renewable energy. But where tax credits are concerned, can individuals and companies that get those tax credits then use the capital to import green tech from China? What’s stopping them?
The Department of Commerce heard a panel of industry leaders on Thursday discussing the shortage in semiconductors, and asks why we can’t make this stuff at home.