Editors note: The Chinese way. Concealing actions and intentions. “China ‘has not used and will not use the exchange rate as a tool to deal with

Currency designation will initiate consultations on trade barriers Washington. The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today strongly praised the Trump administration for formally designating

Editors note: China’s “unreliable entity” list punishes HSBC for helping catch Huawei’s CFO. Oddly there are still some that say that Huawei is not an

Editor’s note: The 25 year old currency war against the US has been joined.  Washington – The Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988 requires

Excerpt. “A.I.’s military power is the simple reason that the recent behavior of America’s leading software company, Google — starting an A.I. lab in China while ending an

Editors note: China is now fighting back through manipulating the allowed trading band for the renminbi. The US needs to stop sleepwalking through this next

Editors note: Japan does not sleep walk through currency conflicts. Its financial ministry fights back. Tokyo financial traders do not squawk about wanting a strong

By Steven L. Byers, PhD, CPA Senior Economist The US trade deficit in goods and services for June 2019 decreased by 0.3 percent, to $55.2

Excerpt: “Mr. Liu allegedly skirted the tariffs by shipping aluminum to the U.S. in the form of pallets, a finished product not on the list

Bipartisan bill would realign US dollar to eliminate trade deficit Washington. The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today offered its highest possible support and