February Trade Deficit Improves 3.4% To $49.4B As China Deficit Hits Best Level in 23 Months
By Jeff Ferry, CPA Chief Economist The US trade deficit in goods and services for February was $49.4 billion, an improvement of 3.4 percent over
By Jeff Ferry, CPA Chief Economist The US trade deficit in goods and services for February was $49.4 billion, an improvement of 3.4 percent over
Editor’s note: CPA’s position is that no deal is better than a bad deal with China. The US is likely better off with unilateral trade
Editor’s note: Perry Hooper, author of this opinion article, is a CPA member. By Perry O. Hooper Jr.,Republican State Executive Committee Former State Representative Trade
Editors note: CPA board member Burl Finkelstein is featured in this article on our trade conference last month in March. While trade tensions have left
Editors note: Interesting article on How China restricts businesses from operating there. However, the US interest is getting more firms and employment in the US,
Background: The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is seeking a part-time Tax Research Assistant to support the CPA Economics team
Editor’s note: Free trade skepticism has, before Trump, been more concentrated in the Democratic Party than the Republican Party. President Trump’s trade reform agenda took
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Editors note: The prospect of “decoupling“ from China is now entering the debate in a positive way. The trade war is nearing a possible truce,
Editors note: Even Jamie Dimon has almost reversed his position, now supporting aggressive China action and stating that financial market fears should be ignored because the real