A Trade War the U.S. Is Actually Winning, for Now

The escalating trade war between the United States and China, with the Trump administration considering $100 billion in punitive tariffs in response to China’s $50 billion in retaliatory tariffs, obscures a more important source of conflict: China’s desire to someday establish the yuan as a global reserve currency, on a par with the dollar. [Lan Cao |…

CPA Southern California Manufacturing Event Highlights

On April 18th, CPA co-hosted a manufacturing summit with California State Senator Joel Anderson in San Marcos, CA.  Dan DiMicco shared an insider’s view of the Trump Administration trade agenda and addressed specific issues related to tariffs.   Research Director Jeff Ferry’s presentation highlighted that economists are beginning to see the light on trade because of…

Tariffs Are a Sideshow Compared to the Weaponized Dollar

In recent years, U.S. manufacturers have been competing, and often losing, against government-owned Chinese companies intent on taking market share at any cost. Thankfully, President Donald Trump is fighting back with tariffs to protect domestic industries against China’s economic aggression. Op-ed originally appears on LifeZette In response to the president’s tariffs, naïve free trade pundits…