Editor’s note: Peter Navarro has driven a large part of the administration’s aggressive trade strategy.  Last Friday, President Trump unveiled his grand strategy for American

By Jeff Ferry, CPA Chief Economist Data published this morning by the Department of Commerce show that US trade figures continued to worsen in December

Editors note: no signs yet that China plans to play nice in the future. BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s customs authority has suspended customs clearance procedures

Editor’s note: CPA supports strong Buy America rules in government procurement.  Our government’s procurement policy falls far short of its potential to encourage and support

Excerpt: “The corrupt policy that prevents consumers from knowing from which country the beef they purchase for themselves and their families originated is the best policy

By Steven Byers, CPA Senior Economist Last summer, Chinese officials began talking about the liberalization of Chinese markets, in response to criticism of the highly

Editors note: Dear Mr. President, we have a paper on that.  https://www.prosperousamerica.org/quantifying_economic_growth_job_creation_competitive_dollar  President Donald Trump said Saturday that the U.S. dollar is too strong and

Editor’s note: 1) Will China cut the VAT for imports? 2) CPA’s position is that the US should have a VAT or goods and services

Editor’s note: Tariff-armageddon is still not happening. China know that its tariffs were pro-growth for its economy. We are just re-discovering that fact. But we

Excerpt: However, “the United States remains an independent nation, and our trade policy will be made here – not in Geneva. We will not allow the WTO