CSUSTL Welcomes Commerce Department’s Confirmation of China’s Non-Market Economy Status

CONTACT:Thomas M. SneeringerCommittee to Support U.S. Trade Laws (CSUSTL)[email protected]202-999- 9154www.csustl.us; @csustlIMMEDIATE RELEASE (Washington, DC, November 1, 2017) – The Committee to Support U.S. Trade Laws (CSUSTL) welcomes and applauds the determination issued by the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) that China’s economy should continue to be properly treated as a “Non-Market Economy” (NME) for purposes…

ITIF Filing to USTR on Section 301 Investigation of China’s Policies and Practices Related to Tech Transfer, IP, and Innovation

As ITIF has written in numerous reports and testimony—including “Testimony Before the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on China’s Threat to U.S. Advanced Industries” (April 2017), “Stopping China’s Mercantilism: A Doctrine of Constructive, Alliance-Backed Confrontation” (March 2017), “Testimony Before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on Chinese Foreign Direct Investment” (January 2017), “False Promises:…

Make the Foreign Exchange Report Great (Again)

The Trump Administration wants to bring down the U.S. trade deficit. [Brad W. Setser | October 27, 2017 | CFR.Org] A number of manufacturing-heavy Asian economies run sizable current account surpluses. Over the course of the summer, some of them were clearly intervening to keep their currencies from rising against the dollar. But, somewhat surprisingly,…