GM Cutbacks Due to Offshoring, Not Tariffs
By Jeff Ferry, CPA Research Director General Motors is having a very good year in 2018. That’s right. You read that right, a good year.
Contrary to popular belief, Trump’s tariffs are working
Throughout 2018, there has been a constant wave of criticism regarding the tariffs that President Trump imposed on an array of imports, principally from China. Op-ed by
America: China’s Mercantile Resource Colony
Editor’s note: This is an excellent article with a short economic history of how strategic trade, in the form of tariff intervention, is a fundamental
Top Five Cases of Huawei IP Theft and Patent Infringement
By Jeff Ferry, CPA Research Director Last week, Canadian authorities arrested the Chief Financial Officer of Huawei, Sabrina Meng Wanzhou. The US government alleges that
The Trade War’s Too Broad to Turn on Quick Fixes
Editor’s note. The US China skirmish is really about whether our economic, military and geopolitical strength will be eroded. The massive technology theft is only
Commentary: May’s Brexit deal ignores Leavers’ real grievance
Editor’s note: This article is posted because the UK’s trade deficit in goods was one reason voters approved Brexit last year. It parallels the trade
Trade with China isn’t working out. Here’s how to fix it
Editor’s note: Ralph Gomory, the author of this article, serves on the CPA Advisory Board. Trade is not working out for our country in the
GoPro will move some manufacturing out of China because of Trump’s trade war
Editor’s note. It is a win if companies move out of China, which uses predatory economic strategies to achieve larger global goals. It is a
CPA Response to Tax Foundation Claims on Effects of Tariff Actions
By Jeff Ferry, CPA Research Director On Dec. 6th, the Tax Foundation published a brief document claiming that the tariffs implemented by the Trump administration
We don’t feel better off, because we’re not
Earlier this year, trade experts explained to two audiences in Seattle how workers should adjust to the global economy. Workers displaced by global competition could
