LONDON — The Chinese government wants to make sure its food supply is reliable and safe as it works to feed a rapidly growing middle class. So it was a coup on Wednesday when a Chinese company won approval to take over one of the world’s largest suppliers of seeds and pesticides. [Amie Tsang] April…
By Jeff Ferry, CPA Research Director Establishment free traders often claim trade policy reform is futile, urging us instead to simply trust the free market. Recent experience in Britain shows that one trade policy—currency devaluation—does work, and pretty quickly too. Despite imports growing more expensive, both consumption and exports increased. The British trade deficit has,…
Smart policy needed for true manufacturing job recovery The Commerce Department reported a goods and services deficit of $43.6 billion in February, down $4.6 billion from $48.2 billion in January. But the goods deficit with China rose to $31.7 billion, up from $30.2 billion. [Jet Moody] April 4th, 2017 [Alliance for American Manufacturing] Said Alliance for American…
Glenn Duffie Shriver looked like an ideal CIA recruit. Gregarious and athletic, the 28-year-old from Michigan had been a good student with strong interests in world affairs and foreign languages since childhood. What made him even more attractive as a prospective CIA employee, however, was that he had studied and worked in China and was…
The Senate Finance Committee will reschedule a session to consider the nomination of President Trump’s pick for U.S. Trade Representative, Robert Lighthizer, to ensure that Democratic member Sherrod Brown (OH) — who told Inside U.S. Trade he is likely to vote in favor of Lighthizer — and other Democrats can be present. [Jenny Leonard & Jack Caporal] April…
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday needled President Donald Trump to get tougher on trade with Beijing ahead of the former businessman’s Mar-a-Lago meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. [ ELANA SCHOR and DOUG PALMER] April 5th, 2017 [Politico] Schumer lobbed his latest challenge at Trump alongside Sens. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.), both of…
AK Steel Corporation, the United Steelworkers, and other manufacturers have submitted comments urging the U.S. International Trade Commission to reverse an administrative law judge’s dismissal of U.S. Steel’s antitrust claim against Chinese companies, saying the case is based on section 337 trade-remedy law which functions differently than broader antitrust laws because it is designed to…
Washington~ The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) submitted comments yesterday supporting the Trump Administration’s proposal that all new pipelines use 100% American iron and steel. On January 24, 2017, President Trump issued a directive for the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) to develop a plan for requiring the use of domestic steel and iron…
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Tuesday Wednesday President Trump for not taking a tougher approach to trade policy with China despite pledging to do so on the campaign trail, saying he is working with Democrats on legislation that would strengthen trade enforcement – especially as it relates to China. [Jack Caporal] April 5th,…
The US has the lowest trade barriers and the largest trade deficit in the world — $500bn annually. [Wilbur Ross] April 4th, 2017 [Financial Times] This is why President Donald Trump has directed the US Department of Commerce to report back within 90 days with a comprehensive analysis of the economic realities and the fine details of…
