Economic View: The Coming Solar Apocalypse…and How to Prevent It
Key Points With 86 Gigawatts of planned solar module capacity and some 30 Gigawatts of imports, the U.S. market faces huge oversupply of solar modules.
House GOP Trade Chair Expects To Legislate Billions in Tariff Refunds For Importers In Coming Weeks
Rep. Adrian Smith of the House Ways and Means trade subcommittee says the Generalized System of Preferences will be renewed, with retroactive tariff refunds worth billions.
The American Drug Supply’s Biggest Problems, And How To Fix Them.
Coalition vice presidents explain the FDAs shortcomings and why U.S. medicines are often in short supply in a new American Affairs Journal article.
Mexico Replaces China for Imports. What’s Happening?
Last year, the U.S. imported more goods from Mexico than it did from China. It was a first. Although the trade deficit with China is still the biggest out of every country, and more than the trade deficit with Mexico and Canada combined, Mexican imports totaled $475.6 billion in 2023 versus China’s $427.2 billion.
The De Minimis Loophole Provides High Volume Immunity to Overseas Smugglers
Modern-day smugglers are using the de minimis loophole to bring in illicit imports of fentanyl, pill presses, and all manner of contraband.
New Manufacturing Increasingly Going to Lower Income Towns. This is a Good Thing.
The U.S. manufacturing boom, which started slowly since the implementation of tariffs on steel, aluminum, some China imports, and sped along by new laws favoring domestic supply chains, has had a positive impact on lower income counties nationwide.
CPA Statement on Closure of Cleveland-Cliffs Tin Mill Facility
The decision, which will result in nearly 1,000 employee layoffs in April, is a direct result of the U.S. International Trade Commission’s (ITC) determination that illegally dumped and subsidized imports of tin mill products from China, Canada and Germany do not sufficiently harm the U.S. domestic steel industry.
New Horizon Advisory Report Details Alarming Threat of China’s Stranglehold on Global Solar Market
An alarming new report from Horizon Advisory details China’s distortion of the global solar industry and how that threatens the national and economic security of the United States as it “risks making the United States dependent, and dependent on an adversary, for a strategic, future energy source.”
Economic View: Tariffs Have Strengthened the U.S. Economy
The 2018-2019 tariffs have created thousands of U.S. jobs.
How China Beat the U.S. at Its Own EV Game
As imports from China rise, the native auto industry will whither at a time when a new auto industry is being born. Call it an opportunity lost.
