Editor’s Note: CPA submitted testimony to the Senate Finance Committee relating to WTO reform. Our testimony points out the fundamental flaws in the WTO, suggests reform measures, and asserts that the US must be prepared to withdraw to maximize negotiating leverage. As this Committee looks to whether the WTO can be reformed to address twenty-first century…
CPA’s Take: The president eliminated 232 tariffs on Canada for aluminum imports when signing the US MCA. Canada then wrongly thought it could get away with a renewed surge of imports. WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that the United States is reinstating a 10% import tax on Canadian aluminum, raising tensions with…
CPA’s Take: This article reveals the myriad ways the US has substituted myths and self-blame for recognition of the geopolitical threat of China. Slowly but steadily they build up their economic, military, and technological superiority at our expense [Victor Davis Hanson | May 14, 2019 | National Review] The Chinese Communist government does not have…
CPA’s Take: Joe Biden responds to an NPR question on whether he will eliminate the Section 301 tariffs on Chinese goods In #nabjnahj2020 interview, Joe Biden tells Lulu Garcia-Navarro that Trump’s China tarriffs have been disastrous for business and farming. Watch the exchange here: [Lulu (@lourdesgnavarro) | August 5, 2020 | Tweeted] In our #nabjnahj2020 interview,…
CPA’s Take: China sees COVID recovery as an economic growth and jobs opportunity. America’s elected officials only think in terms of supply chain resiliency. Why are they not talking about the jobs opportunity? We are just not serious about fixing unemployment. For all practical intents, the United States is at war with China. This may…
CPA’s take: The re-layoff phenomenon needs to be considered as Congress deliberates on COVID relief. And you thought the second wave of the coronavirus was nasty. Before the second wave has even hit first wave hot spots like New York, a second wave of layoffs is coming. Thank you, lockdown gurus! [Kenneth Rapoza | August…
CPA’s take: Millions of people are at risk of being laid off once again after the PPP ends. The US needs to focus on COVID relief but also reassuring medical and other supply chains immediately so Americans have a chance at better jobs than the ones they left. Data as of August 1, 2020 at…
CPA’s take: China pigeons. Those who acknowledge Chinese racial authoritarianism or other bad behavior but then pivot to argue for no action or for irrelevant or cliche solutions. There is a new breed of China watcher stalking editorial pages. Potentially concerned, though not always, about various China misdeeds which few deny but clinging to unrealistic…
CPA’s take: Secretary of State Pompeo says 50 years of engagement with China was a mistake. We were hoodwinked. See the video starting at the 2:22 mark. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers a speech on “Communist China and the Free World’s Future” at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library in Yorba Linda, California. [July…
CPA’s take: This is a very good quote from Attorney General Barr. “The ultimate ambition of China’s rulers isn’t to trade with the United States. It is to raid the United States. If you are an American business leader, appeasing [China] may bring short-term rewards. But in the end, [China’s] goal is to replace you.” US…