Editor’s note: A new conservative movement aiming to benefit labor, family and community, rather than merely capital, is announced and welcome. A new organization will address gaps in the Right’s traditional goals and priorities. [Oren Cass | February 18, 2020 | National Review] Today we are announcing the formation of American Compass, an organization dedicated…
Editors note: George Soros is a China hawk. Sensibly advising Europeans to abandon their appeasement and engagement strategy. Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet the heads of state and government of the 27 EU member states at the EU-China summit in Leipzig in September. Europeans need to understand that they will hand him a much-needed…
Editors Note: Deliveries of this high technology product should be stopped. At least until China starts delivering their high tech products to us. CFM, a joint venture between GE and France’s Safran, is asking for a license to export more LEAP 1C jet engines to China [Ted Mann and Bob Davis | February 16, 2020 |…
Editor’s note. Admiral Rogers sounded the alarm on China while in the Obama administration. His analysis is quite good. Admiral Michael Rogers, former head of the U.S. National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command, was instrumental in some of the early intelligence reporting that put Chinese tech giants Huawei and ZTE on the radar…
Editor’s note: Well said Dr. Navarro. Navarro says coronavirus is ‘wake-up call’ to create American pharmaceutical supply chain [James Politi | February 12, 2020 | FT] Peter Navarro, a senior trade adviser to Donald Trump, has urged the US to reduce its reliance on pharmaceutical and medical supply imports from China and the rest of…
Editor’s Note: Zach Mottl is chief alignment officer of Atlas Tool Works, in Lyons, Ill. He serves on the board of directors of CPA, and is a past chairman of the Technology and Manufacturing Association of Illinois. Tariffs are depriving Beijing of money it needs to expand brutal regime [Zach Mottl | February 13, 2020 |…
By Jeff Ferry, CPA Chief Economist The Section 232 steel tariffs are reducing the volume of steel imported into the US, providing breathing space for the US industry, which is expanding. The latest data on steel production, imports, and investment show the steel tariffs, enacted in March 2018 are delivering results for steel companies and…
Michael Stumo is CEO of the Coalition for a Prosperous America. America’s manufacturers are using more metals and minerals than ever, but the permit process to launch new mines has stretched to at least seven years. [Michael Stumo | February 12, 2020 | Tennessean] According to federal data, Tennessee enjoys some of the most affordable…
Editor’s Note: Even as the trade deficit with China was reduced, the deficit with Europe increased by 5.4% last year. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An emboldened President Donald Trump has set his sights on restructuring the more than $1 trillion U.S. trade relationship with the European Union, raising the specter of another major trade war as…
Editor’s note: The Chinese are cheating by producing products with banned carbon tetrachloride. We need to find out what supply chains use that chemical and ban them from US import. Despite being banned in 2010, about 40,000 tons of carbon tetrachloride, an ozone-depleting compound, are still emitted into the atmosphere every year. But the origins of…
