Editor’s note: Chinese espionage against Monsanto. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Chinese national who worked for Monsanto before it was purchased by Bayer AG was charged in St. Louis, Missouri, on Thursday with stealing trade secrets for China, the U.S. Justice Department said. [Eric Beech | November 21, 2019 | Reuters] Haitao Xiang, 42, an employee…
Editors note: This is a very very good article covering our new job quality index. The numbers tell one story. Unemployment in the US is the lowest it’s been in 50 years. More Americans have jobs than ever before. Wage growth keeps climbing. [Gwynn Guilford | November 21, 2019 | Quartz] People tell a different…
Editors note: This is a good sign that the president is not looking to close the phase one deal with China. They would never comply. They will have to buy our agricultural products anyway. The tariffs should be made permanent and expanded. “I like what’s happening right now,” president says. [Paul Connor | November 20,…
Sales-based system could address corporate tax avoidance Washington. The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) is urging the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to support a move to sales factor apportionment (SFA) as part of its comprehensive review of international corporate tax systems. CPA submitted public comments to the OECD last week. The…
Editor’s note: Good news. We need comprehensive tariffs on all Chinese imports. Make them permanent. China is a pariah state. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Completion of a “phase one” U.S.-China trade deal could slide into next year, trade experts and people close to the White House said, as Beijing presses for more extensive tariff rollbacks, and…
Editor’s note: See this new Senate report on the Chinese government program to transfer or steal knowledge and research from American universities. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY American taxpayers contribute over $150 billion each year to scientific research in the United States. Through entities like the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Energy’s…
Editor’s Note: Jeff Ferry is chief economist at the Coalition for a Prosperous America, where Arpan Dahal serves as a research assistant. Bill Parks is a member of the coalition’s board and the founder of NRS Inc. in Moscow, Idaho. In this article, the authors argue that a sales factor apportionment system at France’s statutory rate would likely generate more than double the revenue…
Editor’s note: Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) is a rising star, not easily categorized ideologically. CPA appreciates his co-sponsorship of the Competitive Dollar for Jobs and Prosperity Act, his focus upon the national and economic security threat from China, and his focus upon benefitting workers and domestic producers. Sen. Josh Hawley gets it badly wrong in…
Excerpt. “International outrage could turn that into a wake-up call for China’s leaders, despite their totalitarian swagger, if the world begins to see them as pariahs, not just trading partners.” Communist leaders engage in modern-day totalitarian brainwashing, bizarre lies and industrial-level indoctrination to suppress Muslims. [Editorial Board | November 18, 2019 | NY Times] “Ying…
Editor’s note: More mainstream writing in favor of industrial strategy. While the article wrongly criticizes the tariff intervention against China, it rightly states that the US should have an industrial strategy. Side note: tariffs are part of industrial strategy, and often cheaper because you can protect industries without subsidizing them. Washington’s focus on ending Beijing’s…
