A Tariff Issue on Which Free and Fair Traders Can Agree

Excerpt: Peter Navarro, “Whether you’re a pure free trader or a fair, reciprocal and balanced trader like the president, if you live in a relatively low-tariff country like the U.S., you should oppose an international trading system that helps institutionalize nonreciprocal tariffs.” Flawed WTO rules allow other countries to charge significantly higher duties than America does. [Peter…

Lipinski, Bost Introduce Bipartisan “Buy American” Bill to Boost Job Creation and Ensure Taxpayer Dollars Are Spent in the U.S.

Excerpt: “A recent survey of 1,200 taxpayers commissioned by the Alliance for American Manufacturing found that 80% support Buy America programs.” [May 2, 2019 | Rep. Daniel Lipinski] WASHINGTON, D.C. – Recognizing taxpayers’ overwhelming support for proposals that strengthen Buy America laws, Congressmen Dan Lipinski (IL-3) and Mike Bost (IL-12) today reintroduced the BuyAmerican.gov Act,…

Press Release: Latest Treasury Report on Exchange Rates Overlooks Currency Misalignment

Private foreign capital is weaponizing US dollar against domestic producers   For Immediate Release Washington. The US Treasury Department has released its latest semi-annual report on exchange rate policies. As expected, the report did not cite any countries for engaging in “currency manipulation” that would push the dollar higher relative to their own currencies. However,…