Editors note: Google should not be working with the Chinese Communist Party to weaponize technology in support of their surveillance state. Billionaire claims tech giant has been infiltrated, works with Chinese military [Mike Murphy | July 14, 2019 | MarketWatch] Billionaire Peter Thiel, a Facebook Inc. FB, -0.47%   board member and President Donald Trump’s…

Editor’s note: Removing the potential for Chinese security cameras to spy inside US government offices. (Bloomberg) — U.S. federal agencies have five weeks to rip out Chinese-made surveillance cameras in order to comply with a ban imposed by Congress last year in an effort to thwart the threat of spying from Beijing. [Olivia Carville | July 10, 2019 |…

Editor’s note: CPA is advising Chairman Marco Rubio in his capacity as Chairman of the Senate Small Business Committee. An upcoming Small Business Administration reauthorization bill is likely to have substantial pro-America changes. On June 26, 2019, Mark Muro, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program submitted testimony to the U.S. Senate Committee on Small…

Editor’s note: China uses many more tools than merely tariffs to gain an advantage. They play to win, not to “level the playing field.” BEIJING (Reuters) – China will stabilize trade by reducing tariffs, improving export tax rebate policies and cutting insurance fees for export companies, state television reported on Wednesday, citing a state council…

Editor’s note: Tariffs are not killing the economy as claimed by the Very Smart People who brought us fake free trade. Tariffs are pro-growth, need to be expanded, and followed by fixing the overvalued, noncompetitive dollar exchange rate. U.S. stocks traded higher on Wednesday ahead of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s appearance on Capitol Hill. [Ken Martin…

Editors note: Ralph Gomory is a member of the CPA advisory board.  In dealing with China, the United States has a fundamental problem. [Ralph Gomory | July 8, 2019 | The Hill] China has used a variety of tactics – from mispriced currency and subsidized competition to industrial espionage – to advance its industries and has announced its plans to dominate…

Excerpt: “The next time you hear ‘Business needs certainty,’ remember this is at best a tale signifying nothing and at worst verbal fog meant to conceal a pickpocket at work.” Exclusive: Curtis Ellis looks askance at ubiquitous claim about nature of business [Curtis Ellis | July 6, 2019 | WND] Turn on any business news channel…

Editor’s note: Home Depot founders surprisingly support tariffs and getting tough on China. They also say their business won’t be harmed.  Home Depot co-founders Bernie Marcus and Ken Langone on U.S. trade tensions with China, President Trump’s record so far, their success working together and Marcus’ contributions to the Atlanta Aquarium. [June 24, 2019 |…

Editors note: America is absorbing too much of the global oversupply of capital, driving our dollar higher and worsening our trade deficit. The Trump administration needs to support a market access charge to strategically slow these toxic waste capital inflows.  Investors expect even lower growth and inflation; this isn’t the way it’s supposed to work.…

Editor’s note: Peter Navarro strongly defends the POTUS actions on China, battling with the CNBC hosts. Peter Navarro, assistant to the president and director for the White House Trade and Manufacturing Council, joins “Squawk on the Street” after talks between the U.S. and China at the G-20 Summit. Navarro discusses those trade talks, lessened sanctions…