ITC: Structural steel imports may be harming U.S. producers

Excerpt: If Commerce finds that structural steel imports are materially injuring or threatening material injury to domestic producers, preliminary duties will be imposed on imports. [March 20, 2019 | Inside U.S. Trade] Imports of fabricated structural steel from Canada, Mexico and China could be harming domestic producers, the U.S. International Trade Commission ruled in a preliminary…

Annual White House economic report shows 73 percent increase in U.S. average tariff rate

Editors note: New Council of Economic Advisers report says that even after the Trump tariffs, the average US tariff rate is just 2.6%, still one of the lowest in the world. Tariffs imposed by President Trump last year caused the average U.S. tariff rate to jump by nearly 75 percent, according to the latest “Economic Report…

CPA Op-ed: Too Much Foreign Capital is Hurting America’s Economy

The current trade negotiations between Washington and Beijing are more than a year in the making. Op-ed by Michael Stumo, originally appeared in The Columbus Dispatch on March 12, 2019 March 14, 2019 Starting in 2018, the Trump administration imposed tariffs on $250 billion worth of imports from China. It was President Donald Trump’s stern…

Are Tariffs Reducing the National Debt and Federal Deficit?

There is increasing evidence that Trump’s tariffs are working to expand American manufacturing and create jobs. [Michele Nash- Hoff | March 6, 2019 | savingmanufacturing.com According to the February 11, 2019 U.S. Manufacturing Technology Order Report press release of The Association for Manufacturing Technology, “The year- end order total for 2018 was $5.5 billion, up 19 percent from…

U.S. Cabinet Makers Seek Giant Trade Case Against China Imports

Editor’s note: Wellborn Cabinet, a petitioner in the trade case below, is a CPA member. China’s Shopping List in America Has These Farm Goods at the Top [Joe Deaux | March 6, 2019 | Bloomberg] U.S. may take market share from Brazil, Argentina, Australia A U.S.-China trade deal means the end of an era: Brazil group…

Beijing Drops Contentious ‘Made in China 2025’ Slogan, but Policy Remains

Editor’s note: More reasons to not believe China promises to change.  U.S. has slammed program as a subsidy-stuffer to advance China as global technology leader at U.S. expense [Lingling Wei | March 5, 2019 | Wall Street Journal] Instead, Mr. Li said the government would promote advanced manufacturing. He ticked off a list of emerging…

Press Mention: A different kind of farm organization

Excerpt: “The laissez-faire, free-trade approach just burned up our countryside,”  BELLEVUE, Wash. — Farmers at the 117th anniversary convention of the National Farmers Union this week had the same worry as the ones who attended the organization’s first gathering more than a century ago — low incomes. [Don Jenkins | March 7, 2019 | CapitalPress.com]The 460…

Opening Statement of USTR Robert Lighthizer to the House Ways and Means Committee

Editor’s note: Interesting that Trade Ambassador Lighthizer quotes Nancy Pelosi’s opposition to China joining the WTO in this statement.  AMBASSADOR LIGHTHIZER: Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Brady, distinguished members of the Committee: it is a pleasure to be here today and to discuss this very important issue. [February 27, 2019 | United States Trade Representative] I think…