Decoupling from China, increased domestic production would boost economy Washington. The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today released a groundbreaking study on the impact of a potential 25 percent across-the-board tariff on all imports from China. CPA research found that such a move would deliver significant, sustained benefits for the US economy, including the addition…

Editors note: This department of commerce announcement shows the specifics as to how the president’s order to ban Chinese companies from supplying our technology and communications infrastructure will be carried out.   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, May 15, 2019 News Media Contact: Office of Public Affairs WASHINGTON – Today, President Trump signed an Executive Order:…

Editor’s note: News that Stanley Tools is creating 500 jobs in Texas as it brings Craftsman production back to the USA shows that tariffs are working.  Automated Texas factory to produce wrenches and sockets at costs similar to work now done in China [Bob Tita | May 15, 2019 | WSJ] Stanley is investing $90 million…

Excerpt: In addition to disputes around trade and the alleged Chinese theft of U.S. intellectual property, American intelligence chiefs expressed their distrust of Chinese tech giant and Apple rival Huawei as well as Chinese telecom company ZTE. There is “no chance” President Donald Trump is going to back down in the U.S. trade war with China, former…

Editor’s note. A historical perspective of ag prices. An agro industry strategy that addresses farm prices is needed. The WTO prevents such a strategy, but whether the WTO survives the near future is an open question.   Though the 2018 mid-term elections are still in the rearview mirror, the 2020 presidential election campaign is in…

Editor’s note. Brad Setser discusses his take on the exchange rate implications of the US-China trade skirmish. Whither the yuan. [Brad W. Setser | May 10, 2019 | Council on Foreign Relations] Until this past week, it looked like the United States and China were heading toward a deal. Not a great deal, but a deal.…

Excerpt: “In order to reduce our trade deficit — one of the big objectives of this administration — we need to deal with China as an entity, and we need to deal with automotives as a product line,” Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross said. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said autos share equal blame with China for the U.S.…

Editor’s note: The fantasy narrative of China’s nuclear option – selling US treasuries to tank the dollar – was always wrong. This story shows that the mainstream press is accepting that it was wrong. China selling treasury bonds would, if it had an effect, push the dollar exchange rate down. which would be good for…

Editor’s note: A very good piece on tariffs’ pro-growth role in US economic development.  The Trump White House on Friday ramped up tariffs on billions of dollars of Chinese goods as talks to resolve a tense standoff over trade dragged on — resorting to a weapon once used regularly by American leaders. [Jeffry Bartash |…