By Jeff Ferry, CPA Chief Economist The US trade deficit in goods and services edged up in March to $50.0 billion, slightly worse than February’s $49.3 billion. But the big news in today’s report from the Department of Commerce was that the US goods deficit with China has fallen significantly, to just $20.7 billion. This…
Editors note: Joe Biden risks being branded as clueless if he does not think China is a competitive threat to the United States. The president plans to use his trade war with China to attack the Democratic front-runner. [Elaina Plott | May 8, 2019 | The Atlantic] When trade talks between the United States and…
Excerpt: Dan DiMicco, a former steel executive and trade adviser to Trump’s 2016 campaign, said the president’s base wants him to maintain a tough position on trade, even if it causes some short-term economic head winds. “He believes that this trade issue is as important as the economy because they’re totally related,” he said. “He’s going…
Editor’s note: China’s economy is continuing to slow as it harvests the fruit of its trade war against the United States. China posted a big miss in its overall trade surplus for April, as exports unexpectedly fell and imports surprisingly rose. [Huileng Tan | May 8, 2019 | CNBC] The numbers came on Wednesday as…
Excerpt: “China reneged on a dozen things, if not more … The talks were so bad that the real surprise is that it took Trump until Sunday to blow up.” WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) – The diplomatic cable from Beijing arrived in Washington late on Friday night, with systematic edits to a nearly 150-page draft trade agreement…
By Jeff Ferry, CPA Chief Economist On April 30th, global wireless telecom company Vodafone went public with a statement to Bloomberg News saying that the London-based wireless provider found “hidden backdoors,” i.e. multiple security flaws in the wireless network supplied by Chinese network provider Huawei. The problem first surfaced in 2011 when Vodafone engineers found “backdoors”…
Excerpt: “Stumo sees China as an economic predator, if not on the level of the Soviet Union quite yet, then at least headed there.” The trade talks may end. But the trade war will never die. [Matt Petterson | May 7, 2019 | The Atlantic] Robert Lighthizer, the U.S. trade representative, is no one’s idea of…
CPA Praises Hike in Tariffs on Chinese Imports Tariff increase provides negotiating leverage, helps domestic manufacturers Washington. The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today strongly praised the Trump administration’s decision to increase tariff rates on $200 billion worth of imports from China. President Trump had previously delayed a planned tariff increase—scheduled to take effect…
Editor’s note: The US has tried to prevent the serial technology thief, Huawei, from building 5G and other communications systems in the US and across the world. Prime Minister Theresa May of the UK inexplicably made a deal with Huawei to build out the British 5G network. This article shows why… because Huawei will build…
Editors note: Every product we buy carries a country of origin label, except food. Because the globalist multinational import lobby opposes telling consumers where their food is from. PATERSON, Wash. —Fifty-mile-per-hour winds and snow drifts seven feet deep greeted Ted Wishon when he checked on his cattle herd, hunkered down on a hillside along the…