Peter Morici: China is a renegade state

Excerpt: “In President Xi’s mind, China is riding the great arch of history to a place where it makes the rules, and supplicants like the Europeans, Americans and Asian neighbors adhere to its vision.” President Trump enjoys bipartisan support for his tough stand on China but Democrats and farm state Republicans indicate they could desert…

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A Plan For Economic Patriotism

Editors note: This is Senator Elizabeth Warren‘s “economic patriotism” platform in her own words. It shows that many of the ideas on exchange rates, globalization and jobs are bipartisan. I come from a patriotic family. All three of my brothers joined the military. And I’m deeply grateful for the opportunities America has given me. But…

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Twitter takes down ‘a large number’ of Chinese-language accounts ahead of Tiananmen Square anniversary

Editors note: Twitter is helping the Chinese government with repression. Twitter has suspended a large number of Chinese-language user accounts, including those belonging to critics of China’s government. It seems like a particularly ill-timed move, occurring just days before thirtieth anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre on June 4. [Anthony Ha | June 1, 2019…

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EXPOSING CHINA’S FINANCIAL WMDS

Editors note: Curtis Ellis describes how Chinese companies use our equities markets against us, and make their plutocrats rich. Exclusive: Curtis Ellis describes vast array of Beijing’s nefarious shell companies [Curtis Ellis | May 31, 2019 | WND] THE RED GIANT China has targeted American manufacturing for extinction. Beijing’s subsidies, intellectual property theft, product dumping…

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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…

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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,…

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