China Student’s Jailing for U.S. Tweets Shows Beijing’s Reach
Editor’s note: We used to apply trade sanctions to countries that abused their citizens. The case of a Chinese student jailed for tweets he sent
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Harvard and Tampa Cancer Center Tarnished By Chinese IP Theft Scandals
By Jeff Ferry, CPA Chief Economist On December 9th, Harvard cancer researcher Zaosong Zheng was boarding a Hainan Airlines flight to Beijing at Boston’s Logan
China Surrenders to Reality in the Trade Dispute
Editor’s note: The key sentence is this “It turns out China depends more on exports to the U.S. than America does on Chinese imports.” Trump’s
How China Obtains American Trade Secrets
Editor’s note: Keith Bradsher does a good job laying out the mechanisms of China’s state sponsored technology theft and forced transfer. Its the tip of
Press Release | CPA Offers Cautious Support for ‘Phase One’ China Agreement
Continues to seek tariff increases, exchange rate fix Washington. The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) offered its initial support for the ‘Phase One’ China deal
Senators Urge $1 Billion Plan to Loosen China’s Grip on 5G
Editor’s note: This is an interesting legislative initiative for industrial strategy in the US, focused upon 5G. The US needs a combination of tariffs, industrial
Give Trump’s Tariffs a Fair Test
Editor’s note: This is an excellent article by Peter Navarro. Paragraph three and four capture CPA’s analysis and why we differ from conventional economists. Tariffs
Eastern Promises: Our German Problem
Editors note: Germany talks multilateralism while acting unilaterally for its own Germany First interests. This article explains why we cannot expect to Germany to help
US Trade Deficit Shrinks to Smallest in Three Years
By Steven L. Byers, PhD and Jeff Ferry The US scored the smallest trade deficit since October 2016 as tariffs slowed the flow of imports
Tariffs Are Working, to the Consternation of the Economics Profession
By Jeff Ferry, CPA Chief Economist The New Year dawns on an America where many manufacturing sectors are in a state of aggressive growth. In
