Observations from Washington

Editors note: this article details why the US trade Representative‘s office is the most effective agency in the administration. As announced earlier, I spent the last two weeks or so traveling about. Most of that was in Washington and its environs. While in DC I had the opportunity to brunch, coffee break, and do all…

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AFL-CIO has ‘serious doubts’ that labor rules in USMCA will be effective

Editor’s note: Labor unions will be important as to whether the Democrats support the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement. There will be significant jockeying as this deal comes up for a vote next year.  Labor provisions in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, while an improvement over the original NAFTA, are unlikely to make a “meaningful difference” for North American workers,…

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Chinese Intelligence Officers and Their Recruited Hackers and Insiders Conspired to Steal Sensitive Commercial Aviation and Technological Data for Years

Editor’s note:  Even more Chinese commercial espionage. Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, October 30, 2018 Chinese intelligence officers and those working under their direction, which included hackers and co-opted company insiders, conducted or otherwise enabled repeated intrusions into private companies’ computer systems in the United States and abroad for…

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CPA Op-Ed: Next, President Donald Trump Should Tackle America’s Overvalued Dollar

President Trump’s decisive actions on trade with China are a long time in coming because U.S. manufacturers have struggled for years against heavily subsidized competition from China. Op-ed by Michael Stumo originally appeared in LifeZette on October 27, 2018 And whether it’s hefty industrial subsidies, currency undervaluation, intellectual property theft, or the dumping of steel…

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Bolsonaro’s anti-China rants have Beijing nervous about Brazil

Editor’s note. America is far from the only country distrustful of China.  Excerpt. “The Chinese are not buying in Brazil. They are buying Brazil,” [presidential candidate] Bolsonaro has warned repeatedly. BRASILIA (Reuters) – The Chinese government is trying to make peace with Brazil’s leading presidential candidate, Jair Bolsonaro, whose China-bashing threatens to chill a profitable…

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