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

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

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

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,

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

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

Editor’s note. CPA Chairman DiMicco does a great job vs Sen. Heitkamp on Squawk Box.    [May 13, 2019 | Squawk Box on Twitter] Watch the

Excerpt: “Yet, free traders in their fantasy world want to keep saying the tariffs are raising prices. The reality is they’re not, and it’s demonstrated by

Editors note. A good article detailing President Xi’s challenge to the US and the world. However, by focusing on the current president it ignores that

Editors note. This is a few days old but reposted to show the following point. Governor Hickenlooper, running for president, is an unreformed free trade