By John R. Hansen, CPA Advisory Board Would the MAC discourage foreign direct investment in the United States? Some readers have suggested that capital being brought into the United States to finance greenfield foreign direct investment should be exempted from the MAC. We should not, they argue, do anything to discourage productivity enhancing investment in America’s manufacturing…
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The breakneck pace of North American Free Trade Agreement negotiations does not guarantee a conclusion by year’s end, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said Monday during a speech that covered a range of topics — including China’s trade and economic policies, which he claimed the World Trade Organization is unable to manage. [ Jenny Leonard &…
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President Trump last month empowered U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to investigate China’s theft of American intellectual property (IP), which costs America up to $500 billion annually. A new report from Axios, however, reveals that Trump’s aggressive action on IP theft may just be the beginning. Not content with cracking down on IP theft, President Trump wants tariffs, too. [Spencer…
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WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump on Wednesday blocked a Beijing-backed fund’s attempt to buy an American chip maker, signaling his administration will closely scrutinize Chinese efforts to invest in U.S. semiconductor technology. [Kate O’Keeffe | September 13, 2017 | Wall Street Journal] Mr. Trump rejected the transaction after the would-be deal makers—Chinese government-backed Canyon Bridge Capital Partners and Lattice…
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The events of the past year have clearly shown that many Americans, whether Democrats or Republicans, have finally rebelled against “free trade.” [Ralph Gomory | August 14, 2017 | PBS News] It is high time. There is an enormous gap between free trade as it is taught in textbooks and advocated by those who benefit from…
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Well-placed sources within the Trump Administration have told news website Axios that the president would likely impose significant remedies on solar module importers if the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) recommends them on Sept. 22. [Frank Andorka | September 8, 2017 | PV Magazine] One source placed the likelihood of Trump placing tariffs on international…
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The trade pact between South Korea and the United States has proven to be one of the most one-way global trade deals even signed. [John Carney | September 11, 2017 | Breitbart] Just five years old, the South Korea-U.S. trade deal known as KORUS has led to a huge rise in imports from South Korea…
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Washington~ The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) sent a letter to US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on Friday, urging him to reject calls to merely “tweak” or “modernize” the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Instead, the letter states: “we support administration efforts to overhaul NAFTA or walk away.” “Voters did not choose a…
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For Immediate Release Billings, Mont. – Although R-CALF USA and several other member-groups of the Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) had already weighed-in with the Trump Administration on the need to reform the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), on Friday the CPA did so again, but this time with more specificity. The CPA represents 4.1 million households…
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Amid seemingly unstoppable urges to use enormous means to confront America’s strategic adversaries everywhere around the globe, the U.S.monetary authorities worry about a deflationary economy, crashing bond yields, ominous economic growth signals from a flattening yield curve and fiscal policy’s inability to control soaring public debt and intractable budget deficits. [Dr. Michael Ivanovitch| September 11, 2017…
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