Editor’s note: This article shows the (Peter) Navarro-ization of the world. “Death by China” is now implicitly accepted in the western world. As the United States grew more hostile toward Chinese investment in the country this year by blocking a handful of high-profile deals, many investors and advisers were confident China would find opportunities elsewhere. [Andrew…
Editor’s note. More indications that China will not be winning its trade war now that the US has (finally) engaged after 24 years. BEIJING—Investment in factories, railways and other projects in China so far this year grew at its slowest pace in more than a quarter-century, pointing to challenges in government efforts to arrest an economic…
Editor’s note. A high end men’s shoe company moves some production back to the US. On the whole, American brands haven’t exactly earned a reputation for being expert shoemakers—bar perhaps the hardworking boots worn by cowboys or coal miners. Fine footwear has largely been left up to the experts across the pond, with cobblers in…
Editor’s note. Professor Michael Pettis lays out the finite possibilities for China responding to the fact that it cannot rely on US consumers in the future for its full employment project. China’s debt problems have emerged so much more rapidly and severely this year than in the past that, combined with swirling rumors about the…
Sales factor apportionment (SFA) is, in our view, the best way to tax all firms – domestic, multinational and foreign – fairly in an integrated world economy.
Why the trade deficit is the core economic problem we face. Balancing trade will help eliminate the unemployment, growth and government budget deficit problems. Get the Fact Sheet
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Our corporate tax system should be reformed to benefit U.S. domestic companies. Instead, it continues to place our businesses at a competitive disadvantage in global markets. Large Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) continue to develop complex, powerful strategies for avoiding domestic taxes, domestic corporations struggle to compete. View the Flyer
The Trump administration has prepared a plan for tariffs on another $267 billion in Chinese goods, the president said on Friday. [September 07, 2018 | Inside US Trade] The package would be in addition to the tariffs expected any day on $200 billion. The U.S. has already hit $50 billion worth with tariffs under Section 301…
Editors note: Nucor is a CPA member. CHARLOTTE, N.C., PRNewswire — Nucor Corporation’s Board of Directors approved an investment of $650 million to expand the production capability of Nucor Steel Gallatin, the company’s flat-rolled sheet steel mill located in Ghent, Kentucky. This investment will increase the production capability from 1,600,000 tons to approximately 3,000,000 tons annually and will increase the…
