Manufacturing Jobs and Income Decline
After the year 2000, US manufacturing employment experienced a rapid, unprecedented decline with the loss of some six million manufacturing jobs. Many commentators have described
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Commerce self-initiates first multi-country circumvention probe
Editor’s note: The Chinese are working hard to circumvent the tariffs by trans-shipping through other countries. Wilbur Ross and the Department of Commerce are responding.
Press Mention: Study Shows That Increasing China Tariffs Could Increase U.S. Jobs and Economy
Excerpt: The study states that the tariff would stimulate the economy through two channels. The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) released updated study results in
Trade: A uniting issue in a divided America
Editors note: Roger Simmermaker is a CPA member. The old Washington consensus on free trade was bipartisan. We are forging a new bipartisan Washington consensus
USTR Announces Next Steps on Proposed 10 Percent Tariff on Imports from China
Editors note: This is the US Trade Representative’s announcement on the new 10% tariffs against Chinese imports. Some are delayed until December 15 to avoid
Clinton USTR official, Jennifer Hillman, is Still Wrong on China
By Michael Stumo Jennifer Hillman, a former Clinton trade official, recently wrote a misleading opinion article in the New York Times entitled “How to Stop
US retailers ‘at war’ with suppliers over price increases
Editors note: Tariffs are not taxes on consumers. The supply chain is being disrupted away from China. Trump’s threat to impose tariffs on more consumer
China’s Factory-Gate Prices Slip Into Deflation
Editors note: The tariffs are working. Now we need to get serious about exchange rate management. Falling producer prices add another complication to Beijing’s efforts
Tariffs won’t impact consumers: former Toys ‘R’ Us CEO says
Excerpt. “There is no way that the impact of these tariffs will be that substantial on the average American consumer.” says former CEO of Toys
Forget Tariffs. Here’s a Better Way to Close the Trade Gap.
Editors’ note: This is an important and clear article by respected journalist Matthew Klein supporting the Baldwin/Hawley Competitive Dollar for Jobs and Prosperity Act. However,
