Editors note: this issue of unsafe imported pharmaceuticals from China is the next big health scare. It will be bigger than the contaminated pet food scare. I’ve spent hours researching the health impacts of various vitamins, supplements and medications, weighing the costs and benefits of various options of each… until I end up researching how…
Editor’s note: CPA member Charlotte Pipe and Foundry continues fighting the battle to take back their name, logo and trademarks from a Chinese company. That Chinese company is using the stolen Charlotte Pipe logo on billboards in Chinese cities, business cards, products and packaging in China and across the world. [Tim Spear | July 23,…
Without prompt action, we could lose farmers and the rural businesses they support and depend on at a rapid rate” WASHINGTON, D.C. – Wisconsin farmers are struggling and the Trump administration’s trade wars aren’t helping, in fact they are hurting the state’s agriculture economy. U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin is today calling on the Trump Administration…
Editor’s note: This Department of Agriculture announcement is the result, so far, of the president’s directive to protect America’s farmers and ranchers. CPA welcomes this announcement, but also supports going further. The US should (1) develop a more comprehensive agro-industry strategy to benefit farmers and ranchers which must include policies previously rejected in the pursuit…
Editors note: reporter Neil Irwin needs to explain why China’s 24 year trade war with US was pro-growth for them. Why did taxing consumers with tariffs, yuan devaluation, etc cause growth not harm? There’s no question that some American companies are feeling the bite of the trade war that the Trump administration is waging against…
USDA announcement a good first step. More strategy needed. Washington, DC. The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) expressed support for today’s US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) announcement of aid for US farmers and ranchers. After the Trump administration’s recent imposition of tariffs on China’s hacking, cyber espionage, and forced technology transfer, Beijing responded with punitive tariffs…
Editors note: This article demonstrates that China has never played fair and unless something is done, they will continue to play unfair. FBI Director Christopher Wray on Tuesday reiterated a commonly held view among US intelligence officials that China is seeking to become a global superpower through unconventional means — but he framed it as both a…
President Trump in an interview that aired Friday said that he’s “ready to go” with $500 billion in tariffs on China after already slapping the country with a series of tariffs. [JACQUELINE THOMSEN | July 20, 2018 | The Hill] Trump said in an interview with CNBC that the U.S. is “down a tremendous amount” in terms of…
Editors note: This is an important interview. Larry Kudlow, White House Economic Advisor, talks to CNBC’s Jim Cramer about tariffs and trade. He says the WTO is broken, the China problem is getting worse and he largely agrees with Peter Navarro. Kudlow is still not sure about whether the trade deficit is bad. But has…
Editor’s note: America should consider withdrawing from the international agreements that require our postal service to subsidize cheap shipments of products direct from China. As the rates of the U.S. Postal Service continue on their precipitous ascent, how cheaply Chinese merchants are able to ship their products thousands of miles across the world to the United States has…