Harley Davidson Loves Tariffs

by Michael Stumo, CEO of CPA Contrary to what you may have heard, Harley Davidson, the iconic American motorcycle company loves high tariff countries. Company management loves tariffs so much, it moves production to countries with the highest motorcycle tariffs in the world. Harley Davidson was founded in Wisconsin in 1903. America now has among…

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Machinists Statement on Harley-Davidson’s Planned Further Offshoring of U.S. Production

Editor’s note: Harley Davidson’s union workers reveal that the company’s decision to offshore predated the EU tariff announcement and is part of a long pattern and practice. Most of the news media is getting this story wrong. WASHINGTON, D.C., June 25, 2018 – Robert Martinez Jr., International President of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers,…

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China Confirms It Transferred Ownership of Anbang Insurance to Government

Editor’s note: This article shows that even if a private Chinese company buys a US company, the enterprise is subject to being bought by or influenced by the government in Beijing.  BEIJING—Chinese authorities confirmed the transfer of nearly full ownership of troubled Anbang Insurance Group Co. to a government-controlled fund, effectively transforming a once boldly entrepreneurial firm…

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Trump weighing plan to curb Chinese investment in more than 1,000 U.S. companies

Editor’s note. CPA supports this administration’s effort to restrict weaponized incoming investment from China and other strategic competitors. New U.S. investment restrictions could restrict Chinese access to over 1,000 U.S. companies in technology and other sectors that the administration has deemed vital to U.S. national security, an administration official told POLITICO. [DOUG PALMER and NANCY COOK | June…

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