CSUSTL APPLAUDS WTO DISPUTE PANEL RULING IN CASE INVOLVING COATED PAPER FROM INDONESIA

CONTACT:Thomas M. SneeringerThe Committee to Support U.S. Trade Laws (CSUSTL)[email protected]202-999-9154www.csustl.us; @csustl  IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Washington, DC, December 7) – The Committee to Support U.S. Trade Laws (CSUSTL) today  applauded the decision by a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute panel upholding determinations by the U.S. Department of Commerce and the International Trade Commission (ITC) which led to…

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‘The threat is real’: Australia to ban foreign political donations as concerns mount over Chinese influence

Australia, concerned about rising Chinese influence, will ban foreign political donations as part of a crackdown aimed at preventing external interference in domestic politics, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Tuesday. [December 5, 2017 | SCMP] Turnbull told reporters in Canberra that foreign powers were making “unprecedented and increasingly sophisticated attempts to influence the political…

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A better way to tax corporations

A stated goal of the Republican tax overhaul was to prevent corporations from shifting profits to low-tax countries. [November 30, 2017 | The New York Times] Several academic economists, legal scholars and the Coalition for a Prosperous America argued Wednesday that the Republican plan speeding its way through Congress does not sufficiently address this issue.…

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Do Fiscal Deficits Cause Trade Deficits?

A CPA member inquired as to whether in increase in the federal budget deficit causes increased trade deficits. This is called the Twin Deficits hypothesis. John R. Hansen, a CPA Advisory Board member and international economist, explains why there is little relationship between the two. Your paper states, “After 1998, the Federal deficit is being…

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