Foreign Direct Investors will Love the Market Access Charge (MAC)

By John R. Hansen, CPA Advisory Board Would the MAC discourage foreign direct investment in the United States?  Some readers have suggested that capital being brought into the United States to finance greenfield foreign direct investment should be exempted from the MAC. We should not, they argue, do anything to discourage productivity enhancing investment in America’s manufacturing…

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When Did ‘Tariff’ Become a Bad Word?

President Trump last month empowered U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to investigate China’s theft of American intellectual property (IP), which costs America up to $500 billion annually. A new report from Axios, however, reveals that Trump’s aggressive action on IP theft may just be the beginning. Not content with cracking down on IP theft, President Trump wants tariffs, too. [Spencer…

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Trump Blocks China-Backed Fund from Buying Lattice Semiconductor

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump on Wednesday blocked a Beijing-backed fund’s attempt to buy an American chip maker, signaling his administration will closely scrutinize Chinese efforts to invest in U.S. semiconductor technology. [Kate O’Keeffe | September 13, 2017 | Wall Street Journal] Mr. Trump rejected the transaction after the would-be deal makers—Chinese government-backed Canyon Bridge Capital Partners and Lattice…

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