Little has been said about what a Kamala Harris trade agenda would look like should she win in November, but new clues have emerged, and it seems fairly certain she would keep with the current trajectory of the Biden administration.
As the demand for solar energy deployment in the United States continues to grow, foreign firms are reaping nearly all the benefits. Solar imports in 2024 are outpacing total demand and crowding out domestic solar manufacturers.
Congressman Pascrell’s leadership, particularly as a senior member of the Ways and Means Committee, has left a lasting legacy that will continue to shape trade policy for years to come.
China has wiped out American solar before. Can they do it again? This is the concern among many on Capitol Hill, including in the White House.
MP Materials, the only active rare earths mining company in the U.S., is making great progress. And yet at the same time, the company just reported a financial loss. The contradiction illustrates the challenges involved for the U.S. in rebuilding a rare earths industrial capability.
The de minimis catastrophe is getting attention on Capitol Hill, thanks to legislative champions on both sides of the aisle in Congress, and the advocacy of the The Coalition to Close the De Minimis Loophole (of which CPA is a member).
Aluminum imports into the U.S. have surged in recent years, with some product categories seeing a 380% increase since 2015. Many countries have already been found guilty of dumping aluminum into the U.S. at artificially low prices.
The last thing the United States needs is for Vietnam, now our third largest trade deficit nation, to be granted market economy status.
The de minimis problem is getting worse. Consider this article a “Summer 2024” update of how the de minimis catastrophe continues to escalate.
Euphoria over artificial intelligence has seized the technology industry, the stock market, and the world. But for the U.S. economy as a whole, the AI boom is very likely to be a huge productivity disappointment.
