Henry Kissinger released a book recently and correctly stated that the U.S. can’t seem to do strategy anymore. He was speaking in geopolitical terms. China understands strategy. And they understand leveraging what they have to get a very big result. In this long piece below, Patrick Mulloy writes about China’s economic rise in terms…
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Reposted from King & Spalding’s Trade & Manufacturing Alert ****** By Lauren M. Donoghue | October 2014 | T&M Alert Congress passed a short-term extension of the U.S. Export-Import Bank’s (Ex-Im Bank’s) charter last month, setting up a battle over the Bank’s existence in the 114th Congress. The nine-month renewal plan was placed into…
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Reposted from CNN World ********* Ivan Watson, Elizabeth Joseph, Anjali Tsui and Jethro Mullen | September 29, 2014 | CNN World Hong Kong (CNN) — The Hong Kong government said Monday that riot police have pulled back from pro-democracy demonstrations around the city that have caused widespread disruption in one of Asia’s financial hubs.…
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A pile of rims that didn’t pass a quality inspection. Grant Hindsley for The Wall Street Journal Chinese Nets and Bolts Ensnare Basketball Hoops in Litigation And there’s the rub. Those few foreign-made items have ensnared Lifetime in lawsuits over its “Made in USA” labels. “It’s kind of crazy,” says the company’s chief executive,…
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Reposted from King and Spaulding: Trade & Manufacturing Alert ***** Customs Litigation: Federal Circuit Decision In United States v. Trek Leather Broadens Personal Liability For Penalties Under 19 U.S.C. §1592 J. Michael Taylor, Stephen A. Jones, & P. Lee Smith | October 1, 2014 | King and Spaulding: Trade & Manufacturing Alert On September 16,…
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Michael Stumo, CEO of CPA, attended the stakeholder meeting in Chevy Chase Maryland today on the Trans Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, also known as TAFTA. Negotiators from the European Union and the US also attended. Various special interests and nongovernmental organizations presented their priorities, objections and or support for the negotiations. Michael advocated support…
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Reposted from King & Spaulding Trade and Manufacturing Alert ***** U.S. Department Of Commerce Seeks Applicants For Manufacturing Council By October 14, 2014 Erienne Kilgore & Patrick J. Togni | October 1, 2014 | King & Spaulding Trade and Manufacturing Alert The U.S. Department of Commerce announced the renewal of the Manufacturing Council on…
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The following was written by Bob Johns, CPA Policy Committee member: Balanced Trade – Keep It Simple Trade is complicated. Trade barriers are complex and sophisticated. Trade agreements are filled with legalese to a fault. Circumvention is many things – devious, hard to trace, complicated in many ways, subject to corruption. But in…
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Reposted from Dan DiMicco’s blog of September 26, 2014 * Excerpt from my overview on leadership……”We discussed the critical role of Teamwork and our Pay for Performance system; not just theirs but for all levels in the company. We also discussed how working for Nucor was not for everyone. How it was critical that we…
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Michele Nash-Hoff | September 24, 2014 When I was writing the chapter on what manufacturers can do to save themselves in 2008 for my book, Can American Manufacturing be Saved? Why we should and how we can, one of my top recommendations was to implement lean manufacturing. I included the recommendation from Luke Faulstick, then…
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