Editor’s note: Official confirmation of what was already suspected. COVID numbers from CCP reporting are never true. China has concealed the extent of the coronavirus outbreak in its country, under-reporting both total cases and deaths it’s suffered from the disease, the U.S. intelligence community concluded in a classified report to the White House, according to…
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Editors note: This is why we need self reliance on critical products, not just moving away from china. We can’t even rely upon allies. European Union Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan on Monday defended his government’s decision to restrict exports of masks, gloves and other protective equipment in response to the novel coronavirus outbreak, calling the…
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Editors note: This is a great example of What we are seeing around the country. Manufacturers are repurposing and rising to the challenge. The old Navy Yard’s manufacturers, including printers and distillers, have pivoted to making urgently needed face shields and hand sanitizer. [Corey Kilgannon | March 31, 2020 | NY Times] During World War…
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Editors note: the phase 1 US China agreement included measures two stop China’s hacking. Are they breaching? As the coronavirus epidemic reached crisis level in Wuhan, China, in January, a known group of state-backed cyber hackers launched attacks at healthcare companies and other key industries outside the country, according to cybersecurity company FireEye. [Patrick Tucker…
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Editors note: Ford and GM need to source ventilator parts from the US. Not offshore like they do with automobiles. American manufacturers fear they are being passed over for contracts to help make essential medical supplies by multinational corporations like General Motors (GM) in favor of more outsourcing to China in the midst of the…
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Editor’s note: Beth Baltzan explains how the law currently prevents importation of products made in whole or in part by forced labor. We remember the Tariff Act of 1930 because it included the infamous Smoot-Hawley tariffs. But we should remember it for something much more important: it prohibited imports made with forced labor. Back in the day,…
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As coronavirus hits, we should realize we’re relying too much on far-flung and stretched global supply chains We’ve heard a lot in recent years about the benefits of a globalized supply chain. But this year, America’s international supply chain was tested by the coronavirus pandemic. It failed. [Jeff Ferry | March 30, 2020 | MarketWatch]…
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By David Morse, Tax Policy Director The president just signed the CARES Act after a week of negotiations in the Senate, and a Congressional kerfuffle that required an emergency recall of House members to the Capitol. Newspapers have spent much ink on individual check expectations and considerable corporate loan restrictions. Until Treasury releases guidelines, we…
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Editor’s Note: CPA’s study on reshoring pharma could add 800,000 jobs and $200B could be added to economy was mentioned on the Lou Dobbs show on Fox Business [March 26, 2020 | Fox Business]
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And praises appointment of Peter Navarro as Nat’l Defense Production Act coordinator Washington. The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) is praising the Trump Administration for invoking the Defense Production Act (DPA) to boost domestic production of medical ventilators. Earlier this week, CPA had urged the administration to take such an important step in light…
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