Absolutely Fabless: Of Chips, Cash and Supply Chains
Intel announced last week it will spend $20 billion building two new fabs in Arizona to take it into the foundry business, aiming to make
What The Suez Canal Blockage Means For Supply Chains
Suez Canal blockage another blow to Asia-centric supply chains.
Climate Politics: Global Corporations Continue Outsourcing Pollution To China
If the White House believes we are facing a climate emergency, then the Biden administration will have to work overtime explaining why outsourcing pollution to China is a good idea. We can produce those goods here, with a smaller carbon footprint.
Reclaiming the US Solar Supply Chain from China
Solar power is a vital source of renewable energy and an essential industry for the US today and in the future. This White Paper looks
Volvo S60 and Buick Envision Showcase Usefulness of China Tariffs
CPA Trade Counsel argues that if not for tariffs, Volvo wouldn’t be making cars in Charleston. We’d have Buick Envision-type deals of Detroit automakers making in China instead.
CPA Testimony on Economic Modeling of Trade Agreements
On Oct. 6th, CPA testified at a hearing of the US International Trade Commission on trade agreements. We focused on the failure of economic models
Modeling the Effect of the Market Access Charge on Exchange Rates, Interest Rates and the US Economy
This Working Paper examines the impact of the proposed Market Access Charge (MAC) on international capital inflows into the US economy and the domestic US
Manufacturing Jobs and Income Decline
After the year 2000, US manufacturing employment experienced a rapid, unprecedented decline with the loss of some six million manufacturing jobs. Many commentators have described
Update: Across-the-Board Tariffs on China with Retaliation & Federal Spending Create Over 1 Million Jobs in Five Years
This Working Paper presents the results of a CPA econometric model showing that a permanent tariff on Chinese imports would stimulate the US economy. by Jeff
CPA Briefing Paper: Why Economic Forecasts of the Effects of Trade Action Are Consistently Wrong
Jeff Ferry, Chief Economist Steven Byers Ph.D., Senior Economist June 2019 This Briefing Paper looks at the shortcomings of economic models of trade action, their
