Key Points With 86 Gigawatts of planned solar module capacity and some 30 Gigawatts of imports, the U.S. market faces huge oversupply of solar modules. This will force many U.S. producers out of business, leaving the Chinese-owned U.S. facilities as the last man standing. Today, with optimism at its height, Chinese-owned facilities are building more…
The success of the washing machine tariffs shows that “tariff-jumping investment,” i.e. inducing domestic industry growth via tariffs is a viable strategy for the U.S. in industries that have suffered decline.
Business/Technology Explainer: What is the Cloud? Key Points Big Tech has developed valuable software applications to store and manage data anywhere in the world There is a vigorous national and global debate about protecting consumer data and national security as copies of data can be kept anywhere in the world The four cloud computing companies…
What is the difference between an undergraduate international trade economics class and a graduate-level class? The difference is that in an undergraduate economics class they teach you that the ideal level of tariffs for any country is zero. Free trade rules! But in a graduate-level class, they teach you that tariffs can help a nation…
A comprehensive new CPA analysis of 927 U.S. cities and towns shows that job loss in manufacturing due to China imports since 2001 has affected almost every community in the U.S., including towns and cities in all fifty states.
Key Points Steel imports from Mexico have surged in recent years. Some steel products, such as rebar have increased by several thousand percent over previous import levels. Mexico has violated the 2019 U.S.-Mexico agreement to maintain steel imports at past levels. The agreement was made when Mexico was exempted from the 25% steel tariffs under…