The Wall Street Journal has started 2024 bemoaning tariffs. They are for losers, the WSJ Inside View columnist Andy Kessler wrote in December, ending 2023 with a taste of what is expected to come this year, an election year.
Washing machine tariffs were a success, as measured by over 2,000 new jobs, more competition, no sustained effect on washing machine prices and economic stimulus with the construction of new factories.
A Customs investigation prompted by the Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturers Association (KCMA) suggests Southeast Asian exporters of kitchen and bath cabinetry and vanities are picking up where the mainland Chinese left off.
The world’s fourth largest steel producer – Nippon Steel of Japan – made an offer to buy the third largest steelmaker in the U.S., U.S. Steel Corporation, in an all cash purchase priced at $55 a share in December, nearly double the company’s share price from early August.
China is getting its clothing market back. Weaker economies are leading to less demand and that, plus skill sets and manufacturing capacity, is what’s bringing apparel makers back to the mainland.
Tai is taking heat for a Biden administration decide to step aside on digital trade talks in the WTO. What was behind the decision and what’s being said about it.
Republican voters support existing tariffs, even extending some of them. Meanwhile, the White House’s worker-centered trade focus approved by big majority of GOP voters.
Kent International CEO Arnold Kamler recently joined Walmart’s “The Huddle with John Furner” podcast to discuss his journey working with the retail giant and shared valuable advice to anyone considering establishing manufacturing assembly in the U.S.