The USTR will request the International Trade Commission to initiate a Section 201 global safeguard investigation into the extent to which increased imports of blueberries have caused serious injury to domestic blueberry growers. In addition, USTR will pursue senior level government discussions with Mexico over the next 90 days to address U.S. industry concerns regarding … Read More
I will be a guest on CSC Talk Radio on October 8, 2020 from 10:19 am – 10:44 CST to discuss Buying American and my new book “UNCONSTITUTIONAL: Our Founding Fathers Rejected FREE TRADE And So Should We.” CSC (Common Sense Conversation) Radio can be heard live online at CSC Talk Radio, on podcast, as … Read More
In 2019, U.S. trade officials rejected Tesla’s request for relief on 25% tariffs on the Model 3′s car computer and screen, arguing that the parts use technologies strategically important to Chinese national security programs. Tesla said that the affected parts are the “brain” of its autopilot system. Read the article.
New Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole says his plan for a “Canada First” economic strategy would prioritize the needs of working families and take a harder line against China in international affairs. “We have to put Canadian working families first,” O’Toole said. “I’m going to do that, from trade to our own domestic economic response post-COVID.” … Read More
About half of US fresh fruit (53 percent in 2017) and a quarter of US fresh vegetables (31 percent in 2017) are imported. Mexico supplied 48 percent of the imported fresh fruit and 68 percent of the imported fresh vegetables in 2017. The US imported $11.6 billion worth of fresh produce from Mexico in 2017; … Read More
As many as half of the respondents had little or no knowledge of the concept of ‘free trade’. Of those who do know the concept, the majority hold a positive opinion. However, younger people, aged between 16-25 years are significantly less positive. Within this group, only 62 percent believe that trade is beneficial for Sweden. … Read More
A September 2019 Harvard CAPS/Harris poll found that although a majority of Americans disliked paying higher prices as a result of Trump’s tariffs on China, 67 percent said they believed that it was “necessary to confront China over its trade practices.” Polling from YouGov/The Economist in December confirmed that Republicans, Democrats, and Independents all believed, … Read More
“For far too long, Mexico’s unfair trade practices have caused significant harm to Georgia farmers, particularly blueberry growers,” said Republican U.S. Rep. Doug Collins, who also called it “a positive step forward.” The issue was already a topic of discussion during USMCA negotiations but was removed from the table “at the last minute,” Zippy Duvall, … Read More
Canada should be prepared for tariffs to be a permanent fixture in its trade relationship with the United States, according to a former member of Canada’s advisory council in the North American free trade agreement renegotiations. “We finally signed the new NAFTA… We thought we had come to a resolution and we had some closure … Read More
The motivation behind this article can be summed up here: “Currently, China has become the key locomotive of regional and global growth. For Cambodia, the kingdom has received tremendous benefit from its relations with China…one must remember that countering China has provided no benefit to any side, including the U.S. itself,” he said. Read the … Read More
