Former Senator Phil Gramm Is Wrong On U.S. Trade Policy
Former Senator Phil Gramm’s recent WSJ opinion article “Trump’s Trade Was Was a Loser” gets many things wrong about U.S. trade policy. Concerningly, Mr. Gramm makes numerous statements, representations, and…
Protecting the Chief Business of the American People
Conversations about “trade” must encompass the national interest, broadly drawn, rather than a narrow set of economic parameters. Like “the business of America is business,” free traderism is a model,…
Removing China’s MFN Status Would Create 2 Million Jobs, Grow U.S. Economy By 1.75%
Our model finds that increasing tariffs on imports from China to the Column 2 rate would increase real household incomes by $3,647, or 4.9%, and create 2 million new jobs….
How Trump and Biden killed the free-trade consensus
While the bigger companies were profiting off cheap Chinese assembly lines and access to the Chinese market, smaller and midsized manufacturers were getting creamed by competition with the country’s cheap…
Beijing Has Been De-Risking ‘For Decades,’ Trade Body Chief Says As China-EU Relations Stand At ‘Crossroads’
The EU has been focused on de-risking itself from China. However, facts and figures show China has already been de-risking “for decades,” the EU chamber head says. Beijing has developed…
Macron Is Pushing Europe Into $900 Billion Fight With China
Officials speaking on condition of anonymity recalled the solar industry debacle a decade ago, when cheap imports from China gutted European production. One of the officials said Europe’s auto industry…
Tidal Wave Of Imports Threatens Future Of U.S. Solar Manufacturing
U.S. Customs data shows that solar module imports in the first seven months this year were up 179% over the same period last year. The U.S. government must consider more…
As Europe seeks to ‘de-risk’ from China, it only has itself to blame for falling behind
According to the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s critical technology tracker, China is a world leader in 37 of 44 critical technologies that underpin competitiveness in the industries of the future….
Congress Can Help America Fix Its Failed China Policy
Clinton assured Congress that China would “open its markets.” American companies could “sell and distribute products in China … without being forced to relocate manufacturing to China.” Best of all,…
Scott Says China is a ‘Bully You Do Not Appease’
“When you watch China, you do not have a real conversation with them. Everything they tell you is a complete lie. They never follow through on anything, whether it is…