Katherine Tai Says China Tariffs “Effective”
USTR Katherine Tai says the Biden administration is fine with China tariffs. The world has not fallen apart because of them. Recent supply chain disruptions, all of them stemming from…
China calls WTO ruling ‘dangerous’ in solar cell row with U.S.
China lambasted a World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling in a row with the United States over Washington’s measures to limit the import of solar panel cells, calling it “erroneous and…
CPA Participates in Harvard Club Panel Discussion on International Trade
“Since 2000, the U.S. trade deficit has doubled, from $370 billion to $677 trillion last year,” Ferry plans to say. “We’ve had trade deficits for 45 consecutive years, a world…
Latest deal with U.S. creates trade barriers
The new deal also raises Canada’s duty-free level from C$20 to C$150 and the sales tax increase from C$20 to C$40. However, that only applies for U.S. goods ordered online….
Hyundai loses transformer duty appeal
The Federal Circuit affirmed an agency determination that Hyundai didn’t fully cooperate with a duty review. The U.S. maintains antidumping duties on large power transformers from South Korea Read the…
China Solar Moves to SE Asia to Beat Anti-Dumping/Countervailing Duties
Trade remedies helped U.S. manufacturers survive being swamped by Asian overcapacity, protected domestic labor markets, and never led to the devastation and disruption the opposition warned about if imports were…
Section 232 Helped Granite City Works Get Back Into the Game
“The 232 tariffs mean sustainability for us, and obviously keeps the dogs off the porch, the other countries that are illegally dumping,” said Dan Simmons, president of United Steelworkers Local…
Steelworkers united in defending Canada against perils of American protectionism
The largest industrial union in North America is vowing to protect Canadian businesses and workers from the perils of protectionism in the United States. However, protecting your country from protectionism…
Biden Picks Up Where Trump Left Off in Hard-Line Stances at WTO
President Joe Biden’s administration dashed hopes for a softer approach to the World Trade Organization by pursuing a pair of his predecessor’s strategies that critics say risk undermining the international…
THE CHINA SHOCK
In a celebrated 2016 paper,David Autor, David Dorn and Gordon Hanson estimated that between 1999 and 2011, increased imports from China — the “China Shock” — killed 2.4 million jobs in…