Trump floats eliminating U.S. income tax and replacing it with tariffs on imports
Donald Trump on Thursday brought up the idea of imposing an “all tariff policy” that would ultimately enable the U.S. to get rid of the income tax, sources in a…
New View On Globalization Is Drifting Away From Old Consensus On Free Trade
Like them or not, tariffs, quotas, and tax incentives to keep manufacturers invested locally, are now a tool that Democratic and Republican Presidents are using. The WSJ called tariffs a…
Why Biden Is Escalating Trump’s China Tariffs
US President Joe Biden is stepping up tariffs on products from China in response to what American officials call unfair trade practices. After a review of the increased tariffs his predecessor, Donald Trump, imposed on Chinese…
US solar producers could finally have a fighting chance as tariffs kick in on cheaper imports from Asia
In 2023, the Department of Commerce determined that Chinese solar was making its way into the US duty-free, despite tariffs on imports from the country. Instead, Chinese producers would route…
Volvo Shifting EV Production to Belgium to Avoid China Tariffs
Volvo cars has started to shift production of Chinese-made electric vehicles to Belgium in the expectation that the European Union will drive ahead with a crackdown on Beijing-subsidised imports, the…
The graphite fight: US tariffs trigger race to build non-Chinese supply chain
Graphite has become the latest resource to cause trade tensions between the US and China, with Washington putting pressure on EV and battery makers to build a new non-Chinese supply…
Turkey to Impose Additional 40% Tariff on All China Vehicles
The tariff imposed will be a minimum of $7,000, according to a presidential decision published in the Official Gazette. The decision will be effective after 30 days. Turkey had raised…
‘Free Trade’ Is a Story of Broken Promises. America Needs Tariffs | Opinion
Some conflate foreign purchases of these assets with “investment,” but less than 5 percent of foreign direct “investment” goes toward building new American industrial capacity. The other 95 percent goes…
Trade Protectionism Helps Nobody—Not Even the Pandas | Opinion
What an utterly ridiculous thing to say that “trade protectionism helps nobody.” Not one person? Not one job was ever saved by U.S. protective tariffs? Not one American factory avoided…
CPA Welcomes End Of Harmful Solar Tariff Moratorium
Chinese-owned companies’ global market share in solar products is more than 80 percent. The current environment, if left unaddressed, threatens America’s ambitions of building a domestic solar manufacturing supply chain…