“Instead of following U.S. law and holding China accountable for illegal trade activity, the Biden administration is giving China’s solar manufacturers a green light to continue circumventing AD/CVD duties. Equally concerning is the fact that the White House failed to consult a single American solar manufacturer on this disastrous decision.” Read the article.

However, it is unclear if commercial buyers will even need U.S. made product if they now have unfettered, duty-free access to Chinese multinational solar panels that have been flowing out of Southeast Asia ever since mainland Chinese manufacturers were hit with anti-dumping and countervailing (AD/CVD) duties and solar safeguard tariffs over four years ago. Around … Read More

It would tell US manufacturers that “even if you have a valid case and you’re losing jobs” because of unfair competition, you might be denied relief, said Scott Paul, president of the Alliance for American Manufacturing, a group that represents steelmakers and workers. “If you weaken that, you’re going to weaken overall support for more … Read More

Despite bipartisan opposition from lawmakers in the House and Senate, the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB) yesterday proceeded to begin investing federal retirement savings from the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) — the largest defined contribution plan in the world — in bad-actor Chinese companies. Read the article.

The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today sent a letter to Dr. Robert Califf, Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), over the agency’s controversial decision to allow the continued sale of generic drugs from India despite faulty data and a lack of proof of therapeutic equivalence. Read the article.

Economics will find a way to include protectionism but building a theoretical case for budget deficits will be much harder. Read the article.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi mocked President Joe Biden’s wide-ranging economic framework for failing to lower tariffs, in some of the strongest criticism yet of the US plan to counter Beijing’s influence in Asia. Read the article.

The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today applauds the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation for obtaining the shocking, unprecedented evidence known as the Xinjiang Police Files from internal police networks in China’s Xinjiang region. CPA urges every single lawmaker in Congress to review the contents of the Xinjiang Police Files, including the photographs of … Read More

Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. don’t agree on much, but in trade protectionism, there’s common cause. That’s why increasing bipartisan talk on Capitol Hill to resurrect COOL (country-of-origin labelling) for U.S.-sold beef, has Canada’s meat sector on guard. Read the article.