UNCONSTITUTIONAL


Our Founding Fathers Rejected
FREE TRADE And So Should We


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Senate Dems turn on Biden over tariffs on China

“I’ve fought my whole career to stand up for Ohio manufacturers and Ohio workers when they’re forced to compete with cheap, unfairly subsidized imports – I’m not going to stop now,” said Brown, who went on to argue that the Chinese government would “do anything” to kill the nascent U.S. solar industry, in a statement … Read More

Solar Industry’s Employment Estimates Are Out of This World

The 30,000 jobs lost figure comes from a hypothetical exercise assuming that if tariffs are imposed on Southeast Asian solar panels, the full cost of the tariffs will be passed onto panel purchasers and raise the price of panels. All the evidence from the past decade proves this is not the case. When tariffs were … Read More

U.S. ‘Constructive Rebalancing’ With China Should Include Tougher WTO, Lower Trade Gap – Ro Khanna

China “distorts the markets with blanket subsidies, illegal dumping, intellectual property theft, and currency manipulation,”’ Khanna said. “The U.S. needs to work with our allies to pursue a broad WTO dispute case,” he said. “One hurdle is that the current dispute settlement process cannot litigate in key China-related areas that are not adequately covered by … Read More

China Commission Warns of China’s Near Parity with US In Advanced Tech

“They have the scale and capacity beyond what we have at this point. We might be more creative and experimental, but ultimately the question is who can run with what they design and who can fully leverage their technological capabilities,” said Elsa Kania, Adjunct Senior Fellow, Technology and National Security Program at the Center for … Read More

Trade deficit hurts America

The promised benefits of free trade fell short, especially for the middle class. As a result of trade agreements, the trade deficit not only increased drastically, but the manufacturing sector of the economy was hollowed out along with good paying jobs. It is estimated that 3.7 million jobs have been lost to China alone. This … Read More

One thing Biden and Trump have in common

A lot changed when President Trump left the White House in 2021 and President Biden moved in. But one thing didn’t: a protectionist effort to bring more production back to the United States and become less dependent on China. Biden’s policy toward China differs from Trump’s, but the goal is the same: To rework supply … Read More

U.S. Domestic Market Share Index Slightly Increases

The Domestic Market Share Index (DMSI) was up 1.3% in 2022 from the third quarter, reflecting a slowdown in imports at the end of the year. For the entire year, the index increased 0.3 percentage points from the previous year. After imports surged in 2021 and the first three quarters of 2022, imports stabilized in … Read More

Toy production hub in South China’s Shantou sees booming orders despite global challenges

China’s toy industry is facing uncertain factors such as slowing global demand and rising protectionism. To achieve long-term sustainable development, Chinese-made toys need to be “more high-end, intelligent and eco-friendly,” she added. Despite the challenges, the export value of China’s toys amounted to $48.36 billion in 2022, an increase of 5.6 percent year-on-year, partially due … Read More

US-Japan Alliance to Do ‘Great Harm’ to China’s Chip Ambitions

Japan’s decision to join the US and Netherlands in restricting exports of chipmaking gear to China is giving the allies powerful new weapons to deploy in the escalating technology war. Japan’s trade ministry said last week that suppliers of 23 types of chip technology will need government approval to export to countries including China as early as … Read More