What Was Free about Our Trade Relationship with China before Trump?
By Michael Brendan Doughtery: China is following a familiar development script: invest in and protect industries that give the nation a strategic advantage.
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How Free Trade With China Politically Impoverished Both Countries
By Kyle Sammin: While we hoped freer trade with the West would lead China toward liberal democracy, the result has been an increasingly oppressive government.
Read MoreChina blinks on trade, wants ‘calm’ talks
By Thomas Lifson: The corporate media will never admit it, but President Trump has masterfully lined up support for America’s pressure on China, and China has blinked and now wants “calm” talks.
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It’s Not About the Soybeans: Security and power are at issue between China and America.
Myron Magnet does what few op ed writers do — he explains the complicated China trade issue — it’s not about the soybeans. From the article: To enter its market, China for years has…
Read MoreTrump’s tariff pause shows he’s got his eyes on the prize
By Thomas Lifson: It is a high wire act, to be sure. If ever there were a moment where such a grand bargain is possible, it is right now.
Read MoreTrump Faces Down the China Threat
By Conrad Black: He knows their weaknesses and isn’t afraid to apply pressure.
Read MoreNorth America is the China-US trade war winner
By Chriss Street: Mexico and Canada were America’s top two trade partners in the first six months of 2019 as the escalating China-U.S. trade war booted China to third place.
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No, Tariffs Won’t Ruin Christmas
Tariffs won’t ruin Christmas? Spencer P. Morrison has the good news (for more from Morrison on the subject of trade and tariffs follow this link): President Trump says he will impose a 10 percent…
Read MoreEarth to Libertarians: Immigration Hurts American Workers
By Spencer P. Morrison: Libertarians—like Islamists and Communists—see the world as it ought to be, rather than for what it is. Given that, they seek to change reality so that it more closely resembles…
Read MoreTrump announces new tariffs on China
By Peter Skurkiss: On August 1, President Trump announced 10-percent tariffs on 300 billion dollars’ worth of Chinese goods that previously had not been subject to import duties. These new tariffs are scheduled to…
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Boeing Max 8 Lesson: Why Domestic Manufacturing Is Vital
The Boeing Max 8 lesson is only one of the important articles (dealing with trade issues) at American Greatness by Spencer P. Morrison — here is an excerpt from the above-titled article: On March…
Read MoreShould U.S. Health Care Depend on China?
By William R. Hawkins: Two new books expose the health dangers posed by the import of pharmaceuticals from the People’s Republic of China.
Read MoreFree Trade and the ‘Cheap Goods’ Delusion
By Spencer P. Morrison: Received wisdom—no matter how venerable—should always be treated with a healthy dose of skepticism. This is especially true when it comes to economics, as money brings out hucksters who sell…
Read MoreTrading With China: Resetting the Balance
By Ronald J. Rychlak: When I studied economics in college, the answer to trade imbalance was that eventually, the dollars sent overseas have to be spent back in the United States. So, the argument…
Read MoreA Win at the Border
From the National Review editors: President Trump evidently knows something about the art of the tariff threat.
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