World trade and the Indo-Pacific aside, the Biden administration has problems closer to home. It has taken actions against Canada that hurt both that country and the US, and it is facing damaging actions not of its doing from Mexico’s authoritarian leftist president AMLO. The November 29th, 2021 trade report with L.C. On November 26th, […]
The Feb. 1-7, 2021 roundup of major trade developments
* Biden admin endorses WTO majority choice for Director-General.* Aluminum tariffs reinstated on UAE.* Court of International Trade upholds Section 232 steel tariffs.* Semiconductors in spotlight.* Beijing attempts to dominate world technology standards.* AMLO turns statist,* Biden abuses Canada.* EU proposes tariff settlement with US, joint trade policy commission. with Founders Broadsheet trade columnist L.C. […]
Xi’s Plan for Full Control of Private Sector
In China, the dictatorship marches on. The US president and House prepare countermeasures to secure critical supply chains, but the administration is still harrying allies including Canada, the EU, Vietnam, Mexico, and the WTO. The weekly trade report with L.C. Chinese Communist Party Secretary-General Xi Jinping is promoting even greater Chinese Communist Party (CCP) control […]
Beijing regime weakened by Hong Kong revolt
By trade correspondent L.C. and the editor President Trump is so wedded to his tariff threat against China that he has been practicing unilateral disarmament with respect to an objective arguably more important than a trade deal – namely, encouraging the Chinese people to rise up against the Xi Jinping dictatorship. In this respect, the […]
Relief, mixed reviews on Mexico tariff suspension
Trade correspondent L.C. reports: President Trump heeded his advisers’ advice to accept an agreement with Mexico rather than follow through on his widely criticized threat to increase tariffs on that country by 5% each month. The agreement merely reaffirms previous commitments to help stem the flow of Central American migrants through Mexico to the US. […]
