The Weekly Trade Report by L.C. Canada ratified the USMCA (United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement) sooner than anticipated. This is one of the few positive developments recently for a world economy badly rattled by spreading COVID-19 (Wuhan coronavirus) infections in Europe and the Federal Reserve’s foolish and unnecessary revival over the weekend of 2008 “anti-recession” measures. The […]
Trade’s minor player, Congress
The weekly trade report with L.C. Concern is growing nationwide that trade’s minor player, Congress, shouldn’t have let itself be downgraded to its present subordinate position. Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution specifies that “Congress shall have Power…To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes.” Admittedly, […]
USMCA puts US under UN
The Weekly Trade Report – by L.C. The USMCA may move soon to a vote on the Senate floor, but the National Taxpayers Union (NTU) writes that “North American trade policy is too important to rush.” Congressional leaders leading the stampede are behaving like “timeshare salesmen…in trying to create a sense of scarcity and urgency […]
US-China “phase one” delayed, might be “phase last”
The weekly trade report by our correspondent, L.C. The cancellation of the November 16th-17th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Santiago prevented the possible signing of a “phase one” US-China trade agreement. Both Presidents Trump and Xi Jinping had been expected to attend, making a signing ceremony easy to arrange. While an agreement could validly […]
US seeks limited trade agreements with India, Japan, not China
Trade correspondent L.C.’s weekly report: The Trump Administration is moving aggressively to reach limited trade agreements with India and Japan before the 2020 US elections – but not with China. On September 22th President Trump attended a 50,000 person rally in Houston (dubbed “Howdy, Modi!”) that Indian-Americans held for India’s Prime Minister Modi. This was […]
