Why Trump’s Demand for $200 Billion Reduction in China’s Trade Surplus Is So Irrational

It’s taken many decades for the United States, China and other countries to create a global trading order in which American companies and companies from many other countries either manufacture in China for export to the United States, engage in joint ventures that export back to the U.S., or operate purchasing offices that source China-made […]…

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Many American tech companies in harm’s way if U.S.-China dispute blows up

Qualcomm and Apple have obvious problems in China. The Chinese government is holding up approval of Qualcomm’s purchase of another semiconductor maker, NXP Semiconductors. It has that power because 65 percent of Qualcomm’s sales are in China. As a result of delays in approving that purchase, Qualcomm is having to lay off workers in the […]…

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Good News on Reshoring

The Reshoring Initiative people are on top of their game and are the leading experts on job creation in America as a result of U.S. companies bringing jobs back or non-U.S. companies making investments. They show that that the United States created 171,000 jobs last year as a result of these trends. That’s great news. […]…

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Has President Trump Already Been Outmaneuvered on Korea?

An article of faith that has wisely guided American policy efforts regarding the Korean Peninsula is that the Americans need to remain in lockstep with the South Korean and Japanese governments, just as North Korea remains in sync with China and to some extent Russia. But even before Trump sits down with Kim Jong-un, presuming […]…

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Important Article on China’s New Colonialism

Chinese President Xi Jinping talks a lot about China going global and embracing mutually beneficial trade and investment ties with the world. But in practice, it appears that the Chinese are engaging in a form of colonialism that may be just as bad as, if not worse than, what European colonial powers did. This article […]…

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