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I believe the most important thing Americans must do is to secure their economic well-being in an increasingly challenging, complex world. What I have written about all these years is the process of creating wealth, not for any one individual, but for the United States as a whole. Ever since I was a young correspondent witnessing the emergence of China after the country opened in 1979, I’ve believed we have to get more serious about creating wealth. I retain faith in the resiliency of the U.S. economy and the enterprise of American people. If Americans have the right strategies, we can once again create widespread wealth. Come with me on this journey.
Trump’s Tariffs Against China Won’t Halt Its Technology Ambitions
June 18, 2018
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer is right when he argues that the United States must move forcefully to enhance America’s leadership in technology and innovation. But tariffs won’t get the job done and will make U.S. companies in China even more tempting targets for government strong-arming. China has an industrial policy called “Made in China […]
Kristof Gets It Right: Trump Bamboozled Himself
June 13, 2018
Of all the commentary today, Nick Kristof has the sharpest focus here. President Trump gave more to Kim Jong-Un than any American president has ever given to the Kims and he got nothing tangible in return. Moreover, Trump has injected fresh elements of doubt into U.S. relations with Japan and South Korea by blindsiding them […]
If Trump Trashes NAFTA, Will The Jobs Come Home?
June 12, 2018
If the Trump administration makes good on its threat to pull out of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), chief executive officers will be forced to engage in a continental reshuffling of their manufacturing and distribution assets. It won’t be easy. And there’s no guarantee that it will bring back all the jobs that […]
Time To Begin The Real Debate About China and Technology
June 7, 2018
This article by Jacky Wong in today’s Wall Street Journal, pasted in below because of the Journal’s reg wall, makes it clear that stopping China’s technological ambitions is proving impossible despite the wild hopes that the Trump camp is displaying. Tariffs will never deter China’s goals of reaching world-class positions in key technologies, if not […]
American CEOs Are Divided on Trump’s Trade Policies
June 1, 2018
There are some winners, to be sure, but I found in this story for Chief Executive magazine that a majority of CEOs involved in exporting or international trade of some sort are dead-set against the tariffs that President Trump is imposing and the overall tone he is setting with his America First policies.
The Goal Among Economic Developers: Coming in Second for Amazon’s New East Coast Headquarters
May 22, 2018
There’s a fevered competition among American cities vying for Amazon’s highly vaunted second headquarters, to be located in the eastern United States. (Hint: It’s almost certain to be in the Washington D.C. area because CEO Jeff Bezos has purchased the largest home in DC and is expanding it.) Mayors and developers are eager to win […]
