Congress must protect IP from Big Tech and China
The U.S. economy runs on startups. For all of America’s mega-corporations, it’s young firms that create most of our new jobs during periods of economic growth. Those startups depend on…
China’s Attacks on Tech Are a Losing Strategy in Cold War II
“Investors have to rethink the entire China structure,” David Kotok of Cumberland Advisers said last week. For Hong Kong, the One Country, Two Systems principle was “dead.” As for the crackdown…
Dispelling Two Objections To Free Trade
In my recent Defining Ideas article titled “A Refresher Course on Free Trade,” I made the case for free trade. A large part of the economic case is that free trade makes people in…
Biden trade policy should focus on International Trade Commission
When you break it down, Donald Trump’s trade policy was simple. “No more bad deals,” he’d say while flexing America’s economic muscle and bringing miscreant trading partners back into line.…
American Innovation Under Threat – Patent Trolls Hurt U.S. Industry While Helping China
For a variety of reasons, the U.S.-China rapport established by Richard Nixon has cooled considerably over the past few years. Some experts believe a return to what seemed to be…
COVID Shows China Not Good Faith Trading Partner
Exactly how the COVID-19 virus found its way to humans isn’t entirely clear. But it is clear is that once the virus was out and people were dying, the communist…
Rare-Earths Mining Shows Exactly How China Cheats The United States Through ‘Free Trade’
The United States and China have traded since the early days of our republic, but only recently has the scale of that trade become a political issue. More than any…
On China Trade, Trump Should Copy Reagan: ‘Trust But Verify’
Investor’s Business Daily A week and half after President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping met to smooth over trade disputes, China announced it will buy more foreign goods ,…
Renewed Talks with China Can Accelerate Positive International Shipping Reforms
Later this week, President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to convene for discussions on a variety of contentious economic matters. While previous talks on tariffs, intellectual property…
Trump Announces E.U. Has Granted Trade Concessions
By Jack Crowe • National Review President Trump announced during a Wednesday press conference that his meeting with European officials yielded key trade concessions, including an increase in American soybean…
Trump’s Trade Wins Are a Victory for U.S. Workers
by Stephen Moore • Investor’s Business Daily Is it possible that Donald Trump is winning on trade? Last week, Trump apparently delivered two underappreciated victories as a result of his…
GOP Business Tax Cuts Force Other Countries to Compete
By Dan McLaughlin • National Review The Republican tax plan has a lot of moving parts, but its centerpiece is a major long-term cut in corporate taxes. American businesses have…
Competing internationally means fixing our mismanaged Postal Service
As President Trump takes aim at some of his key campaign promises, the discussions around the potential renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) have further emerged. From…