by Sarita Jackson | Sep 13, 2019 | California, China, U.S. Trade Policy
The U.S. manufacturing sector has contracted this year, even though the overall economy has shown growth over the last 10 months. This contraction has been attributed to the U.S.-China trade war, sparked by U.S. tariffs placed on select imports from China. As a...
by Sarita Jackson | Nov 10, 2017 | Asia, China, U.S. Trade Policy
By Jordan Victor Throughout the 2016 presidential campaign, candidate Donald Trump lambasted China for, “what’s happening to steel and the cost of steel, and China dumping vast amounts of steel all over the United States, which essentially is killing our steel...
by MEL | Feb 14, 2017 | Asia, RCEP, TPP
Since President Donald Trump withdrew the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement with 11 other countries, discussions about China-led efforts to promote Asian economic and trade integration via RCEP have come to the forefront. So what is...
by MEL | Jan 15, 2017 | U.S. Trade Policy
The United States will inaugurate its 45th president, Donald Trump, this week. Economists and policymakers continue to debate Trump’s public statements about U.S. trade policy, which entails placing a 45 percent tariff on imports from China. The question on the mind...
