Those who’ve followed me for a bit or are readers of my blog are probably aware I’m fully in favor of free trade. I’m also in favor of President Trump’s use of tariffs as a negotiating tool.Continue Reading
Tariffs, Trade Deficits & Under-Employment
Yesterday I did a twitter thread on the President’s use of tariffs and then dove a bit further into trade balances and under-employment.
I am not in favor of tariffs as an economic policy. But I am in favor of the manner in which President Trump is currently using them.Continue Reading
Trade Deficits, Foreign Investment, Under-Employment & Trump
If a country is buying more goods and services from the rest of the world than it is selling, the country must also be selling more assets to the rest of the world than it is buying. – Douglas Irwin
While awaiting the Inspector General’s Report, I came across an interesting exchange regarding trade and foreign investment.Continue Reading
Economic Power & the Denuclearization of North Korea
Turns out there really was something to those reports of a mystery North Korean train arriving in China:
The arrival of a North Korean train in the Chinese capital sparked frenzied speculation that Pyongyang had sent a senior figure—perhaps even leader Kim Jong Un —on a mission to strengthen ties with Beijing ahead of a planned summit with U.S. President Donald Trump.Continue Reading
Tariffs as a Tool Towards Broader Free Trade
President Trump signed Trade Section 232 Proclamations on Steel and Aluminum today.
The signing starts a 15-day countdown before a 25% tariff on imported steel and a 10% tariff on imported aluminum goes into effect.
The Executive Order included a clause granting Canada and Mexico a roughly 30-day grace period to avoid being impacted – but only while NAFTA talks continue.Continue Reading
A Very Telling Trade Meeting
The Conservative Treehouse pointed out an unexpectedly televised roundtable with Members of Congress and President Trump’s Cabinet regarding our nation’s Trade Policies.
What transpired was nothing short of astonishing:
Yesterday President Trump invited the media to keep their cameras on during a round-table discussion on trade. He did this for a reason. President Trump wanted the American voters to watch Republican politicians demand that he stop trying to bring manufacturing jobs to the United States.
Which is exactly what the Republican Congressmen did.Continue Reading
Tax Cuts & Deregulation – It’s Really That Simple
We’ve witnessed the greatest creation of value the world has ever experienced.
$8 Trillion in value and counting.
It was always there – it was just waiting to be released. Government simply needed to get out of the way.Continue Reading
An Article Compilation
This post is the result of requests I’ve received from readers to compile articles by category along with a description of each article.
This should prove helpful to those wanting to look into the unfolding FBI/DOJ/Obama Administration scandal surrounding illegal surveillance and collusion.Continue Reading
The Consumer Confidence Conundrum
It’s the economy, stupid – James Carville
The Index of Consumer Sentiment – more commonly known as the Consumer Confidence Index – came in at 101.5, reaching its highest level since the start of 2004 – an almost 14 year high.Continue Reading
Globally Leveraging our Energy Production
Dr. Sebastian Gorka recently referred to the U.S. as a Hyperpower. He is correct.
But power is not purely military. Power is also economic might and influence.
The two are inexorably linked to the other.
President Trump campaigned on energy independence for the United States. He immediately followed through on those promises by signing the Energy Independence Policy Executive Order, which unleashed a wave of U.S. energy production.Continue Reading