A Closer Look at the Freakout over the Anti-Circumvention Investigation into Solar Panel Imports
An American Prospect article points out the conflicts of interest for those driving this campaign.
May
12
2022
Apr
11
2023
Blog
Manufacturing Policy
The Return of Manufacturing to the United States Won’t be Without Challenges
The problems posed by manufacturing's resurgence are good ones to have.
Jun
04
2025
Blog
Trade with China
Targets Hit or Missed, China Dominates Global Manufacturing in 2025
A pair of recently released reports examine the results of Beijing's big industrial policy. In the future, we should expect more of the same.
Feb
21
2025
Blog
Buy America
Chinese Lawfare Against Foreign Critics Is Growing
Congress should improve anti-SLAPP laws so free speech isn't stifled.
Jan
11
2023
Blog
industrial policy
Don’t Forget the Downstream Jobs
Will the work created by Washington's infrastructure and industrial policy programs take the edge off the forecast economic downturn?
Sep
24
2018
Blog
Trade
As Trade War Ramps Up, China Wonders Aloud What Trump’s Intentions Are
Beijing and Washington hit each other with new tariffs.
Apr
08
2020
Blog
Security
Another Shortage, This Time in Medicine
Coronavirus lays bare another manufacturing capacity problem.
Sep
24
2024
Blog
industrial policy
Where Are the Investments Spurred by the IRA Going?
Swing states and conservative Congressional districts, says a new report from the Guardian. It’s the swing states that are benefiting the most from the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) clean...
Sep
26
2022
Blog
Buy America
Will Philadelphia’s New Rail Cars, Built by a Chinese State-Owned Company, Abide By Buy America?
Members of Congress want an investigation after new photographs "appear to show nearly completed railcars" in China.
Aug
16
2022
Blog
Trade with China
Take Action: The U.S. Must Enforce the Ban of Chinese Goods Connected to Forced Labor!
A new law aims to stop products made with forced labor in Xinjiang from reaching U.S. store shelves. But some Chinese companies and importers are out to weaken it.