by Steven Capozzola | Oct 24, 2012 | Blog
Here we go again. In the Washington Post's 'Wonkbook,' Dylan Matthews trumpets the tired old canard that American consumers benefit from the low price of Chinese imports. Matthews cites a University of Chicago study that tried to estimate how Chinese...
by Steven Capozzola | Oct 23, 2012 | Blog, Economy, Making it in America
In a New York Times Economix blog post, David Barboza suggests that things are looking better in U.S.-China trade because America's exports to the People's Republic are increasing. Barboza cites a U.S.-China Business Council study that shows American exports to...
by Steven Capozzola | Oct 16, 2012 | Blog
President Obama and Governor Romney continue to take to the airwaves with competing ads that claim each is tougher than the other in confronting China's predatory trade practices. In battleground states like Ohio, Obama has run television spots that tout the tariffs...
by Steven Capozzola | Oct 16, 2012 | Blog
Not so long ago, the U.S.-China Business Council released a study showing that U.S. exports to China have risen over the past decade. Their point was, isn't this great-- trade with China means that U.S. exports keep growing.It's all in the way you spin the data,...
by Steven Capozzola | Sep 27, 2012 | Blog
The presidential campaign is in high gear, and both candidates are firing back and forth with "I can do more to save manufacturing than you can" and "I can do more about China than you can." With just over a month until Election Day, the Obama campaign has released a...