This is an important fact to remember with all the media focus on tariffs with China. The United States maintains a favorable trading relationship with many countries all over the world, yet only a handful encompass the bulk of all trading activity. For years, Mexico, China and Canada have been the top three trading partners with the United States, sending …
Macro Overview – June 2019
The “firehose” of information available nowadays makes it difficult to focus on what topics are really affecting the market. Here is a good summary of this month’s most important issues. The ongoing trade dispute between the U.S. and China escalated in May as the U.S. signaled that it had not finalized a deal yet with China. The lack of a …
Chinese Products With The Largest Trade Deficits With U.S. – Trade Policy
September 2018 Talk of tariffs has dominated the news over the past few months – both on what the U.S. may do on its exports to China and what China may do on its exports to the U.S. The report gives us a look at what products or industries would be most affected by those tariffs for the U.S. consumer. …
What a Tariff on Steel and Aluminum Means
April 2018 Much has been made in the media recently about steel and aluminum tariffs. Most of the news has been aimed at criticizing the President for something that would add to consumer costs of goods and services but there is more to the story. The Department of Commerce released a report in February prompting the President to enact tariffs …