It’s Not the Value of the Chinese Currency: The Proof in Charts
While the U.S. Treasury did not label China as a currency manipulator this week, it did criticize the Chinese authorities for recently intervening in the… Read More
Morning Bell: Heritage Experts Analyze Second Presidential Debate
During last night’s debate between President Obama and former Governor Mitt Romney, Heritage’s policy experts were live-blogging their analysis of the ideas discussed. Below are… Read More
Bashing China Won’t Fix Our Economy
Both ends of the political spectrum seem to be competing to be tougher on China economic issues. They’re both wrong. Chinese policy does warp the… Read More
How Congress Should Deal with China
The House Ways and Means Committee will hold a hearing tomorrow on America’s economic relations with China. This is easier said than done—there’s a lot… Read More
Congress Plays Around on China
The Senate is today considering a bill to punish China for its currency policy. The bill requires the U.S. to place duties on Chinese goods… Read More
Top 10 Reads: August 12, 2011
Catching you up on clips, commentary and news of the day. Sign up for the daily email update from Scribe. It’s Now Obama’s Economy – Henry… Read More
Chinese Economic Data: More Tall Tales
The Conference Board, a global research association, made a splash with their 2011 global outlook. The group’s most interesting claims are that emerging markets will… Read More
Taxing Americans to Punish China
President Obama reportedly spent much of his meeting this week with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao urging action to revalue the Chinese Yuan relative to the… Read More
How to Cause Another Depression? Anyone? Anyone?
An ugly financial bubble bursts. A misguided U.S. Congress responds by blaming foreigners and passes a trade bill that prompts widespread retaliation and exacerbates the… Read More
Hurting the U.S. in Order to Hurt China
A lot of people are unhappy with China. They’re unhappy for several reasons, but trade and investment might top the list. Some are demanding that… Read More
