Michael Stumo, the CEO of the Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA), thinks it may be a good thing to increase Chinese tariffs across-the-board. For months it appeared the Chinese were willing to negotiate when ...
A report released by the Economic Policy Institute says the Section 232 tariffs on aluminum and steel initiated earlier this year seem to be working as trade advocates predicted. Last week’s report says specifically: U.S. primary ...
Sko-Die, the company Patrick Steininger’s grandfather Joseph Steininger started with two partners just after World War II, is thriving and “open for business” – the company motto. The Morton Grove-based custom metal stamper and manufacturer ...
BY JOHN F. DI LEO – The United States has Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with 20 countries, ranging from enormous trading partners like Canada to tiny trading partners like Oman. For much of the year, ...
BEIJING (Reuters) – China on Wednesday unveiled plans to cut tariffs for products including machinery, electrical equipment and textile products beginning on Nov. 1, as the country braces for an escalating trade war with the ...
Press release from US Trade Representative – Washington, DC – As part of the United States’ continuing response to China’s theft of American intellectual property and forced transfer of American technology, the Office of the United ...
Up until six months ago, Illinois manufacturers were enjoying a newfound enthusiasm about their industry. For eight straight months, monthly surveys conducted by the Technology & Manufacturing Association showed their members expected the next 12 ...
CHICAGO – Caterpillar expected an all-time high $6.24 B net income for 2018 as demand for its products grew, but tariff uncertainty has dampered enthusiasm that that level will be reached. Bloomberg News writes in ...
A commentary in the Belleville News Democrat presents a counter view to those applauding a trade war. Tariffs are bad for Illinois, concludes the author Stanford L. Levin, emeritus professor of economics at Southern Illinois University ...
Tariffs are good for Atlas Toolworks of Lyons, Illinois, Zach Mottl said on Fox Business this week after visiting the “Made in America” showcase at the White House Monday. “Tariffs are one tool to fight ...