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Jun 14 2024

SHOCKWAVES: The Ripple Effect of China’s Industrial Overcapacity on American Manufacturing and Factory Workers

Overcapacity is a feature, not a bug, of China’s model of state capitalism. As the Chinese government maneuvers to maintain social stability and regain the economic growth it enjoyed before a national real estate crisis, it is doubling down on […]

Feb 23 2024
Trade with China

On a Collision Course: China’s Existential Threat to America’s Auto Industry and its Route Through Mexico

Sep 10 2020
Steel

Steel Under Pressure

Jan 30 2020
 

Growing China Trade Deficit Cost 3.7 Million American Jobs Between 2001 and 2018

Jobs

Jan 30 2020

Growing China Trade Deficit Cost 3.7 Million American Jobs Between 2001 and 2018

The growth of the U.S. trade deficit with China almost entirely explains why manufacturing employment has not fully recovered along with the rest of the economy. But it’s not just factory workers who are negatively affected.

Oct 23 2018
 

The China toll deepens

Jan 30 2017
 

Growth in U.S.-China Trade Deficit Between 2001 and 2015 Cost 3.4 Million Jobs

Oct 05 2016
 

Unmade in America

Infrastructure

Apr 09 2019

Americans Want Action to Rebuild America

Across party lines, big majorities of likely voters place infrastructure as a top policy priority, a new national survey finds. Voters also overwhelmingly back Buy America policies that ensure all materials used in all federally funded infrastructure projects are Made in America.

Oct 15 2014
 

Infrastructure Investment Creates American Jobs

Jul 10 2013
 

ReMaking America

Jul 25 2012
 

Preparing for 21st Century Risks

Polling

Apr 09 2019

Americans Want Action to Rebuild America

Across party lines, big majorities of likely voters place infrastructure as a top policy priority, a new national survey finds. Voters also overwhelmingly back Buy America policies that ensure all materials used in all federally funded infrastructure projects are Made in America.

Security

May 07 2013

ReMaking American Security

U.S. national security is at-risk due to our military’s reliance on foreign nations for the raw materials, parts, and products used to defend the American people. In this report, Brigadier Gen. John Adams, U.S. Army (Ret.) outlines 10 steps to boost domestic production and better protect America.

Jul 25 2012
 

Preparing for 21st Century Risks

Steel

Sep 10 2020

Steel Under Pressure

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States must take steps now to lay the groundwork for economic recovery for vital U.S. industries like steel.

Sep 01 2016
 

Overcapacity in Steel: China’s Role in a Global Problem

Aug 12 2014
Steel

Surge in Steel Imports Puts More Than Half a Million Jobs at Risk

Trade

Jan 30 2020

Growing China Trade Deficit Cost 3.7 Million American Jobs Between 2001 and 2018

The growth of the U.S. trade deficit with China almost entirely explains why manufacturing employment has not fully recovered along with the rest of the economy. But it’s not just factory workers who are negatively affected.

Oct 23 2018
 

The China toll deepens

Mar 01 2017
Trade

How the WTO Undermines U.S. Trade Remedy Enforcement

Jan 30 2017
 

Growth in U.S.-China Trade Deficit Between 2001 and 2015 Cost 3.4 Million Jobs