Steven Capozzola

An analysis of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) from Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) Media Director Steven Capozzola...

I've talked with many domestic U.S. manufacturers over the past decade or so-- mostly small and mid-sized manufacturers (the backbone of America's industrial base). 

America's defense supply chain put at risk by purchase of counterfeit, salvaged products from China.

The U.S. Department of Defense has been buying counterfeit electronic parts from China.

If you want to field a good baseball team, you don't just show up on opening day and say "Let's play."  No, you carefully plan your team.  You make sure to get the best pitchers ("pitching, pitching, pitching," as they say).  And you make sure your sluggers take a lot of batting practice.  In short you work at it and you plan.

New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman has long been a cheerleader for globalism, and has led the charge for "free trade."  One could say that his naive enthusiasm for the offshoring of U.S.

The U.S. must address China’s deliberately undervalued currency. 

What few seem to understand is that we are already in a trade war with China.  It’s not one that we launched, nor one that we wanted.  But China’s undervaluation of its currency, which violates world trade rules, is part of a deliberate, well-coordinated strategy to undercut U.S. manufacturers.

Both the U.S. and Germany are high-wage economies with a substantial union workforce.  However, Germany is an export powerhouse, while the U.S. runs massive annual trade deficits.  Why is this the case?

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

Hey everyone: QUICK TRIVIA QUESTION: Where are iPads and iPhones manufactured?...

Need we even tell you the answer?  Aren't all of you quite obviously aware that these omnipresent, hi-tech gizmos are "Made in China?"