Global Trade

The United States Trade Representative (USTR) has announced plans to increase tariffs on tungsten and silicon products, with the intent of applying more pressure on Chinese imports. These changes target three subheadings related to tungsten, where tariffs will rise to 25%, and two subheadings for wafers and polysilicon, where tariffs will jump to 50%. These […]

Today we are going to talk about the USMCA and how we can rebrand it—we want to make it fancier, prettier, shinier, more marketable.  What can we do to change the name? The name is ugly, it’s horrible: the “us—MUK—uh.”  It sounds like dirt you drag your enemies through; it should like a bad form of journalism.  

Summary: the US, UK and Australia have entered a trilateral global security partnership to allow Australia to acquire nuclear-powered submarines (not to be confused with nuclear-armed submarines). A few takeaways: It was obvious once you saw it. Most things are. But I didn’t see it at first, and instead I focused on the export control

Rules like to be done in three parts. For example, there is a rule in business: you can have it done quickly, done cheaply, or done well; pick any two. The presumption is that you cannot have all three. The job of logistics is to move goods quickly and at the best rate. The job

In recent news reported by CNBC, there have been concerns regarding China’s potential strategy of moving goods through Mexico to circumvent the Section 301 tariffs imposed by the Trump administration. However, it’s crucial to clarify that merely transiting goods through Mexico does not exempt them from these tariffs. Goods manufactured in Mexico, on the other

Hi everyone!  Arthur O’Meara here coming to you from the Texas Hill Country, and I just wanted to tell you a little story today at my expense, about my mansplaining something to my wife.  See, my wife is from Mexico City, and one day we were in the grocery store. So I’m in the grocery