By Robert Romano We are still more than two months away from the much-anticipated renegotiation on NAFTA starting on August 16 by the Trump administration, but the opening round has already occurred, resulting in a June 6 settlement by the U.S. Commerce Department with Mexico over that country’s dumping of government-subsidized sugar on U.S. markets . Under the settlement, according to the statement from Commerce Department Secretary Wilbur Ross, “We have gotten […]

By Robert Romano Since 1997 labor participation among working age adults —16 to 64 — peaked and has been steadily dropping, accounting for roughly 9 million Americans who did not enter the labor force but would have had participation remained at the same rate, according to data compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics . Overall, the […]

By Robert Romano Click here to support President Trump in enforcing U.S. law and stopping Mexico’s NAFTA sugar dumping! As originally published at http://www.investors.com/politics/commentary/even-if-you-support-free-trade-you-should-oppose-mexicos-nafta-sugar-dumping/ U.S. Commerce Department Secretary Wilbur Ross has given Mexico until June 5 to comply with U.S. trade laws over what the department says is illegal dumping of sugar by Mexico on U.S. markets. As background, Mexico was found to be in violation of anti-dumping rules by the U.S. International Trade Commission in 2015 , after an ITC study […]

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By Robert Romano “President Trump’s budget is based on a sober assessment of economic growth and achieves balance not through Washingtonian gimmickry but through $4.5 trillion of real cuts to baseline spending over 10 years.” That was Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning’s reaction to the first full budget proposed by President Donald Trump that, remarkably, considering the […]

By Rick Manning As originally published at http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/05/22/trump-s-budget-really-could-make-america-great-again-will-congress-allow-him-to-do-it.html Most presidents’ budgets are “dead on arrival” in Congress.  It happened to Obama and Bush, and there are those who hope it happens to President Donald Trump. That would be a huge mistake. President Trump is submitting a budget that […]

By Rick Manning As originally published at http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/international/334265-we-must-enforce-nafta-and-get-tough-on-mexican-sugar-dumping Click here to urge President Trump to stop Mexican cheating on NAFTA and enforce the law. President Trump disrupted conventional Republican politics with his recognition that the so-called free trade deals of the 1990s and 2000s were a disaster for American workers in many ways. The disruption and surprise to pundits came when they discovered that […]

By Rick Manning President Donald Trump’s first full budget will be presented to the nation on May 23, and if the so-called preliminary or “skinny” budget is any sign, it will provide ample proof of why he is the swamp’s worst enemy. Preliminary indications are that the […]

By Richard McCarty A new bill, the so-called “Tax Simplification Act,” by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) would allow the IRS to automatically do taxes on behalf of taxpayers. Does she take the American people for fools? For years, we’ve heard warnings that the tax advice the IRS provided to callers […]

By Natalia Castro Democrats love school choice, that is, as long as only their students get to choose. Luckily, President Donald Trump is leveling the playing field for students in his backyard, with hopes that legislators around the country will do the same. Trump and […]