New Simmermaker book shows how to put the 'tough' in 'tough on China'

We cannot let China surpass us to become the world’s number one superpower economically, technologically, and/or militarily. If we do, will Americans take to the streets chanting, "We're number two, we're number two!"? I doubt it. Second place means second tier and second rate. That's not America.

Roger Simmermaker on CSC Talk Radio October 8, 2020

Roger Simmermaker will be a guest on CSC Talk Radio on October 8, 2020 from 10:19 am - 10:44 CST to discuss Buying American and my new book "UNCONSTITUTIONAL: Our Founding Fathers Rejected FREE TRADE And So Should We." CSC (Common Sense Conversation) Radio can be heard live online at http://csctalkradio.com/, on podcast, as well as many radio stations live (mostly across the Midwest). I hope you'll listen in!

What If Things Were Made in America Again: One Man's Plan

James A. Stuber could not have imagined his 2017 book, What if Things Were Made in America Again, would resonate so clearly and loudly in 2020 with the COVID-19 pandemic, the militaristic nationalist rise of China and the focus on impact investing. Not only these events, but also the growing awareness of the environmental consequences of our purchases. Finally, addressing the political and social instability caused by the shrunken industrial economy, which is now a priority.

Volkswagen to pump $17.5 billion into China's electric cars

German car giant Volkswagen on Monday announced a fresh 15 billion euro ($17.5 billion) splurge on China's vast electric vehicle potential. China accounts for around 40 percent of the Wolfsburg-based automaker's sales. Locally-produced new energy vehicles in China will be equipped with batteries from Chinese supplier CATL from this year.

Dangerous Chinese counterfeit goods are pouring into America, here's how we stop it: Morgan, Navarro

Every month, under the flag of Operation Mega Flex, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) does an enhanced inspection of small parcels arriving, primarily, from China. Over the course of 14 monthly “blitz operations,” a decidedly unlucky 13% of the Made-in-China packages inspected have contained a type of counterfeit product or other contraband that can defraud, harm, or even kill Americans.

BAMW: No more farmed or foreign fish!

Did you know that farmed salmon is naturally gray and often dyed pink so that it looks like consumers have come to expect? Alaska exports two-thirds of its sustainably-harvested seafood to foreign markets such as China and Japan. U.S. consumers have unknowingly downgraded their own seafood supply. It is quite ironic that the United States exports the very best fish and imports some of the worst seafood alternatives.

More Wagyu for You: Black Hawk Farms

Yesterday, I told you about experiencing Japanese black wagyu — often considered the finest of all beef — but there is another option closer to home if you’re interested. Black Hawk Farms is located outside of Princeton, Ky., between Bowling Green and Paducah. This family-run operation has farmed its land for more than 40 years, and its defining difference is that its American wagyu cattle live their entire lives on the farm, raised on grain that is grown on the property.

Oxford man leaves office job to start one of the largest dahlia farms in US

"I try and impact that policy to have a better future for the American farmer and flower farmers," he said. Which also means encouraging people to buy local and buy American. He asks all of us to look for this logo when we purchase flowers. "Today only around 20 percent of the flowers that you see in the store are actually grown in the United States," he said But Michael is proud to be part of that 20 percent. He loves these flowers, and his father, Frank - who passed away in 2018, agreed the dahlias were special.

Judge Clears China's Harbin to Buy Bankrupt Vitamin Seller GNC

Vitamin seller GNC Holdings Inc. won court approval to sell itself to its largest shareholder, China’s Harbin Pharmaceutical Group Co. , despite national-security concerns raised by Sen. Marco Rubio. Judge Karen Owens signed off on the sale at a hearing in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Del. Sen. Rubio (R., Fla.) called for the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S., or Cfius, to examine the sale to Harbin, warning it could give China access to data about U.S. consumers.