Kenneth Rapoza

1 week ago | prosperousamerica.org | Kenneth Rapoza

Members of the House Ways and Means Committee gave U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer a piece of their mind on Wednesday during a four-and-a-half-hour hearing—double the time he spent with the Senate Finance Committee the day before. The reception was similar: Republicans broadly supported Trump’s “America First” trade agenda, while Democrats united in opposition, echoing talking points from their Senate colleagues.

1 week ago | prosperousamerica.org | Kenneth Rapoza

Is China a peer competitor in the space race? On some fronts, the answer is yes. In others, the concern is that China is moving up the value chain so quickly that its companies may soon out-price American firms across the developing world. “Our space industry is SpaceX and Starlink. SpaceX is far ahead of China. But if you look at the number three on down, it’s all China,” said Blaine Curcio, founder of Orbital Gateway Consulting.

3 weeks ago | ntd.com | Kenneth Rapoza

The House Select Committee on China, the most hawkish China committee in the U.S. House of Representatives, said it is against any Chinese ownership of TikTok. The social media app’s owners, ByteDance, have until Saturday to sell. Committee members suggested during a press conference on March 27 that they would block the deal if ByteDance kept a stake.

3 weeks ago | compactmag.com | Kenneth Rapoza

Break out the Grizzly cooler and fire up the Broilmaster—it’s Liberation Day. In President Trump’s words, April 2 marks the end of the US of A being “ripped off by virtually every country in the world.” Trump’s trade agenda is a much needed course correction after decades of deindustrialization and failed trade policies geared towards borderless corporations. Liberation Day won’t be all fun and games for the globalists.

4 weeks ago | benzinga.com | Kenneth Rapoza

Bitcoin's historic "moon landing" level highs have come down to Earth. They rose thanks to the Trump administration's pro-cryptocurrency rhetoric. One piece of insight the Bitcoin market was hanging onto was the creation of a Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF), and a Strategic Reserve that would eventually hold seized cryptos, but also, perhaps, invest in Bitcoin (BTC) as well.