China’s Mythic Market
By Alan Tonelson
The New York Times, 18 May 2000
Trade agreements cannot bring widespread benefits to the United States if they rest on false portrayals of our trade partners...
Islamism
Enriching China Unlikely to Advance U.S. National Security
(Washington, D.C.): In recent days, President Bill Clinton and his National Security Advisor, Samuel Berger, have asserted that U.S. national...
Broad-Based Coalition Plays Pivotal Role in PetroChina’s I.P.O. — And Market’s Bleak View of Chinese State-Owned Enterprises
(Washington, D.C.): In the wake of the dismal performance of PetroChina's initial public offering (IPO) on the New York Stock...
Diverse Congressional Group Appeals to President Clinton to Halt PetroChina I.P.O.
(Washington, D.C.): An important new front has been opened in the campaign to stop global "bad actors" from penetrating the...
Senior Legislators Press S.E.C.’s Levitt on PetroChina IPO — Missives from Reps. Oxley and Baucus Should be Wake-Up Call to S.E.C., U.S. Investors
(Washington, D.C.): The rising crescendo of opposition to the bid by China National Petroleum Company (CNPC) to penetrate the U.S....
Senator Thompson Offers Leadership On The National Security Dimensions Of The U.S. Capital Markets
(Washington, D.C.): In a stirring speech to a high level gathering of policy practitioners and media representatives at the Heritage...
USA Today Op.Ed. Underscores Need for National Security-Minded ‘Due Diligence’ in Purchasing Foreign Securities
(Washington, D.C.): On 7 February, USA Today published a wake-up call to the American people by Peter Schweizer (see attached),...
Clinton Legacy Watch # 44 : A Lot is ‘Going South’ South of the Border
(Washington, D.C.): "What the President meant to say is...." Any seasoned bureaucrat has had to employ a variation on this...
WTO: Life Support for Communist China?
By Frank J. Gaffney, Jr.
Investor’s Business Daily, 01 December 1999
The new trade round being launched in Seattle will also inaugurate a campaign featuring news reports, editorial columns and advertisements...
Lessons of Seattle: Greater Transparency, Representation Must Apply to Global Finance, as Well as Global Trade
(Washington, D.C.): As the dust -- and ashes -- settle on the World Trade Organization meetings and associated demonstrations in...
Clinton Lets Trade Trump Security, Again
(Washington, D.C.): The World Trade Organization meeting that opens tomorrow in Seattle will provide an unparalleled backdrop for demonstrations by...
Message to Wall Street and Pennsylvania Avenue: Bank of New York’s Russian Debacle is but a Symptom of a Larger Problem
(Washington, D.C.): With breath-taking speed, the scandal described by the New York Times as "one of the biggest money-laundering operations...
Bipartisan Congressional Letter Is Wake-up Call To State Officials Re: Portfolio Security Concerns
Investor's Business Daily Takes on 'CalPERS' (Washington, D.C.): On Monday, Representatives Spencer Bachus (R-AL) and Dennis Kucinich (D-LA) sent the...
Patent Deform will Serve Neither U.S. National Security or Economic Interests
(Washington, D.C.): In the post-Cold War period, even people who should know better seem to believe that economic performance and...
Administration Move To Normalize Relations with Castro’s Cuba Bucks Tide of History, Business
Will Gambit Be Next Source of Conflict Between Clinton and Gore? (Washington, D.C.): The truth is finally out. An unnamed...
A Job for C.F.I.U.S.: Proposed Chinese Buy of U.S. Telecommunications Assets Needs National Security Scrub
(Washington, D.C.): On 23 June, Hutchison USA announced its investment of $957 million into the combined telecommunications company of Voicestream...