To combat the economic malaise, the Obama administration is bending over backward to encourage companies to create jobs in America. So why is the White House - and the Congress - challenging Huawei, a high-tech firm eager to invest and compete in the U.S. market? 

This article is the first part of a two-part examination of the contentious issue of how state governments' provision of goods and services to the public should be taxed under a VAT.

Chinese telecom-equipment maker Huawei has become a global corporate giant, yet security concerns from US officials have kept it from gaining a foothold in America, intensifying US-China tensions. In a time of great economic need, US desire for foreign direct investment from China is clashing with fears over cyber attacks from organizations suspected to be under Beijing’s influence.

Recent events surrounding the proposed acquisitions of U.S. assets by foreign investors have brought into focus the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and the Exon-Florio provisions of the Defense Production Act, which allow the executive branch to halt the acquisition by foreign firms of U.S. operations...

2012 may well be the year that India's economy returns to a familiar place—as an Asian laggard overshadowed by its East Asian peers and largely ignored by the rest of the world.

Eliminating barriers to high-tech trade between India and the United States would offer great benefits to both countries.

The fight against terrorism is no closer to success today than it was a decade ago when, in the wake of the September 11 terror attacks, President George W. Bush declared a Global War on Terrorism.

Politicians have frequently directed harsh rhetoric toward particular corporate taxpayers that earn high profits. At times, this rhetoric has been accompanied by policy proposals that single out a narrow set of profitable taxpayers for disparate treatment. Perhaps the most notable example is the war against Big Oil.