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The new COOL Online Act will require a prominent country-of-origin description for all products sold online as well as clear disclosure of the country in which the seller of the product is located.
CPA works hard every day on strategies to eliminate the trade deficit, incentivize new production and increase the quality of employment. Achieving these goals will produce a strong America that deserves and fulfills the promise of global leadership.
Looks like the solar importers were wrong about a demand drop due to tariffs. We didn’t think they would be. There is room for both, but domestic supply chains should be revved up to support public power stations.
Inside the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act sits the unsightly Trade Act of 2021. It is everything that is wrong with an otherwise good bill designed to tackle China.
One of the more problematic aspects of the new Senate bill called the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act is that it puts a massive dent in Section 301 tariffs, aka the China Trade War tariffs. Now industry groups want more tariffs cut.
The United States government has pursued trade liberalization for several decades. A substantial driver of this liberalization has been the assumption that more global trade would help developing countries become wealthier. However, there is considerable research that shows how trade liberalization policies have not always been the best tool to help support economic growth and…
A year ago, at the height of the pandemic, a severe shortage of vital personal protective equipment (PPE) hit America. Hospitals were asking staff to re-use masks and other protective equipment. Health care professionals, political leaders, and ordinary people with family members in hospitals and on ventilators were all in agreement: the U.S. must not…
WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today announced that the U.S. Private Sector Job Quality Index (JQI) fell slightly in May to 81.49, as more service sector workers earning less than the average weekly wage returned to work. The JQI is the ratio of high-quality jobs to low-quality jobs, based on whether…
WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today welcomed new guidance from the Biden administration on how federal agencies should implement Executive Order (EO) 14005, Ensuring the Future is Made in All of America by All of America’s Workers. The EO seeks to maximize the use of goods, products, and materials produced in,…
WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today welcomed key findings from the 100-day review mandated by the Biden-Harris administration’s Executive Order 14017 on “America’s Supply Chains.” Signed in February, CPA supported the Executive Order and called on the administration to “quickly pivot from assessment to action.” Importantly, the review makes clear that…
Calls for Removing Toomey Amendment that Undercuts Buy America Efforts WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today applauded the Senate passage of the Make PPE in America Act (S. 1306), bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Gary Peters (D-MI) that will strengthen efforts to onshore production of personal…
Executive Summary The CPA Reshoring Index is the first and only measure of U.S. producers’ share of the U.S. domestic market for manufactured goods. It is calculated from federal government…
The United States government has pursued trade liberalization for several decades. A substantial driver of this liberalization has been the assumption that more global trade would help developing countries become…
In 2019 the U.S. trade deficit with China hit its lowest point in three years. This was in due to the trade policies enacted by the U.S. government that have been championed by CPA for years. CPA understands what policies are necessary to balance out trade defecit with foreign nations and grow our manufacturing base. I am proud to be a member of this strategic and tactical coalition.
Paul Wellborn, Wellborn Cabinet