by Michael Stumo The National Taxpayers Union criticizes the six Congressmen who voted for TPA but recently signed a letter opposing a TPP vote this year. CPA was a significant part of that effort to get them on the letter because the only thing that is guaranteed to kill the TPP is a whip count…
Throughout the 2016 election cycle, one of presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump’s most impassioned – and oft-repeated – promises should he move into the White House next year is the recovery of millions of jobs previously offshored to China, Mexico and elsewhere. [Andrew Soergel | July 11, 2016 |US News] The rhetoric has struck home with…
Dan Alpert is founding managing director of Westwood Capital, LLC. He is also the newest member of CPA’s Advisory Board. [Dan Alpert| August 5, 2016] After decades of establishment politicians and mainstream economists extolling the virtues of global trade, free trade policy is taking a wallop. In the U.S., populist candidates of both parties, Bernie…
In its nomination of Donald Trump, the electorate has delivered a powerful, historic message for policy change to the Republican Party’s leadership. Out of 17 candidates, Trump emerged with the most votes of any GOP nominee ever – 14 million. His political rise has shattered old party orthodoxies on Free Trade, hawkish foreign policy, open…
For his reshoring initiative, Rongione paid to move unique knitting equipment from China to Pennsylvania in part by using a YouTube video of Jackson to appeal to investors on Kickstarter, the crowdsourcing website. [William Holstein| August 2, 2016 |Chief Executive] Bollman, which says it is America’s oldest hat company, with more than $10 million in…
Peru’s lingering compliance issues with labor provisions in its bilateral free trade agreement with the United States would have no effect on the implementation of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which has similar labor provisions. However, it could create political headaches for the Obama administration as it pursues a lame-duck vote on the TPP deal, sources told Inside…
