from Michael Stumo, CEO After a call with the White House and Office of US Trade Representative regarding the US-China Phase 1 trade deal today, I would like to share what I have learned with our CPA members. The agreement has several chapters, the Chinese are translating it into Chinese, and no language has been…
Editor’s note: CPA is pleased the tariffs are not removed, as news reports suggested. See our full statement here Washington, DC – The United States and China have reached an historic and enforceable agreement on a Phase One trade deal that requires structural reforms and other changes to China’s economic and trade regime in the…
CPA members see tariffs working, want them made permanent Washington. The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA), which represents producers throughout the nation’s heartland, is pleased that President Trump’s Phase One deal with China appears to be keeping the current tariffs in place and adding some tariffs to additional imports on December 15. “The tariffs are…
Editor’s note: The days of the WTO overruling US laws on labeling and other issues, through the decisions of trade focused lawyers creating new law on an appellate panel, are nearly over. GENEVA (Reuters) – World Trade Organization (WTO) judges will complete decisions on three pending appeals for which hearings have been held – despite…
The Story of Turbine Panda By Jeff Ferry, CPA Chief Economist In April 2018, a Chinese intelligence agent named Xu Yanjun got off a plane in Brussels, Belgium and headed for St. Catherine Square, a bustling area of shops and quaint cobblestone streets. Xu had a meeting planned with one of his assets, a US-based…
