U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin and Rick Scott Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Promote Transparency Online and Support Made in America Goods and Companies

Editor’s note: CPA is proud to support this much needed law to require that goods sold online are clearly marked as to country of origin. Americans are more motivated than usual to buy USA made products. This is important for post-COVID recovery as well.  The COOL Online Act updates our labeling laws for the online…

Op-ed | How exactly do we pay for needed COVID relief?

Editor’s Note: Michael Stumo is CEO of the Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA). Follow him on Twitter @michael_stumo. We’re now roughly two months into the global COVID-19 pandemic. Amid unprecedented economic disruption, Congress has already passed four pieces of bailout legislation at a cost of roughly $3.6 trillion. The spending is necessary, but one question keeps hanging in…

The Building Blocks of a China Strategy

Editor’s note: An article calling for decoupling from China because it wants to destroy and dominate the international order, not join it.   In 1947, we could afford to give containment a try. Today, a defensive stance will not cut it. [Andrew A. Michta | May 7, 2020 | The American Interest] A long overdue…

The SEC’s China Evasion

Editor’s note: SEC’s Clayton may need to find a new job. SEC refuses to go after China-owned publicly listed corps that won’t allow financial disclosures to be made public. Instead Clayton’s agency says “oh, just be careful”. Ridiculous. The commission’s ‘buyer beware’ announcement looks tough but actually is irresponsible. [Michael D. Mann and Arthur Levitt Jr.…

Braskem America factory workers lived at a plant for 28 days to make PPE raw materials to fight coronavirus

Editor’s note: For American workers stepping up to provide COVID supplies, we don’t need to drop those contracts (like facemasks) as happened after SARS. Government procurement needs to (a) STOP the low-price contracts which are really pro-China contracts and (b) offer longer-term contracts to USA producers so we can build capacity here. Otherwise we won’t…