CPA is a strong supporter of trade law enforcement. There is an entire industry built around duty evasion. “Duty evasion” is any means used by manufacturers, exporters, and importers of goods subject to antidumping and countervailing duty orders to illegally or fraudulently evade the duties that have been imposed by the US government. One of…
The International Trade Commission is conducting an investigation into the economic impact of the Korea Free Trade Agreement on small and mid-sized enterprises (SME) in the U.S. Oddly, or perhaps predictably, they are only looking for anecdotes on export opportunities for SMEs. CPA members met with the ITC as part of this investigation. We let…
Here is a good resource on EU Value Added Taxes issued by the European Commission in 2013 called “VAT Rates Applied in the Member States of the European Union.” It has a comprehensive list of EU member state VAT rates, both general and reduced rates. Update: Here is a 2012 KPMG report on VAT rates across the…
News Release Contact: Sara Haimowitz, [email protected], 202.688.5145 ~ One week after CPA’s annual legislative fly in, in which members visited 105 Congressional offices, a bill to address persistent foreign currency undervaluation is being filed. Representatives Sander Levin (D-MI), Tim Murphy (R-PA), Tim Ryan (D-OH), and Mo Brooks (R-AL) introduced the bipartisan “Currency Reform for Fair Trade…
News Release Contact: Sara Haimowitz, [email protected] March 15, 2013 Washington, DC ~ Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) members from across the country converged on Capitol Hill on March 13th and 14th to advocate fixing the trade deficit as the number one economic priority for the nation. Company owners and executives, service sector businesses, trade association…
News Release March 4, 2013 CPA Featured at U.S. House Member Trade Forum Dayton, OH — Michael Stumo, CEO of the Coalition for a Prosperous America, was the featured speaker at a forum held by Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) in Dayton today. The event was titled “Forum on Trade and Tax Policies With China…
Contact: Sara Haimowitz, 202.688.5145, [email protected] An Enforcement Regime is Needed On February 19, 2013, the Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (G20) issued a communique which addressed global currency misalignments. In it, they pledged to: “move more rapidly toward more market-determined exchange rate systems and exchange rate flexibility to reflect underlying fundamentals,…
An Enforcement Regime is Needed On February 19, 2013, the Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (G20) issued a communique which addressed global currency misalignments. In it, they pledged to: “move more rapidly toward more market-determined exchange rate systems and exchange rate flexibility to reflect underlying fundamentals, and avoid persistent exchange rate…
News Release Contact: Sara Haimowitz, 202.688.5145, [email protected] CPA and Legislators Host Trade Summit The Coalition for a Prosperous America hosted a one-day trade and economic summit, “Manufacturing in the Golden State: Making California Thrive,” in conjunction with state Senator Mark Wyland and Assembly Majority Leader Toni Atkins on February 14, 2013. More than 150 participants explored changes…
CPA is fighting to maintain ExIm Bank rules that favor products made in the United States, in a meeting with ExIm Bank staff last week in Washington. The U.S. Export-Import Bank (ExIm Bank) provides financing for some foreign purchases of U.S. goods. Other countries have a version of ExIm Bank. For example, of South Africa…