WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today released a statement applauding a provision in the Inflation Reduction Act that would provide tax credits for domestic production of multiple stages of the solar supply chain, including modules, photovoltaic cells, and solar-grade polysilicon. The provision resembles legislation introduced last year by U.S. Senator Jon…
WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today criticized the Senate for passing the $250 billion CHIPS Act after removing an anti-China security measure that would bar U.S. companies from manufacturing products in China, such as semiconductors, that were developed using federally funded research. Numerous U.S. government investigations, including the Section 301 investigation,…
WASHINGTON — This morning, two economists from the Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) will testify in a U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) hearing on how tariffs benefit American workers, domestic producers, and the U.S. economy. The USITC hearings will focus specifically on the Section 232 tariffs on specific industries, and the Section 301 tariffs…
CPA sent the following letter to the House Rules Committee requesting they make in order amendments to the FY2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would prevent individuals, entities, and the U.S. government from investing in harmful entities that undermine U.S. values, basic human rights, and the stated security objectives and interests of the U.S.…
CPA sent the following letter to the House Rules Committee requesting they make in order amendments that would protect American government employees from the harms caused by investing their hard-earned retirement dollars in an inefficient market, state- controlled companies, and adversarial country – the People’s Republic of China. The amendments would require the Federal Retirement…
WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today announced that the U.S. Private Sector Job Quality Index (JQI) rose to 81.29 in May, up 0.28% from the previous month, reflecting a rise in both high-quality and low-quality jobs. The slight increase was the result in increases in high-quality jobs in construction and transport/warehousing, which were partially…
“A move by President Joe Biden to remove tariffs on Chinese consumer goods will do little to dent inflation, economists say, and risks further hamstringing Democratic candidates in political battlegrounds.” — Bloomberg (July 5, 2022) WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today released a statement urging President Biden to not implement…
WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today released its Domestic Market Share Index (DMSI), a new indicator that measures the success of U.S. manufacturing producers in the U.S. home market. The U.S. market for manufactured goods, worth over $7 trillion last year, is the world’s largest. Since 2002, when current government data…
WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today released a statement in response to the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force’s (FLETF) release of its Report to Congress titled, “Strategy for the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act.” The Report acknowledges that the “PRC government engages in genocide and crimes against humanity” more than once,…
Republicans Criticize President Biden’s Move to Sabotage Trade Investigation into Chinese Solar Manufacturers WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today applauded House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA-23) and House Republican Leadership on their two letters to President Biden calling out the President’s unprecedented action to interfere and sabotage the independent U.S. Department…