WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today applauded the Biden administration’s announcement on a final rule to strengthen domestic content in government procurement of American-made goods, including much-needed updates to strengthen Buy America rules. The new rule, pursuant to the Biden administration’s Executive Order 14005, increases the content threshold for products to…
WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) applauded the White House’s announcement that it is creating a Made in America Council, a new interagency effort to help coordinate and advance the Made in America Office’s work across the entirety of the Federal Government. The Council will seek to advance the administration’s Made in…
WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today condemned the removal of a provision, in the Russia sanctions bill, that would repeal permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) status for Russia. Earlier this week, the House of Representatives planned to move forward with bipartisan legislation that would ban imports of Russian energy, revoke Russia’s…
WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today announced that the U.S. Private Sector Job Quality Index (JQI) rose to 80.45 in January, up 0.81% from the previous month, reflecting a rise in high-wage jobs that exceeded the rise in low-wage jobs in the month. While the strongest increase in jobs was the…
Dozens of U.S. Companies, Business Leaders Sign Petition Urging Congress to Take Action WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) and the National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO) today urged Senate and House Leadership to immediately revoke Most Favored Nation status or Normal Trade Relations (NTR) treatment for Russia in light of Russia’s…
WASHINGTON —The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) announced its support for increased sanctions on Russian companies and institutions – including capital markets sanctions and secondary sanctions on those who seek to help Russia circumvent U.S. sanctions. CPA commends the actions being taken to excise Russian companies from U.S. markets – but more must be…
WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today released a statement after LG Electronics Inc. announced it was exiting the global solar panel business, a decision that will impact 160 employees and roughly 60 contract workers at LG’s corporate campus in Huntsville, Alabama, where the company has been assembling solar panels since 2018.…
WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today released publicly for the first time a coalition letter signed by over 2,000 U.S. companies and bipartisan organizations representing American businesses and workers in support of online country-of-origin-labeling (COOL). Last July, CPA applauded the Senate passage of Senator Tammy Baldwin’s (D-WI) COOL Online Act, which…
WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today announced that Julianna Keeling, Founder and CEO of Terravive, is joining the Board of Directors. Terravive is an American manufacturer and global supplier of eco-friendly, sustainable, and compostable products with operational capacity to 50 billion products across 16 different manufacturing facilities and distribution centers in…
WASHINGTON — Ahead of the Beijing 2022 Closing Ceremony, a diverse coalition of human rights groups and bipartisan organizations representing U.S. industry and workers issued a joint statement condemning America’s largest corporations for sponsoring the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games in China. Despite international calls from human rights advocates, governments of democratic nations, and ample…
