Boost to domestic mining will reduce dependence on China Washington. The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today praised the Trump administration for issuing an executive order to secure domestic U.S. sources of critical minerals, including rare earth metals. The order will task the Department of the Interior with developing a program to fund domestic…
Requires securities issuers to disclose activities in Xinjiang, China Washington. The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today praised House passage of the Uyghur Forced Labor Disclosure Act of 2020 (H.R. 6270). The legislation, led by Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-VA) along with Reps. Brad Sherman (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), and Andre Carson (D-IN), would…
CPA’s Take: James Stuber is the co-chair of CPA’s Buy American Committee. “When I had my ‘lightbulb moment,’ the realization that America which invented the lightbulb no longer made one, I also realized that the societal costs of offshoring manufacturing was disastrous,” James A. Stuber told Worth. [Jonathan Russo | September 29, 2020 | Worth] James A.…
Clinton’s failed policy positioning China as world superpower This month marks 20 years since the U.S. Senate voted to approve “normalized” trade with China. It was a mistake that now threatens to help position China as the world’s superpower. [Michael Stumo | September 23, 2020 | Duluth News Tribune] At the time, President Bill Clinton…
Bill would ban imports produced through forced labor Washington. The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today strongly praised House passage of the ‘Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act’ (H.R. 6210).The bill, which passed by an overwhelming 406-3 margin, would designate most goods produced in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China as being manufactured through…
The AFL-CIO, USW, and 19 other groups released a joint statement on bringing PPE manufacturing back to the States. On July 20, a coalition of 21 groups asked the U.S. government to support efforts to invest in domestic production of PPE, or personal protection equipment. The coalition included several manufacturing trade groups and unions, including…
In response to the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Defense Department (DOD) and the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) have launched a program to provide federal loans for domestic U.S. industry. The initiative will make available $100 million from COVID-19 relief funds to help reshore critical domestic manufacturing capacity. The funds being…
Washington. The US added 4.8 million non-farm jobs in June as the economy bounced back from the depths of the COVID crisis. Combined with the 2.7 million jobs added in May, the economy has now added back 7.5 million jobs in two months. However, total June employment of 142.2 million is still 14.7 million jobs…
Editors note: Michele Nash-Hoff explains why we need an industrial strategy focusing on getting manufacturing back. So the 40 million unemployed have a chance it getting better jobs than the ones they left. Continuing my series on why manufacturing is important to America, the second reason is that wages and benefits for manufacturing jobs are approximately…
Job Quality Index and average wages improved—but for “wrong” reasons Washington. The latest monthly jobs report shows a surprising increase in U.S. non-farm payroll employment for May. Overall employment rose by 2.5 million jobs, with the unemployment rate declining to 13.3 percent. An evaluation of the data by researchers at the Coalition for a Prosperous…
