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The Center for American Progress just reminded Washington, and the Democrats, that protecting jobs is top of mind, not big trade deals.
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CPA Reshoring Index Improves Slightly in 2020 as Manufacturing Trade Deficit Plunges to Worst Ever
Executive Summary The CPA Reshoring Index is the first and only measure of U.S. producers’ share of the U.S. domestic market for manufactured goods. It is calculated from federal government data on manufacturing production, imports, and exports. The Reshoring Index for 2020 shows that U.S. producers had a 69.6% share of the U.S. market with…
China Dumping Pandemic Medical Supplies Into U.S.
American textile companies geared up to make masks and hospital gear at the height of the pandemic. Now China is bombarding the US with products.
Here’s A Way To Make The American Economy More Inclusive
If you want to build an inclusive economy, it starts with building things. CPA’s new Minorities Job Quality Index reveals how far behind Blacks and Latinos are versus the baseline. The reason: too many service jobs, not enough manufacturing jobs.
Beyond Beef Labels, Latest Amendment To Senate “China Bill” Mostly Bad
An amendment to the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (formerly Endless Frontier) is good for beef country of origin labeling, bad for tariffs. Here’s why.
Amazon and other retailers oppose measure to require country-of-origin labeling for goods sold online
The proposal has bipartisan support in China-related legislation moving through the Senate By Jeanne Whalen and Abha Bhattarai May 27, 2021 Amazon and other retailers are opposing a bipartisan measure that would require online sellers to clearly state where their products are made, a rule proponents say could help consumers seeking U.S.-made goods. The measure, backed…
Why Don’t Big Retailers, E-Commerce Want Consumers To Know Where Their Products Are Made?
Senators Tammy Baldwin, Chuck Schumer, and others want consumers to know where goods sold online were manufactured. Big Retail wants the language removed from the Endless Frontier Act. What are they so worried about?
Why The Beef Monopoly Will Make Your Memorial Day Way More Expensive
Two Senators, one Democrat and one Republican, make a desperate plea to others in the Senate to get the Attorney General to investigate a meat packing monopoly they say is substituting American beef for cheaper imports. Yet, prices still rising.
China, Genocide and the Olympics: A Hearing on Xi’s Global Propaganda Games – ‘A Celebration of Genocide’
Some members of Congress want a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Olympics. Is that enough?
Quantifying Job Quality for U.S., Black, Hispanic, and Asian American Workers
CPA’s Job Quality Index reveals that Black Americans and Hispanic Americans suffer from far worse job quality than the total workforce, as measured by the weekly wages of all U.S. production and nonsupervisory employees. These disparities are due to the decline of high quality jobs such as those in the manufacturing sector and the rise…