CPA Commends Trade Court for Overturning Biden’s Illegal Solar Tariff Moratorium
Ruling Clears the Way for Retroactive Tariffs on Billions in Illegally Imported Chinese Solar Equipment
CPA: EU Must Reject Aurobindo’s $5.5 Billion Zentiva Takeover
Aurobindo Pharma’s proposed $5.5 billion acquisition of Prague-based Zentiva poses an unacceptable risk to Europe’s and America’s pharmaceutical security. CPA is calling on the European Union (EU), including Czech authorities and European Commission competition regulators, to reject the transaction.
New Report Shows China’s Plan to Dominate the World Space Market, Supported by U.S. Investors
The study details how Beijing is pursuing a program of “space sector capture” to penetrate and control the space sectors of more than 120 countries through agreements with ostensibly private Chinese companies that, in effect, act as fronts for the People’s Liberation Army (PLA).
As “Liberation Day” Tariffs Take Hold, Inflation Could Rise, But It Won’t All Be Due to Tariffs
It’s been three full months of record-high tariffs, and yet rolling 12-month overall inflation came in at 2.7% in July, the same percentage rate as June, according to last week’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) inflation report. Core inflation (CPI), which excludes food and oil, rose 3.1% in July, up from 2.9% in June.
CPA Supports the ‘USA Act’ to Improve Development of U.S. Standards in Emerging Technologies
Florida Congressman Daniel Webster’s ‘USA Act’, introduced in August, amends the Science portion of the ‘CHIPS & Sciences Act’ to improve U.S. role in standards setting.
Report: Ground Game of Authoritarian Space Powers
The initial report of the CPA/PSSI China Space Security Initiative (CSSI) details how Beijing is working to penetrate and control the space sectors of more than 120 countries through hundreds of ostensibly commercial agreements, via state-controlled Chinese companies that, in effect, act as fronts for the People’s Liberation Army (PLA).
CPA Submits Section 232 Comments Supporting a Polysilicon Tariff-Rate Quota (TRQ)
The domestic polysilicon supply remains a national security imperative for the United States for many reasons including: China’s link to forced labor and human rights abuses; a globalized Chinese Communist Party-subsidized solar industry leading to overcapacity and export dumping; and the limitations of U.S. trade remedies to help, deep into the solar supply chain.
CPA Supports U.S. Department of Commerce Investigations of Solar Trade Violations in Indonesia, Laos, & India
Investigation follows formal petitions filed last month by The Alliance for American Solar Manufacturing and Trade, in response to market manipulation driven by predominantly Chinese-owned manufacturing companies operating in Indonesia, and Laos, as well as those headquartered in India.
CPA Applauds President Trump for Closing De Minimis Loophole Permanently
Closing de minimis means that commercial shipments from overseas vendors must enter the United States through standard customs procedures, submit full import documentation, and pay applicable duties and taxes—a long-overdue reform to restore order and accountability to America’s trade system.
CPA Urges FCC to Strengthen Transparency Requirements on Foreign-Controlled Smart Devices
CPA submitted formal comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) this week supporting its proposed rule to increase transparency regarding foreign adversary control of smart devices and appliances.
