Myths & Facts: the Commerce Department’s Investigation into Illegal Activity by Chinese Solar Manufacturers

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Background In March of 2022, the U.S. Department of Commerce initiated an investigation into Chinese companies operating in Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia that are illegally circumventing existing antidumping and countervailing (AD/CVD) duty orders on solar cells and modules from China. In December of 2022, Commerce issued a preliminary determination that found that Chinese companies…

CPA Joins USTR, Pro-Worker Groups in Opposing Toomey “Poison Pill” to Gut Sec. 301 China Tariffs

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WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today released a statement opposing Senator Pat Toomey’s (R-PA) poison pill effort to gut Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 and undermine efforts to address unfair foreign trade practices by China. Specifically, CPA is urging Senators to oppose the Toomey motion to instruct (MTI)…

CPA Letter to President Biden Opposing Investing Federal Retirement Dollars in Chinese Companies

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CPA sent the following letter to President Biden opposing the Federal Retirement Thrift investment Board (FRTIB) proposal to enable hundreds of millions or billions of dollars of federal employee pension money to flow to Chinese state-controlled companies. Dear President Biden, The Federal Retirement Thrift investment Board (FRTIB) is proposing to enable hundreds of millions or…

CPA to Federal Retirement Board: Investing Federal Pension in Chinese Companies is Economic Treason

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WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today called on the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB) to abandon reported plans that it is poised to once again to start investing the retirement funds of participants in the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) in companies owned or controlled by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).…

CPA Urges Speaker Pelosi to Pass Legislation Imposing Capital Markets and Secondary Sanctions on China and Russia

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WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) urged House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to prioritize the passage of additional legislation to impose capital markets sanctions and secondary sanctions on Russia and China. Earlier this month, CPA applauded the House for unanimously passing legislation (H.R. 7108) that would repeal permanent normal trade relations (PNTR)…

CPA: China Tariff Exclusions Harm American Manufacturers & Workers

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WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) is disappointed that 301 tariff exclusions were extended on 352 products being imported from China. Last year, CPA urged the Biden administration to not renew any of the 549 exclusions that were originally granted. In February, CPA called on the Biden administration to fully implement all…

CPA Applauds Bipartisan House Letter Calling on Commerce to Investigate Illegal Chinese Circumvention

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WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today applauded a bipartisan letter led by U.S. Representatives Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ) and Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo urging her to accept the anti-circumvention petition filed by Auxin Solar, Inc., a U.S. headquartered company that manufactures solely in America, requesting that the…

CPA Fact Sheet: Forced Labor in China

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CPA FACT SHEET: Forced Labor in China An analysis of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act  The problem. Since 2017, more than a million Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in China have been forced into a vast network of “re-education camps” in the far west region of Xinjiang. The U.S. State Department has assessed this as “genocide.”…