As proof that no company can match China on price, Chinese producers of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and the key starting materials (KSMs) used to make them are slashing prices by up to 50%. Not even low-cost India – one of the largest importers of Chinese KSMs – can compete at those levels.
Data centers powering AI need copper wiring and transformers. EVs use nearly four times more copper than gas-powered cars. Wind turbines, solar farms and the modern electric grid all depend on it. As such, copper is a building block of tomorrow’s economy and the backbone of America’s national security.
Findings Indicate that Copper Products Remain Essential to U.S. Economy and National Security as Trump Administration Seeks to Protect and Enhance Industry
CPA welcomes the launch of a cross-agency Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security Trade Fraud Task Force, aimed at bringing robust enforcement against importers and other parties who seek to defraud the United States.
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The findings refute claims by the pharmaceutical lobby that tariffs would harm consumers, and instead underscore the urgent need for strong trade measures to reshore U.S. production of essential medicines.
America is dangerously reliant on high-risk foreign suppliers for essential generic drugs, especially APIs concentrated in China and India. That over-reliance has already triggered preventable crises, such as nationwide chemotherapy shortages when a single overseas plant shut down.
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.
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.
The inclusion of these steel products in the Section 232 tariff program will mean more jobs, more Made-in-the-USA, and help provide steady-order volume to our primary steel producers.
