Rep. Blumenauer Wants House Committee to End E-Commerce Loophole
The Oregon congressman remains steadfast in keeping his de minimis bill in a compromised House/Senate bill that will ultimately merge USICA with the COMPETES Act.
Globalization’s Failure: Why Black & Latino Workers Fair Much Worse in ‘Free Trade’ Deals
The International Trade Commission hears from real-life stakeholders — blue-collar manufacturing workers — about how globalization has negatively impacted their wages and communities.
CPA Calls on Biden Administration to Impose Capital Markets Sanctions on Russia
WASHINGTON —The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) announced its support for increased sanctions on Russian companies and institutions – including capital markets sanctions and secondary sanctions on those who seek to help Russia circumvent U.S. sanctions. CPA commends the actions being taken to excise Russian companies from U.S. markets – but more must be…
War in Ukraine Highlights Critical US Dependencies on Russia-China Axis
War in Ukraine Highlights Critical US Dependencies on Russia-China Axis By Jeff Ferry and Amanda Mayoral Summary Points The Russian invasion of Ukraine reveals the weakness of US industrial strategy and our over-reliance on imports in manufactured goods and raw materials. The US is import-dependent in many industries critical to US national security. A…
The Anatomy of the China-Russia Axis Alliance
Should Washington move to sanction China for “aiding and abetting” Russia’s military operation in Ukraine? If more sanctions are imposed on anyone, Washington must make rebuilding supply chains domestically a core part of that policy to reindustrialize the U.S.
Congress Must Undo its Permanent Normal Trade Relations Votes for Russia, and China
Cuba and North Korea don’t receive our Normal Trade Relations; Russian exports should face the same tariffs as they do. By Charles Benoit, CPA Trade Counsel Less than 10 years ago, by votes of 92-4 in the U.S. Senate and 365-43 in the House, Congress voted to grant Russia ‘Permanent Normal Trade Relations’ (PNTR). We…
A Look at the Potential Sanctions Toolkit Against Russia and China
To sidestep the business communities concern over sanctions, Washington must include moves to re-industrialize. If not, U.S. rivals can easily choke supply chains.
LG Announces U.S. Solar Factory Closure Just Weeks After Biden Guts 201 Solar Tariffs
WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today released a statement after LG Electronics Inc. announced it was exiting the global solar panel business, a decision that will impact 160 employees and roughly 60 contract workers at LG’s corporate campus in Huntsville, Alabama, where the company has been assembling solar panels since 2018.…
Capital Flow Management: A Missing but Essential Economic Policy Tool
Capital flow management is coming back into vogue among economists, government officials in other countries and in international institutions. As international capital flows continue to grow to tens or even hundreds of trillions of dollars per year, washing around unpredictably between countries and financial institutions, officials are increasingly looking at ways to put some sort…
Thousands of American Businesses, Organizations Support COOL Online
WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today released publicly for the first time a coalition letter signed by over 2,000 U.S. companies and bipartisan organizations representing American businesses and workers in support of online country-of-origin-labeling (COOL). Last July, CPA applauded the Senate passage of Senator Tammy Baldwin’s (D-WI) COOL Online Act, which…