Wall Street’s CATL IPO Test: Will They Stand with American Security or the CCP?
The American people, Congress, and the President have spoken. Now it’s Wall Street’s turn to decide.
The American people, Congress, and the President have spoken. Now it’s Wall Street’s turn to decide.
Feeding America with abundant, healthy, locally-produced food is as important as any trade or industrial goal. Reinforcing our capacity to feed ourselves makes the nation stronger, safer, and more prosperous, whole the Big Ag status quo blindly follows a globalized model that has left far too many American farms behind.
The Department’s decision confirms what CPA has consistently warned: Chinese solar companies have been illegally circumventing U.S. trade laws through Southeast Asian shell operations, flooding the U.S. market with dumped and subsidized products directly harming the domestic solar manufacturing industry.
The Department of Defense designated CATL as a “Chinese military company” under Section 1260H of the National Defense Authorization Act on January 7. Their concern: CATL’s advanced lithium-ion batteries may one day be used to power China’s submarine fleet, replacing older battery models.
The United States is amid a dangerous drug shortage that endangers patients, undermines our health care system and exposes a deep vulnerability to national security. America’s overwhelming reliance on foreign manufacturers for generic drugs is at the center of it.
In June 2022, the Biden administration introduced a two-year tariff moratorium, temporarily suspending import duties on solar cells and panels from four key Southeast Asian exporting nations—Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam.
It’s been five years in the making, yet a bill requiring online retailers to label the country of origin for merchandise remains a tough sell in Congress—even among the lawmakers who introduced it back in 2020.
CPA cautions against adopting a reciprocal tariff strategy aimed primarily at negotiating lower foreign trade barriers and more favorable investment conditions abroad. A reciprocal tariff strategy that prioritizes foreign governments’ willingness to reduce their trade barriers or be more receptive to foreign investment is in conflict with the stated goals of the America First Trade Policy Memorandum and undermines the predictability and stability American businesses need to confidently invest in long-term domestic production.
It took nine months to rescue two astronauts stuck on the International Space Station this weekend, yet somehow President Trump is expected to rewrite global trade rules between the U.S. and 166 World Trade Organization-member countries in less than two months.
In a House Oversight subcommittee hearing on Feb. 26, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was hit with the usual swipes from detractors, with some calling it the “green scam”, but China’s solar company benefits were never mentioned.