DC Rumor Mill: A Possible US-UK Free Trade Deal?
Rumor has it the White House is dusting off an old Trump-era idea to do a free trade deal with the UK. Ex-USTR Lighthizer says they found no benefit in one. CPA obviously agrees. Here’s why.
CPA Submits Written Testimony To USTR About Trade Deals
The USTR wants a worker-centered trade policy. The Coalition for a Prosperous America gave them some ideas.
CPA Applauds Ambassador Tai for Confronting Mexico Over Violations of 2019 Steel Agreement
Mexico Agrees to Goal of Reinstating Export Monitoring Regime WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today applauded United States Trade Representative (USTR)
If Companies Are Leaving China, Where Are They Going, And Why?
Dan Harris, international lawyer at Harris Bricken and founding author of the China Law Blog talks about companies leaving China. Are any coming here?
Former Senator Phil Gramm is Wrong on U.S. Trade Policy
By Bill Jones Former Senator Phil Gramm’s recent WSJ opinion article “Trump’s Trade War Was a Loser” gets many things wrong about U.S. trade policy.
Repealing China’s Most Favored Nation Status Would Create 2 Million Jobs, Grow U.S. Economy by 1.75%
WASHINGTON — A new economic analysis by the Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) found that revoking China’s Most Favored Nation (MFN) status would result
Ways & Means Republicans Not Willing to “Rubber Stamp” GSP Trade Program
GOP leadership in the House Ways & Means Committee and its trade subcommittee agree the “free trade” Generalized System of Preferences cannot be reauthorized as-is.
Generalized System of Preferences Renewal Would Delight China
As Congress considers renewal of the program, the marketing has switched to “facilitating supply chain shifts out of China”. This is narrative creation completely untethered to reality.
Trade Debate Changing As Tariffs Show Their Purpose
Tariffs on China led to shrinking imports from there, but not from around the world. Naysayers point out that this means tariff policy failed. But has it?
U.S. Trade Deficit Up 2% In July. Deficit With China Down This Year But Still Dominates US Trade
China remains largest source of U.S. trade deficit as gap with China equal to U.S. deficit with Mexico, Canada and Germany combined.
