Democrats on the Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Subcommittee—of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform—are united against tariffs.
President Trump’s action to close the de minimis loophole for China is a monumental victory for American workers, manufacturers, and national security.
The IPO, widely seen as the first major test of President Trump’s America First Investment Policy (AFIP), directly undermines the President’s February directive to block U.S. investment in companies linked to the Chinese military, human rights abuses, and authoritarian surveillance state.
Foreign imports primarily from Cambodia, Malaysia, Mexico, Thailand, and Vietnam—that are heavily subsidized by China—are destroying American cabinet jobs.
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.
Imports did not vanish, but their growth rate was flat at zero percent in February compared to January after nearly two months of importers rushing in orders ahead of tariffs. February goods and services imports were $401 billion, a statistically insignificant change from January, the Bureau of Economic Analysis said.
Members of the House Ways and Means Committee gave U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer a piece of their mind on Wednesday during a four-and-a-half-hour hearing—double the time he spent with the Senate Finance Committee the day before.