China’s Record Trade Surplus and Washington’s Financial Trump Card
China’s trade surplus has crossed a dangerous threshold. In 2025, it exceeded $1 trillion for the first time, surpassing the previous record of $993 billion.
CPA Celebrates Member PAI Pharma’s Acquisition of Nivagen Pharmaceuticals
CPA this week applauded the acquisition of Nivagen Pharmaceuticals by member company, PAI Pharma (PAI), of Greenville, SC and Sacramento, CA.
CPA Warns Congress Against Extending Failed AGOA Program Ahead of House Vote
AGOA, first enacted in 2000, provides qualifying sub-Saharan African nations with tariff-free access to the U.S. market for thousands of products and was intended to support economic development, democratic reform, and stronger geopolitical ties to the United States.
Guest Opinion: Why a Market Access Charge Would Have Greater Benefits Than Tariffs
We must stop importing more goods than we export, leaving us deeply indebted to our trading partners. I urge Congress to urgently pass a bill that would implement the Market Access Charge. Call your Congressman and Senator today to urge them to support the introduction of such a bill.
CPA Applauds U.S. Senate’s Final Passage of the ‘National Defense Authorization Act for FY2026’
CPA welcomed final passage this week of the ‘National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY2026,’ (S.1071), which has been sent to President Trump’s desk for signature. The legislation advances critical national security priorities, strengthens U.S. defense readiness, raises troop pay by 3.8%, and reinforces the importance of resilient domestic supply chains and robust U.S. manufacturing capacity.
Trans-Alaskan Pipeline To Be Made-in-Korea Steel — CPA Raises Concern and Alarm
A proposed 807-mile natural gas pipeline intended to bring gas from Alaska’s North Slope to a new export terminal in the Kenai Peninsula in Southcentral Alaska will be fabricated in Korea despite the Administration’s headline “fifty percent” steel tariff.
The Affordability Crisis Has Nothing To Do With Tariffs
The affordability crisis is primarily a result of price increases in five major sectors of consumer spending: housing, food, health care, child care, and energy. In none of those sectors are tariffs a significant factor.
CPA Calls on Trump Administration to Prioritize Metal Fabricators in Ongoing Trade Actions
To trade away aluminum and steel workers’ home market in exchange for padding Big Tech’s bottom line overseas is immoral and wrong. The Section 232 actions on aluminum and steel should be singularly focused on rebuilding domestic output across the supply chains, not used as leverage to help Google and Meta become even more profitable.
CPA Applauds Chairman Moolenaar for Advancing America First Investment Policy to Protect U.S. Capital and National Security
The America First Investment Policy rightly seeks to ensure that Wall Street can no longer channel hundreds of billions of U.S. dollars into companies that build China’s military, commit human rights atrocities, and threaten our national security. CPA strongly supports Chairman Moolenaar’s effort to codify this policy into law.
Licensing Imports: Commerce Should Borrow Sugar and Dairy’s Managed-Trade Playbook for 232 Actions
The Commerce Department should look to 7 C.F.R. Part 6 as a terrific example of how USDA has ensured that quota allocation benefits domestic manufacturers, not speculators.
