WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today called on the Biden administration to fully implement all tariffs the U.S. government imposed on China pursuant to Section 301 of the 1974 Trade Act in light of China’s violation of the Phase One deal. As part of this enforceable agreement, China pledged to increase…
WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) released a statement in support of a petition filed by Auxin Solar, Inc., a U.S. headquartered company that manufactures solely in America, requesting that the U.S. Department of Commerce close a loophole that is being exploited by Chinese companies operating in Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia…
WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today applauded the House passage of the America COMPETES Act of 2022 (H.R. 4521), the House’s China competition bill which contained a number of trade provisions that CPA supports and encouraged lawmakers to include. Specifically, the trade title of the House China competition bill represents a…
WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today announced that the U.S. Private Sector Job Quality Index (JQI) fell to 79.80 in December, down 0.27% from the previous month, reflecting faster growth in low-wage jobs in the month. The fall in the JQI was driven by substantial growth in low-wage jobs in food services and accommodation…
WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) heavily criticized the Biden administration’s decision to exclude bifacial solar panels in its extension of the Section 201 solar safeguard tariffs — a move that Bank of America bluntly called out as rendering the tariffs “largely toothless.” This decision is an outright rejection of the U.S.…
CPA joined the following coalition letter requesting that the America COMPETES Act of 2022, the House China competition bill, include Section 3407 of the Senate’s U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA) (S. 1260). This section requires an annual report regarding the material risks posed to the United States by the presence of companies incorporated in…
CPA joined the following coalition letter in support of the inclusion of Representative Earl Blumenauer’s (D-OR) Import Security and Fairness Act in the America COMPETES Act, House Democrats China competition bill. CPA strongly supports the Import Security and Fairness Act, which will narrow an import loophole, known as de minimis, that is used by non-market…
Decision would go against 90% of voters who want to manufacture solar panels in the U.S. WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) released a statement after reports that the White House is considering extending the Section 201 solar safeguard tariffs on Chinese imports, but excluding imported bifacial solar products. If the White…
WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) released the following statement after a World Trade Organization (WTO) arbitration panel authorized China to impose retaliatory tariffs worth $645 million on imports from the U.S. in a case from 2012 regarding Chinese subsidies to promote exports of products such as solar panels and steel pipes:…
by Jeff Ferry and David Morse Jeff Ferry is chief economist and David Morse is tax policy director at the Coalition for a Prosperous America. They thank Mary Hollenbeck for her data collection and additional research for this article. In this article, Ferry and Morse examine the advantages and disadvantages of pillar 1 of the…
