CPA Rejects PCAOB Determination that Chinese Companies Comply with U.S. Securities Laws

WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today released a statement after the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) announced Chinese auditors were in full compliance with U.S. securities regulations. As a result, more than 170 Chinese companies, many with overt ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), will be able to continue…

CPA Letter to PCAOB and SEC Regarding Chinese Companies’ Compliance with U.S. Securities Laws

CPA sent the following letter to the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) after the PCAOB announced Chinese auditors were in full compliance with U.S. securities regulations. As a result, more than 170 Chinese companies, many with overt ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), will be able…

CPA Stands with Sen. Manchin, Urges Biden Administration to Reject Industry Efforts to Weaken Made in America Electric Vehicle Tax Credits in Inflation Reduction Act

WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today applauded a letter from U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urging the Biden administration to reject industry attempts to relax Made in America rules for electric vehicle tax credits. The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022’s (IRA) ‘s tax credits for Clean…

Biden Administration Must Reject USMCA Tribunal Decision on Auto Rules

Ruling Would Cost U.S. Manufacturers Billions WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today urged the Biden administration to reject the decision  from the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) Panel that seeks to weaken USMCA’s automotive rules of origin. The  regional content rules were a major change from NAFTA intended to boost domestic manufacturing in…

CPA Statement on Flawed WTO Decision on Steel and Aluminum

WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today joined the Office of the United States Trade Representative in criticizing the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) flawed ruling regarding challenges to the United States’ Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum brought by China and others. For the better part of a century, the U.S.…

Commerce Department Finds Chinese Solar Companies are Illegally Circumventing Tariffs

Biden Administration Should Rescind its Solar Emergency Declaration WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today released a statement after the Department of Commerce issued a preliminary determination that determined that Chinese companies operating in Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia are illegally circumventing existing antidumping and countervailing (AD/CVD) duty orders on solar cells…

CPA Urges Biden Administration to Resume 25% Tariffs on Mexican Steel Conduits

Mexican import surge is a clear violation of 2019 agreement WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today urged the Biden administration to resume the 25 percent tariff for steel conduit from Mexico in response to the surge of steel conduit imports. This surge is a violation of Mexico’s commitments in the May…

Biden Administration Must Address Illegal Quartz Dumping by Indian Manufacturers

WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) urged the Biden administration to enforce America’s anti-dumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVD) laws against predatory import practices in the quartz countertop industry. The U.S. market for quartz countertops is the largest in the world. However, unfair trade practices, especially from Asia, are rampant in this sector…

CPA Chief Economist Testifies on Chinese Exploitation of U.S. Capital Markets

“U.S. investors are inadvertently subsidizing Chinese companies involved in activities that are contrary to the national security, economic security, and foreign policy interests of the United States. We are also subsidizing the economic growth of the United States’ top global adversary.” — CPA Chief Economist Jeff Ferry WASHINGTON — Jeff Ferry, Chief Economist for the…

MEDIA ADVISORY: CPA Chief Economist to Participate in “Free Trade” Debate

WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, November 9 at 6:30 pm CT, the Coalition for a Prosperous America’s (CPA) Chief Economist Jeff Ferry will participate in a debate hosted by the University of Wisconsin’s Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) titled, “Should American Economic Policy Embrace Free Trade?: A Debate.” According to ISI, the debate will focus on the…