Washington – The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) supports the Trump administration’s decision to end temporary exemptions from Section 232 steel and aluminum tariffs for Canada, Mexico, and the European Union. “We appreciate the work of President Trump, Trade Ambassador Robert Lighthizer, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, and White House Trade Advisor Peter Navarro in…
CDJPA Research Note #3 By John Hansen (CPA Advisory Board) and Jeff Ferry (Research Director) Passage of the Competitive Dollar for Jobs and Prosperity (CDJP) Act by Congress will establish the Market Access Charge as America’s first permanent tool to drive the US dollar to a competitive value and keep it there with a tax…
CPA held a webinar discussing how to fix the dollar and balance trade with the Competitive Dollar for Jobs and Prosperity Act. In case you missed it, the slides for the webinar are below. They are a good resource to become educated on the economics and the proposed bill itself so you can be an…
May.29 — Dan Dimicco, former chief executive officer at Nucor and former trade adviser to President Donald Trump discusses U.S. trade relationships, NAFTA, and Trump’s decision to allow ZTE Corp. to stay in business. He speaks on “Bloomberg Daybreak: Americas.” Click below to watch the video
The following statements are in reaction to the White House announcement that final Section 301 tariffs will be announced on June 15 and that investment restrictions will be announced on June 30, both to be implemented shortly after announcement. Dan DiMicco, CPA Chairman: “The President’s team has spent the last 60 days, as committed to, to allow for public comments and they…
Statement of Dan DiMicco, CPA Chairman: “The Coalition for a Prosperous America supports the decision of Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross to initiate an investigation into auto and automotive parts imports under Section 232 of the 1962 Trade Act and whether they put at risk United States’ national security. America’s national security is built upon…
CDJPA Research Note #2 By John Hansen (CPA Advisory Board) and Jeff Ferry (Research Director) The aim of the Competitive Dollar for Jobs and Prosperity Act is to make the dollar exchange rate competitive by discouraging foreign investment in dollar-denominated financial assets. The CDJPA does this by establishing a Market Access Charge or MAC, a…
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has initiated a Section 232 investigation into the national security implications of automobile imports, the Commerce Department said on Wednesday. [Dan Dupont and Isabelle Hoagland with Jack Caporal | May 23, 2018 | Inside US Trade] The decision followed a “conversation” with President Trump, who said in a separate statement that he instructed…
WASHINGTON ― The Pentagon plans to invest more than $20 billion in munitions in its next budget. But whether the industrial base will be there to support such massive buys in the future is up in the air — at a time when America is expending munitions at increasingly intense rates. [Aaron Mehta | May 22, 2018 |…
