Defend America’s Fabricated Steel Industry

Editor’s note: This video by the American Institute of Steel Construction is a vivid illustration of how we wrongly give up whole US industries that pay large numbers of workers well. When we lose those jobs, we diminish the purchasing power of whole communities because wages are pushed down regionally. And we lose innovation for…

Innovation Should Be Made in the U.S.A.

Editor’s note: A good piece on why trade deficits and offshoring are stupid and a recipe for national decline.  Offshoring by American companies has destroyed our manufacturing base and our capacity to develop new products and processes. It’s time for a national industrial policy. [Sridhar Kota and Tom Mahoney | November 15, 2019 | WSJ]…

Amazon’s Heavy Recruitment of Chinese Sellers Puts Consumers at Risk

Editor’s note. Dangerous Chinese products brought to you by Amazon. Enabled by section 321 de minimis rule that allows higher value tariff free imports than any country in the world. And which CBP has determined takes precedence over Sec 301 China tariffs. https://www.prosperousamerica.org/the_problems_posed_by_e_commerce_without_borders The e-commerce platform has included banned, unsafe, mislabeled products. One reason: It…

Pelosi says USMCA deal is ‘imminent’

Editors note: It looks like passage of the USMCA may be coming soon. Despite impeachment efforts. A resolution between the Trump administration and House Democrats over the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement is “imminent,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said Thursday. [November 15, 2019 | Inside U.S. Trade https://insidetrade.com/daily-news/pelosi-says-usmca-deal-imminent?s=iust] Pelosi earlier this year instructed nine House Democrats to negotiate…

Press Release \ CPA Partners on Release of National Jobs Quality Index

Washington. The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today announced the launch of a comprehensive new economic indicator, the US Private Sector Job Quality Index (JQI). CPA has partnered with Cornell University, the University of Missouri, and the Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity (GISP) to unveil a new measure of America’s changing employment situation. The…

De Minimus Threshold Letter

Editors note: This letter from 130 congressman wrongly advocates that the US should preserve a loophole in our law allowing shipments valued under $800 from foreign countries to avoid tariffs. CPA supports closing or narrowing that loophole. View the original letter and signatures here.