CPA Improves Leading Trade Model to Reflect Real-World Effects of Trade

Key Points The standard widely-used trade model, GTAP, has been wrong in its forecasts of every major U.S. trade agreement. CPA economists have modified the model to allow it to show more realistically the effects of trade policy on employment and the entire economy. Our modified GTAP model, GTAP-FP, finds that import restriction or policies…

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CPA, Law Enforcement, and Drug Advocacy Groups Urge Biden to Close De Minimis Loophole to Address Fentanyl Crisis

WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA), along with a coalition of law enforcement and other organizations devoted to fighting against the fentanyl crisis plaguing our nation, today urged President Biden to take immediate action to close the de minimis loophole, which is contributing to the current drug crisis, including the importation of…

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CPA Welcomes Unanimous Decision to Exclude CCP Companies from Key Federal Retirement Index

CPA Welcomes Unanimous Decision to Exclude CCP Companies from Key Federal Retirement Index

CCP Firms Still Present in Federal Thrift Savings Plan’s Mutual Fund Window WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today applauded the unanimous decision, as reported by the Financial Times, by the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board’s (FRTIB), which manages the federal government’s Thrift Savings Plan (TSP), to exclude Chinese and Hong Kong…

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Small Package Shipment Imports Don’t Work: Evidence Pours In

Evidence continues to pour in that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) can’t do its job against the daily tidal wave of small packages sent from abroad. CBP has warned for years that “the increase in small packages is permitting bad actors to operate with relative impunity.” However advocates for the lawlessness, namely express shippers…

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