Editor’s Note: Fox News features CPA Member, Xenex Disinfection Services CEO Morris Miller on using UV light to destroy coronavirus. Their UV LightStrike robot is a key component to reopening the economy. [April 29, 2020 | Fox News]
Sends letter critiquing contracts that favor subsidized imports Washington. The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA), whose members include manufacturers and agricultural producers throughout the United States, today sent a letter to Pete Gaynor, the administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). CPA’s letter urged Gaynor to revise FEMA’s focus on awarding “low price”…
Excerpt: There’s little time to waste. America must bring back key industries from China. And we must enact an ambitious trade and infrastructure program to create millions of good-paying jobs, jumpstart the economy and make America stronger than we were before COVID-19. This makes sense, given the tremendous disruption caused by the coronavirus. Medical supplies are…
Editors Note: This is a great next step to keeping dual use military-civilian technologies out of China’s hands. (Reuters) – The United States said on Monday it will impose new restrictions on exports to China to keep semiconductor production equipment and other technology away from Beijing’s military. [Karen Friefeld | April 27, 2020 | Reuters]…
CPA is honored and excited to announce the addition of Andy Warlick, CEO of Parkdale Mills, to our board of directors. “Andy is committed to rebuilding US manufacturing and fighting trade cheating,” said Dan DiMicco. “I have long admired Parkdale Mills, a company that proves that USA textile manufacturing can be competitive with any company…
Editor’s note: Despite multinationals saying USMCA entry into force should be delayed, USTR says it will happen on July 1. Washington, DC – U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer today notified Congress that Canada and Mexico have taken measures necessary to comply with their commitments under the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA), and that the Agreement will…
Editors note: This looks promising. Commission says the state-owned businesses must prove they aren’t subject to Chinese government control [Kate O’Keeffe | April 24, 2020 | WSJ] WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission ordered four Chinese state-owned telecommunications operators to explain why it shouldn’t withdraw permission for them to operate in the U.S., paving the way for…
By Jeff Ferry, CPA Chief Economist Millions of people stuck at home are now using the Zoom videoconferencing application. Zoom claims 300 million daily users. But how many of those 300 million know that Zoom is a product that is made in China? Early this month, news emerged that Zoom software, produced by Zoom Video…
Editor’s note: All China FDI into India will now require govt approval. The US should do the same. MUMBAI (Reuters Breakingviews) – The Great Wall against Chinese acquisitions is extending into India. Foreign direct investment from the People’s Republic will now require government approval, which could slow development in key areas like technology. Compared to similar…
Editor’s note: Frank Dowd IV, the Chairman of CPA member Charlotte Pipe & Foundry, makes a compelling case for decoupling from China. The coronavirus has upended our world. In addition to the suffering and death, the U.S. will be left with millions of unemployed, billions in health-care costs and trillions in lost economic activity and…