TCJA boosted multinationals’ investments overseas more than in U.S.
Editor’s note: The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was supposed to increase investment by US multinationals here, but it instead increased investment by those companies
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Every President Since Reagan Was Wrong About China’s Destiny
Editors note: The retrospective analysis on where we went wrong by engaging with China continues. For decades U.S. politicians and analysts told us economic growth in
House deputy whip Cuellar predicts USMCA will pass this year
Editor’s note: We agree the USMCA is likely to pass this year. CPA has taken no position as of yet. The USMCA improves upon NAFTA
Op-ed: Warren’s Jobs Plan Should Go Further in Helping U.S. Manufacturers
Elizabeth Warren released an “economic patriotism” jobs plan recently that takes two bold positions. First, it emphasizes manufacturing as the key driver of middle-class job
Update: Across-the-Board Tariffs on China with Retaliation & Federal Spending Create Over 1 Million Jobs in Five Years
This Working Paper presents the results of a CPA econometric model showing that a permanent tariff on Chinese imports would stimulate the US economy. by Jeff
Congress Moves Toward Ban on Buying Chinese Buses, Railcars Over Spy Fears
Editors note: This is an excellent result that CPA has been working on for some time. The effort threatens to further fray trade talks with
Press Release: New Study Shows China Tariffs Could Create Up To One Million Jobs
Across-the-board China tariff would produce more jobs, increased GDP Washington. The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today released the results of an updated studyon
Mnuchin Currency Remark Seen Raising Risk of FX Intervention
Editors note: CPA’s work on currency is gaining steam. Exchange rates are, as we advocate, the next front in the trade skirmish. Foreign-exchange strategists say
How top 2020 Democrats would respond to China’s mass detention of Uighur Muslims
Editors note: This is an interesting article because Democrats are most likely to break with free trade fantasies based upon human rights abuses. Republicans are
Currency intervention: how would the US do it, and would it work?
Editors note: The markets are increasingly expecting dollar realignment efforts by the US. Very good. Washington’s FX policy has oscillated between heavy interventions and benign
