What Trade War? CPA Members See Business Gains in Recent Months

Free traders predicted economic armageddon from new tariffs on steel, aluminum and Chinese products. But, with the significant exception of agriculture, CPA members’ businesses are booming. They are raising wages, investing in new equipment, reopening production lines and seeing production move back from China. The unemployment rate has dipped to 3.9 percent. US manufacturing employment…

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There’s a Major Disconnect Between Voters and Beltway Types on Trade, New Poll Finds

A majority of poll respondents support the China tariffs or giving them more time. [ELIZABETH BROTHERTON-BUNCH | September 20, 2018 | Alliance for American Manufacturing ] It’s fair to say that many D.C. insiders — particularly establishment Republicans — aren’t particularly fond of President Trump’s tariffs on Chinese imports. But outside the beltway, a sizable majority of…

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