Washington ~ The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) urged the International Trade Administration (ITA) to find that China is not a market economy for purposes of applying US trade laws in countervailing duty and antidumping investigations. The ITA initiated the inquiry as part of an investigation relating to aluminum foil imports from China. The…
by Michael Stumo, CEO of CPA The media was aghast last week that some Trump administration personnel had drafted a proposal to withdraw from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) as well as a proposal to renegotiate it. Later reports said the White House was not going to advance the proposal to end NAFTA,…
Editor’s note: CEO of CPA, Michael Stumo, was interviewed by Inside US Trade to discuss Trump’s first 100 days. Michael Stumo, the CEO of the Coalition for Prosperous America — which includes members from various industry and labor groups — said he is generally pleased with the direction of Trump’s trade policy so far,…
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross — after announcing preliminary countervailing duty rates for softwood lumber from Canada this week — on Tuesday said “one of the problems” with NAFTA is that lumber and an unrelated dairy dispute with Canada are two key areas not covered by the trilateral agreement, which he said is stalled in Congress. [Jenny Leonard]…
President Donald Trump again leveled criticism about NAFTA in an interview with the Associated Press, promising to either renegotiate the trade deal or terminate it. [CHARLIE SPIERING] April 24th, 2017 [Breitbart] “I am going to either renegotiate it or I am going to terminate it,” he said. “If they don’t treat fairly, I am terminating NAFTA.” Trump…
House and Senate Democrats on Tuesday released a report on President Trump’s “broken promises” to American workers, included the administration’s decision not to label China a currency manipulator, its failure to date to launch NAFTA renegotiations and a lack of action on various “Buy American” proposals. [Charlie Mitchell] April 25th, 2017 [Inside U.S. Trade] The…
Chinese media reports questioning the ownership and funding of big-spending conglomerate HNA Group were pulled suddenly after publication from mainland websites and social media on Monday. [He Huifeng] April 24th, 2017 [South China Morning Post] One of the missing reports, by The Beijing News, questioned how HNA, Hainan Airlines Group, was able to evolve from…
U.S. Trade Representative nominee Robert Lighthizer was unanimously approved by the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday, sending his nomination to the Senate floor. [Dan Dupont] April 25th, 2017 [Inside U.S. Trade] The panel also approved a statutory waiver to allow him to serve as USTR. The quick approval followed weeks of debate among Republicans and…
Washington~ The Trump administration announced Monday evening that it will impose countervailing duties up to 24% on imported lumber subsidized by the Canadian government. The Commerce Department announced its Preliminary Determination of Countervailable Subsidies on April 24, 2017 after a long running investigation. CPA strongly supports the Trump Administration’s move to eliminate the unearned advantage given…
HANGZHOU, China — China’s vast steel industry is a major target of President Trump. But this hulking shell of a mill here shows why China is likely to keep pumping out more and more steel, inflaming trade tensions between the two countries. [KEITH BRADSHER] April 20th, 2017 [The New York Times] The Hangzhou steel mill,…
