Press Release: Trump Should Reject Boustany Bid for USTR Slot

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Paola Masman, Media Director 202-688-5145 ext 2, [email protected] Trump Should Reject Boustany Bid for USTR Slot Washington ~ The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) urged President-elect Trump to reject Rep. Charles Boustany’s effort to become the new US Trade Representative. Boustany’s trade positions and voting history is directly opposed to Trump’s…

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Trump’s pick for Commerce secretary calls TPP ‘a fiction of people’s imagination’

[Daily News| December 1, 2016 |Inside US Trade] President-elect Trump’s pick to lead the Commerce Department, Wilbur Ross, called the Trans-Pacific Partnership “a flawed agreement” and dismissed TPP proponents’ and President Obama’s efforts to pass the deal as “a fiction of people’s imagination.”   “[TPP] is not going to happen,” Ross told Fox Business News…

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Press Release: CPA Supports Lipinski/Brooks Balanced Trade Resolution

Washington~ The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) expressed strong support for a newly filed House resolution (H.Con.Res.175) calling for a national goal of balanced trade, with a special emphasis on manufacturing and goods. Leading the resolution are Representative Dan Lipinski (D-IL-03) and Representative Mo Brooks (R-AL-05).  The goal of this resolution is to express: … the…

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Sanders pressures Trump with anti-outsourcing legislation

[ HARPER NEIDIG | November 26, 2016 |The Hill] Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Saturday he will introduce legislation aimed at preventing major companies from sending jobs to foreign countries, similar to what President-elect Donald Trump proposed on the campaign trail. Sanders pointed to Trump’s promise to prevent Carrier, an air conditioning manufacturer owned by United Technologies, from shifting factory jobs…

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