DC Rumor Mill: A Possible US-UK Free Trade Deal?

Archive, commentary, Commentary Featured, Featured Home Page, Issues, Manufacturing, Newsroom, Trade and TariffsBy Kenneth RapozaOctober 4, 2023

Rumor has it the White House is dusting off an old Trump-era idea to do a free trade deal with the UK. Ex-USTR Lighthizer says they found no benefit in one. CPA obviously agrees. Here’s why.

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CPA Submits Written Testimony To USTR About Trade Deals

Archive, CPA News, Featured Home Page, Inequality, Issues, Manufacturing, Newsroom, Trade and TariffsBy Kenneth RapozaOctober 4, 2023

The USTR wants a worker-centered trade policy. The Coalition for a Prosperous America gave them some ideas.

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Currency Misalignment Monitor, October 2023

Research Hub Articles, Archive, Featured Home PageBy Jeff FerryOctober 4, 2023Leave a comment

The October Currency Misalignment Monitor shows that dollar overvaluation rose yet again last month, reaching 15.8% against the basket of 33 other currencies included in our model.

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Sens. Manchin, Barrasso Sound Alarm On IRA Failings Related To EVs, Natural Resources

Archive, CPA News, Featured Home Page, Issues, Manufacturing, Newsroom, Renewable Energy, Supply ChainBy Kenneth RapozaOctober 3, 2023

The leaders of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee grilled a government official on the EV batteries supply chain. From copper to EV battery minerals, the U.S. is way behind.

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Is Foreign Ownership of U.S. Farmland & Agribusiness Becoming A Problem?

Archive, Agriculture, CPA News, Featured Home Page, Issues, NewsroomBy Kenneth RapozaOctober 2, 2023

The Senate Agriculture Committee discusses foreign ownership and corporate concentration in America’s food supply. It’s getting worse, everyone agrees. Now what?

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CPA Applauds Ambassador Tai for Confronting Mexico Over Violations of 2019 Steel Agreement

Press Release, Issues, Manufacturing, Trade and TariffsBy CPA NewsroomSeptember 29, 2023

Mexico Agrees to Goal of Reinstating Export Monitoring Regime WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today applauded United States Trade Representative (USTR)

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Washington Likely Reason For Ford’s Pause On CATL EV Battery Factory

Archive, commentary, Featured Home Page, Issues, Manufacturing, Newsroom, Renewable EnergyBy Kenneth RapozaSeptember 28, 2023

China EV battery makers are the world’s largest. The U.S. has none. So China is getting new contracts to build EV plants, thanks to Inflation Reduction Act. Some in Washington do not want IRA benefits going to China.

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If Companies Are Leaving China, Where Are They Going, And Why?

Archive, China, commentary, Commentary Featured, Featured Home Page, Issues, Newsroom, Supply Chain, Trade and TariffsBy Kenneth RapozaSeptember 28, 2023

Dan Harris, international lawyer at Harris Bricken and founding author of the China Law Blog talks about companies leaving China. Are any coming here?

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Former Senator Phil Gramm is Wrong on U.S. Trade Policy

commentary, Guest Opinion & Press Releases, Issues, Trade and TariffsBy Guest AuthorSeptember 27, 2023

By Bill Jones Former Senator Phil Gramm’s recent WSJ opinion article “Trump’s Trade War Was a Loser” gets many things wrong about U.S. trade policy.

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Repealing China’s Most Favored Nation Status Would Create 2 Million Jobs, Grow U.S. Economy by 1.75%

Press Release, China, Issues, Trade and TariffsBy CPA NewsroomSeptember 27, 2023

WASHINGTON — A new economic analysis by the Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) found that revoking China’s Most Favored Nation (MFN) status would result

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