Is a Strong Dollar Really all That Important?
Ex-World Banker John Hansen explains why a strong dollar might not be as good as the Washington-Wall Street consensus would have us think.
Ex-World Banker John Hansen explains why a strong dollar might not be as good as the Washington-Wall Street consensus would have us think.
WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today applauded Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Senate Finance Committee Member Rob Portman (R-OH) for releasing a discussion draft of legislation to disallow Foreign Tax Credits for companies that pay taxes to the Russian government, and other tax benefits. Yesterday, CPA released a…
WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) applauded the U.S. Senate for unanimously passing amended legislation that would repeal permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) status for Russia and Belarus. The Senate action follows a unanimous vote in the House last month to revoke Russia’s PNTR status. The House passed the amended Senate bill…
The International Trade Commission held its seventh roundtable discussion on the impacts of foreign trade on American workers and manufacturing. CPA Chairman Zach Mottl was one of the speakers.
WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today announced that the U.S. Private Sector Job Quality Index (JQI) rose to 80.43 in February, up 0.33%from the previous month, reflecting a rise in high-wage jobs that exceeded the rise in low-wage jobs in the month. The job count grew significantly in high-quality sectors including construction, professional/business services,…
It sounded like the 1980s in Congress this week. Free trade and open markets were all the rage in a Senate Finance Committee hearing and a House Ways and Means Committee hearing with America’s top trade diplomat, Katherine Tai.
P&O Ferries is the largest operator of ferryboats between the British Isles and the European Continent, a $1.1 billion company carrying 10 million passengers a year. Two weeks ago, on March 24, P&O shocked its 800 employees by firing all of them. But it was less what it did than how it did it. On…
Black workers in Detroit have been “devastated” by globalization. A few Michigan steelworkers give the International Trade Commission an earful on offshoring in the latest series on how trade impacts local communities.
WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) urged House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to prioritize the passage of additional legislation to impose capital markets sanctions and secondary sanctions on Russia and China. Earlier this month, CPA applauded the House for unanimously passing legislation (H.R. 7108) that would repeal permanent normal trade relations (PNTR)…
WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today, along with nearly a dozen independent retail associations, called on Congress to address an import loophole, known as de minimis, that is used by non-market economies and counterfeiters to ship hundreds of millions of packages valued under $800 into the United States without inspection, information…