Generic Drug Shortages and How a Race to the Bottom in Price has Upended 30 years of Hatch-Waxman

CPA’s report, titled “Generic Drug Shortages and How a Race to the Bottom in Price has Upended 30 years of Hatch-Waxman,” details how a loophole in the Hatch-Waxman Act has led to generic drug shortages in the U.S., offshoring of America’s domestic production of generic pharmaceuticals to China and India, and price gouging by foreign…

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Tariff Incidence in the Real World: Why Consumers (Mostly) Didn’t Pay the Steel Tariffs

Summary points: The import price of steel fell in the period following the 2018 imposition of a 25% steel tariff, an indicator that steel tariffs were not passed entirely onto consumers. Steel tariffs did not lead to a proportional rise in consumer prices of steel-intensive goods, such as automobiles. In many instances, firms will internalize…

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New CPA Report Documents How Hatch-Waxman Act Loophole Led to Offshoring of Generics Production, Price Gouging, and Shortages

WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today released a new academic report that details how a loophole in the Hatch-Waxman Act has led to generic drug shortages in the U.S., offshoring of America’s domestic production of generic pharmaceuticals to China and India, and price gouging by foreign companies in the U.S. The…

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CPA, Human Rights Organizations Urge Secretary Yellen to Use Capital Markets Sanctions Against Chinese Companies Aiding the CCP’s Campaign of Evil

WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA), along with human rights groups, urged Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen to protect American retail investors and U.S. national security by implementing capital markets sanctions against Chinese companies pursuant to President Joe Biden’s Executive Order (EO) 14032. Fight for Freedom. Stand with Hong Kong., Hong…

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Worker-Centered Trade Means Reshoring U.S. Industries

In June, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai gave a speech in which she outlined her vision of worker-centered trade, a popular phrase among Biden administration officials. According to Tai: “Build Back Better starts by growing the economy from the bottom up and the middle out and putting workers at the center of our economic plans…In…

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CPA Letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen Regarding Capital Markets Sanctions Against Chinese Companies

CPA, along with human rights groups, sent the following letter to Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen urging her to protect American retail investors and U.S. national security by implementing capital markets sanctions against Chinese companies pursuant to President Joe Biden’s Executive Order (EO) 14032. Fight for Freedom. Stand with Hong Kong., Hong Kong Watch,…

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