Editors note: This article is very well done. Miami: It’s time to practice social (and economic and political) distancing from Patient Zero of the Covid-19 outbreak, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). [Cleo Paskal | April 4, 2020 | Sunday Guardian Live] This global disaster has one origin, the nature of the CCP. I’ll explain. Some…
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Editors note: This is big because it’s the first time that the FTC has issued a financial penalty against a company for false “Made in USA” claims. Home products and kitchen wares company Williams-Sonoma Inc. has agreed to stop making false, misleading, or unsubstantiated claims that all of its Goldtouch Bakeware products, its Rejuvenation-branded products, and…
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Editor’s note: There is bipartisan concern with imports of goods using forced labor, especially from China. US law bans such goods from being imported, but stateless multinationals ignore the law and Customs enforcement has not been strong. WASHINGTON— Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) led Members of Congress on a series of letters to the CEOs of American companies today,…
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Editor’s note: We are reposting this press release by Rep. Kevin Brady because CPA members, and their families, with COVID related health bills may be able to benefit from the program described below. UPDATE: The Trump Administration announced Friday they will be using a portion of funding from the bipartisan CARES Act to reimburse hospitals…
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Editors note: Navarro was ahead of his time on the China threat. And now the corona threat. Both are now unfortunately defining our country. Media and stateless MNCs need to back off their attacks on him. A memo from Peter Navarro is the most direct warning known to have circulated at a key moment among…
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Editor’s note: Peter Navarro says we are too dependent on the global supply chain and that the government will buy American in the future. Fantastic! NAVARRO: “One of the things that this crisis has taught us, sir, is that we are dangerously over dependent on a global supply chain.” [ALX | April 2, 2020 |…
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This is an update on the Paycheck Protection Program which is part of the Small Business Interruption Loan Program within the recently passed CARES Act. CPA members with 500 or less employees can start applying as of last Friday, April 3. You can start applying through your local bank. We understand that some banks are…
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Editor’s note: CPA worked hard to persuade administration officials to keep existing tariffs in place. We are pleased they are doing so. The Trump administration has decided not to postpone tariff payments as part of its response to the pandemic, National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow said on Friday… [April 3, 2014 | Inside Trade]…
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Editor’s Note: Sherrill Manufacturing is a CPA member located in Central NY. SHERRILL, N.Y. – It has only been a few weeks since Governor Cuomo issued the order for non-essential businesses to shut down. At Sherrill Manufacturing we determined that part of our business was essential in that we produce and supply the U.S. military…
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JQI Index declines 0.20 percent in March Washington. The monthly U.S. Jobs Quality Index(JQI) issued by the Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) and its partners dropped slightly to 79.27in March, down by 0.20 percent from its revised level one month earlier. The JQ-Instant™ preliminary read of the 713,000 decrease in all private sector, non-farm payrolls in March…
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