CPA 2020 Reshoring Index Improved Slightly while Manufacturing Trade Deficit Surged to Historic High

WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today released a new study of the CPA Reshoring Index (CRI) showing domestic manufacturers’ market share in the domestic U.S. manufactured goods market. The CRI rose slightly from 69.4 in 2019 to 69.6 in 2020, indicating domestic producers met only 69.6% of total U.S. demand for…

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CPA Reshoring Index Improves Slightly in 2020 as Manufacturing Trade Deficit Plunges to Worst Ever

Executive Summary The CPA Reshoring Index is the first and only measure of U.S. producers’ share of the U.S. domestic market for manufactured goods. It is calculated from federal government data on manufacturing production, imports, and exports. The Reshoring Index for 2020 shows that U.S. producers had a 69.6% share of the U.S. market with…

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Amazon and other retailers oppose measure to require country-of-origin labeling for goods sold online

The proposal has bipartisan support in China-related legislation moving through the Senate By  Jeanne Whalen and Abha Bhattarai May 27, 2021 Amazon and other retailers are opposing a bipartisan measure that would require online sellers to clearly state where their products are made, a rule proponents say could help consumers seeking U.S.-made goods. The measure, backed…

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CPA Leads Coalition Letter Urging Senate to Pass Online Country-of-Origin Labeling

WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today led a coalition letter to Members of the U.S. Senate urging them to pass Senator Tammy Baldwin’s (D-WI) COOL Online Act. This bipartisan legislation would require that country-of-origin labeling (COOL) be clearly and conspicuously stated in any website description of a product. Joining CPA in…

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CPA Urges Congress to Reject Amazon Lobbying, Keep Online Country-of-Origin Labeling in Endless Frontier Act

WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today urged Congress to reject the lobbying efforts of large online retailers and importers like Amazon to remove U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin’s (D-WI) COOL Online Act from the Endless Frontier Act (S. 1260). The bipartisan COOL Online Act passed the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and…

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