Editor’s Note: Michael Stumo is CEO of the Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA). Follow him at @michael_stumo As the toll from the COVID-19 pandemic mounts, more and more Americans are saying the same thing: “We need to bring manufacturing back from China.” [Michael Stumo | May 1, 2020 | News-Press] This makes sense, given the…
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Editor’s Note: Greg Owens, owner Co-Founder & CEO, Sherrill Manufacturing/Liberty Tabletop, is the Co-Chair of CPA’s Buy American committee. SHERRILL, N.Y. – Many of us have a renewed sense of purpose in our purchasing and are making conscious decisions to seek out and buy American made products. We all know this is important but there are…
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Excerpt: “There is no confidence that this device should be used to transfer critical care patients within or between hospitals due to the unreliability of oxygen and ventilation delivery, lack of adequate safety alarms and continued need for fine titration of settings,” it said, using a technical term relating to the fine-tuning of the devices. Exclusive:…
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Editor’s Note: Fox News features CPA Member, Xenex Disinfection Services CEO Morris Miller on using UV light to destroy coronavirus. Their UV LightStrike robot is a key component to reopening the economy. [April 29, 2020 | Fox News]
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Sends letter critiquing contracts that favor subsidized imports Washington. The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA), whose members include manufacturers and agricultural producers throughout the United States, today sent a letter to Pete Gaynor, the administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). CPA’s letter urged Gaynor to revise FEMA’s focus on awarding “low price”…
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Editors Note: This is a great next step to keeping dual use military-civilian technologies out of China’s hands. (Reuters) – The United States said on Monday it will impose new restrictions on exports to China to keep semiconductor production equipment and other technology away from Beijing’s military. [Karen Friefeld | April 27, 2020 | Reuters]…
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Excerpt: There’s little time to waste. America must bring back key industries from China. And we must enact an ambitious trade and infrastructure program to create millions of good-paying jobs, jumpstart the economy and make America stronger than we were before COVID-19. This makes sense, given the tremendous disruption caused by the coronavirus. Medical supplies are…
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CPA is honored and excited to announce the addition of Andy Warlick, CEO of Parkdale Mills, to our board of directors. “Andy is committed to rebuilding US manufacturing and fighting trade cheating,” said Dan DiMicco. “I have long admired Parkdale Mills, a company that proves that USA textile manufacturing can be competitive with any company…
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Editor’s note: Despite multinationals saying USMCA entry into force should be delayed, USTR says it will happen on July 1. Washington, DC – U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer today notified Congress that Canada and Mexico have taken measures necessary to comply with their commitments under the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA), and that the Agreement will…
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Editors note: This looks promising. Commission says the state-owned businesses must prove they aren’t subject to Chinese government control [Kate O’Keeffe | April 24, 2020 | WSJ] WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission ordered four Chinese state-owned telecommunications operators to explain why it shouldn’t withdraw permission for them to operate in the U.S., paving the way for…
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