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RESEARCH
The CPA Economics Team is focused on research into policies that can restore broadly shared U.S. prosperity, reduce our huge trade deficit, raise U.S. economic growth rate and reduce inequality. Our work has been published in peer-reviewed journals and supported testimony to congressional committees and the International Trade Commission. In 2019, a CPA research paper on U.S. tariffs on China won the NABE’s Mennis Award as Most Outstanding Paper of the year. Our research encompasses these topics in international economics. For our recent publications, click on one of the five links below or search for a specific topic.
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RECENT WORK
CPA Releases New Economics Report: “Section 232 Steel Tariffs Are Necessary For National Security”
Read More » CPA Newsroom November 4, 2025
Andrew Rechenberg November 3, 2025
CPA Newsroom October 28, 2025
CPA Newsroom October 7, 2025
CPA Newsroom October 1, 2025
Andrew Rechenberg September 25, 2025
Mihir Torsekar September 18, 2025
VISUALIZED DATA
Free Trade Agreements Have Damaged U.S. Agricultural Trade Performance
Decades of free trade agreements have led to a record $39 billion agricultural trade deficit in 2024, undermining the broader U.S. agricultural industry.
January 27, 2025
U.S. Faces Record Agricultural Imports, Worst Trade Deficit in History
The United States is now on pace to reach a $39 billion agricultural trade deficit in 2024 amid all-time record imports.
January 16, 2025
U.S. Manufacturing’s Shrinking Share of GDP and How to Catch Up
U.S. manufacturing has fallen from 21-25% of GDP in 1950s to about 10% today. The decline is worse than the average of first world developed countries. The result is an unbalanced economy excessively dominated by services and imports.
November 8, 2024