MANAGER, OPERATIONS
Erika Wainwright is the Operations Manager for the Coalition for a Prosperous America.
She serves as the Public Relations Director for the Festival Latino of the Berkshires and has a background in Real Estate, Office Management, and English/Spanish Interpreting and Translation.
Erika earned her B.A. in Sociology and Equity Studies from the University of Toronto and Interned with Human Rights First in downtown Manhattan working with people seeking asylum as part of the Refugee Representation team. She is originally from the Dominican Republic and currently lives in Western Massachusetts.
In 2022, during the last Congress, House Democrats passed the Import Security and Fairness Act, which would deny de minimis treatment for all Chinese merchandise.
After three years of languishing in limbo, the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), a quasi-free trade deal with more than 100 developing nations, will move out of the House Ways and Means Committee to the full House.
At a time when China continues its attempts to decimate American manufacturers and workers through predatory trade activity, Chairman Jason Smith’s leadership on trade issues has been a welcome improvement over previous chairs that have rubber stamped failed free trade programs.
USTR Katherine Tai sat for a two hours-plus hearing with the House Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday to discuss trade matters and was met early on by some staunch criticism.
