MIHIR
TORSEKAR

SENIOR ECONOMIST

Mihir Torsekar is a Senior Economist at the Coalition for a Prosperous America.

 

 

Mihir brings 15 years of experience researching at the intersection of international trade, U.S. industrial competitiveness, and national security. His experience includes 12 years at the U.S. International Trade Commission, where he led multiple statutory investigations examining the effects of foreign trade barriers on U.S. manufacturing, among other topics.
 
His research on supply chains has been cited by the New York Times, Brookings Institute, and the Financial Times. 
 
Mihir received his B.A. in Economics from Case Western Reserve University and dual Master’s Degrees in Applied Economics and Public Policy from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. 
Mihir Torsekar

THE LATEST FROM CPA

The Trade Bargain Behind America's Cost-of-Living Crisis

The Trade Bargain Behind America’s Cost-of-Living Crisis

Mihir Torsekar July 15, 2026

Trade structured to support production raises productivity, and rising productivity raises the incomes that fund consumption durably, out of earnings instead of borrowing. That is the only durable answer to the cost-of-living crisis: paychecks that can carry the price of housing, healthcare, and childcare.

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