Key Points The standard widely-used trade model, GTAP, has been wrong in its forecasts of every major U.S. trade agreement. CPA economists have modified the model to allow it to show more realistically the effects of trade policy on employment and the entire economy. Our modified GTAP model, GTAP-FP, finds that import restriction or policies…
Key Points The CPA Pro-Growth Model provides superior analysis of the impact of changes in trade and industrial policies and their impact on the U.S. economy. Tax credits for all U.S. manufacturing sectors would stimulate the economy, create 11.2 million new jobs, and increase real household income by 9.1%. Real GDP would grow by 6.3%.…