Currency Bill has 80 co-sponsors already!

30 April 2013

(Click here to tell your Representative to sponsor the currency bill.  Its really working). The Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act (HR 1276) is gaining co-sponsors at a rapid clip, from both parties. This is the same bill that passed the House in 2010 by a wide bi-partisan margin. As of last Friday, there were [...]

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ENFORCE Act introduced in U.S. House

15 April 2013

CPA is a strong supporter of trade law enforcement. There is an entire industry built around duty evasion.  “Duty evasion” is any means used by manufacturers, exporters, and importers of goods subject to antidumping and countervailing duty orders to illegally or fraudulently evade the duties that have been imposed by the US government. One of [...]

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ENFORCE Act materials

15 April 2013

Here are some materials on trade law enforcement issues that are crucial to understanding what’s going on in the 113th Congress. The main flyer CPA has been using to educate policy makers is here.  It describes the problem of “duty evasion” and the need for the ENFORCE Act (HR 1440, 113th Cong.).  CPA members and [...]

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CPA Official Comments on Korea Trade Agreement Study

25 March 2013

The International Trade Commission is conducting an investigation into the economic impact of the Korea Free Trade Agreement on small and mid-sized enterprises (SME) in the U.S.  Oddly, or perhaps predictably, they are only looking for anecdotes on export opportunities for SMEs. CPA members met with the ITC as part of this investigation.  We let [...]

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CPA Official Comments to Ex-Im Bank Domestic Content Inquiry

25 March 2013

Some in Congress inserted a provision into the Export Import Bank reauthorization bill to re-examine the domestic content rules governing the Bank’s lending.  I blogged about this previously here. CPA members met with Ex-Im Bank officials three weeks ago, requesting that they do not relax the domestic content rules.  We submitted official comments Friday.  Those [...]

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CPA Sr. Economist Testifies on China Hacking

21 March 2013

  Greg Autry, CPA’s Senior Economist, is testifying before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs today regarding the problem of Chinese hacking.  His official written testimony is below. Testimony of Greg Autry Senior Economist, Coalition for a Prosperous America, American Jobs Alliance On Cyber Attacks: An Unprecedented Threat to U.S. National Security Before the Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats Committee [...]

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CPA Commends Introduction of Currency Cheating Bill

20 March 2013

News Release Contact: Sara Haimowitz, sara@prosperousamerica.org, 202.688.5145 ~ One week after CPA’s annual legislative fly in, in which members visited 105 Congressional offices, a bill to address persistent foreign currency undervaluation is being filed.  Representatives Sander Levin (D-MI), Tim Murphy (R-PA), Tim Ryan (D-OH), and Mo Brooks (R-AL) introduced the bipartisan “Currency Reform for Fair [...]

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CPA Members Visit 105 Congressional Offices

15 March 2013

News Release Contact: Sara Haimowitz, sara@prosperousamerica.org March 15, 2013 Washington, DC ~ Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) members from across the country converged on Capitol Hill on March 13th and 14th to advocate fixing the trade deficit as the number one economic priority for the nation.  Company owners and executives, service sector businesses, trade [...]

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