Coalition for a Prosperous America

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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Dave Frengel is on the CPA Board of Directors, chairs our Pennsylvania Chapter, and is Government Relations Director at Penn United Technologies.  He will speak before a U.S. Trade Representative hearing on Mexico joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations this Friday, September 21, 2012. Dave’s testimony will assert that trade negotiators need to focus on strategy [...]

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Canada and Mexico have asked to be a part of the Trans Pacific Partnership talks.  The USTR requested public comment on these issues. CPA submitted official comments today. We told the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative that they should not proceed without a plan to balance trade.  We also pointed out the specific problems [...]

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Here is the Senate Roll Call vote for the Colombia trade agreement yesterday. ****** U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 112th Congress – 1st Session as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate Vote Summary Question: On Passage of the Bill (H.R. 3078 ) Vote Number: 163 Vote Date: [...]

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Here is the Senate Roll Call vote for the Panama trade agreement yesterday. ****** U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 112th Congress – 1st Session as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate Vote Summary Question: On Passage of the Bill (H.R. 3079 ) Vote Number: 162 Vote Date: [...]

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Here is the Senate Roll Call vote for the Panama trade agreement yesterday. ****** U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 112th Congress – 1st Session as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate Vote Summary Question: On Passage of the Bill (H.R. 3080 ) Vote Number: 161 Vote Date: [...]

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FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 783(Republicans in roman; Democrats in italic; Independents underlined) H R 3080      YEA-AND-NAY      12-Oct-2011      6:17 PM QUESTION:  On Passage BILL TITLE: To implement the United States-Korea Trade Agreement   YEAS NAYS PRES NV REPUBLICAN 219 21 1 DEMOCRATIC 59 130 3 INDEPENDENT TOTALS 278 151   4 —- YEAS    278 — Ackerman Adams Akin Alexander Amash Amodei Austria [...]

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FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 782(Republicans in roman; Democrats in italic; Independents underlined) H R 3079      YEA-AND-NAY      12-Oct-2011      6:10 PM QUESTION:  On Passage BILL TITLE: To implement the United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement   YEAS NAYS PRES NV REPUBLICAN 234 6 1 DEMOCRATIC 66 123 3 INDEPENDENT TOTALS 300 129   4 —- YEAS    300 — Ackerman Adams Aderholt Akin Alexander Amash [...]

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FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 781(Republicans in roman; Democrats in italic; Independents underlined) H R 3078      RECORDED VOTE      12-Oct-2011      6:04 PM QUESTION:  On Passage BILL TITLE: To implement the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement   AYES NOES PRES NV REPUBLICAN 231 9 1 DEMOCRATIC 31 158 3 INDEPENDENT TOTALS 262 167   4 —- AYES    262 — Ackerman Adams Aderholt Akin Alexander [...]

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Policy Statement: CPA Board Top Priority. Vote “no” on South Korea, Colombia, Panama trade agreements October 11, 2011 The CPA Board of Directors has existing policy opposing, as a top prioirity, the pending trade agreements with South Korea, Panama and Colombia.  The vote will enter our Congressional Trade Grade calculus. “Top priority” means the vote [...]

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