Coalition for a Prosperous America

Michael Stumo, CEO of CPA, was a guest on “HuffPost Live” on January 4, 2013 at 7:20 pm eastern time. This is a streaming video news service by the Huffington Post. The show was called “Does Buying American Hurt America?”. From HuffPost Live: It’s hard to do the right thing when it comes to consumer [...]

Read the full story

CPA Senior Economist Ian Fletcher will speak before the highly regarded Commonwealth Club of California on January 17, 2013. Founded in 1903, the Commonwealth Club is the oldest and largest public affairs forum in the United States. Here is the promotional page for the event: Ian Fletcher, Author, Free Trade Doesn’t Work; Senior Economist, Coalition for a [...]

Read the full story

Reposted from Metal Miner ***** Global Trade Issues Dear to Aluminum, Steel Companies Over Candidates’ Heads Taras Berezowsky  |  October 18, 2012  |  Metal Miner With the presidential election fast-approaching, at least one person in the final general session of the Aluminum Association’s annual meeting in Chicago is sorely displeased by how little attention is paid to the [...]

Read the full story

Brian O’Shaughnessy, CPA’s Co-Chair for Manufacturing, was interviewed by Scott Rasmussen (of “Rasmussen Reports”) on “What America Thinks” a new nationally syndicated show featuring interviews with various experts on the economy.    Mr. O’Shaughnessy faced off against Mary Kissel of the Wall Street Journal editorial board.

Read the full story

Michael Stumo appeared on a radio show called Healthy, Wealthy and Wise on WNZF in the Daytona, Florida region. The program was entitled, “Trade Deficits – What’s That Mean to Me?”  You can hear the recorded show here.

Read the full story

Reposted from Manufacturing & Technology News ******* On Russia Free Trade Issue, Big Business Interests Run Against Domestic Manufacturers Richard McCormack | July 6, 2012 | M&T News A group representing domestic manufacturing companies does not agree with almost all of the country’s major manufacturing and business trade associations on whether the U.S. government should [...]

Read the full story

Reposted from Industry Week ******** Free Trade: Is it Time for a New Game Plan? Steven Minter | June 20, 2012 | Industry Week As the nation’s trade deficit grows in the face of rising exports, critics say it’s time for the U.S. to take a tougher stance on China and other trade- rule violators. [...]

Read the full story

Reposted from the Dayton Daily News ********* Coalition pushes for global trade reform Steve Bennish | June 14, 2012 | Dayton Daily News KETTERING — A coalition representing manufacturers, farmers, and organized labor held a legislative briefing this week at the National Composite Center and presented a blueprint for international trade reform. The Coalition for [...]

Read the full story

Brian O’Shaughnessy, CPA’s Chief Co-Chair of the Board, was the keynote speaker at Wayne State University yesterday (June 5, 2012).  The program in Detroit was called “Rebuilding American Manufacturing.” The response was terrific from the audience, with many wanting to get involved in the trade reform movement. Brian’s slide show is below (or you can [...]

Read the full story

CPA’s Chief Co-Chair Brian O’Shaughnessy is featured in this NY Times article about why manufacturing is or is not leaving America. Subsidies Aid Rebirth in U.S. Manufacturing ROME, N.Y. — Walking through his high-ceilinged factory here, explaining the production of sheets of copper, M. Brian O’Shaughnessy comes across as a staunch advocate of manufacturing in [...]

Read the full story