When the Trump administration imposed 25% tariffs on steel imports in March this year, some other nations loudly criticized the move. Now, surprise, surprise, they are shifting gear—and jumping on the tariff bandwagon.

By Jason Cooper, CPA Research Assistant

According to the latest US government report the US trade deficit in May was $43.1 billion, the smallest deficit since September of 2017.  The smaller deficit was driven by a $3.7 billion increase in exports from April to May, with exports of $144.9...

Tax Cuts Reach Six-Month Mark

By David Morse, CPA Tax Policy Associate Director

It’s been six months since President Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). And the legislation has enjoyed a rosy afterglow, receiving credit for every bonus or capital expenditure. But tax analysts agree that it’s simply...

by Michael Stumo, CEO of CPA

I was asked, after the US Trade Representative announced tariffs on another $200 billion of Chinese goods, whether I would admit that we are now in a trade war. Members of the CPA board asked me to share my response more widely.  Here it...

By Jeff Ferry, CPA Research Director

Some agricultural commodities have seen price declines in recent weeks due to uncertainty over international trade relationships.

by Michael Stumo, CEO of CPA

Contrary to what you may have heard, Harley Davidson, the iconic American motorcycle company loves high tariff countries. Company management loves tariffs so much, it moves production to countries with the highest motorcycle tariffs in the world.

By Jeff Ferry, CPA Research Director

The White House published on Tuesday a document detailing the wide range of tools and strategies used by the Chinese government to steal, extort, and otherwise gain access to American intellectual property (IP) to support their drive to become a leading global economy with...

By Jeff Ferry, CPA Research Director

On March 8^th, the president announced tariffs of 25% on steel imports and 10% on aluminum tariffs.

CPA held a webinar discussing how to fix the dollar and balance trade with the Competitive Dollar for Jobs and Prosperity Act. In case you missed it, the slides for the webinar are below.  They are a good resource to become educated on the economics and the proposed bill itself...

CDJPA Research Note #3

By John Hansen (CPA Advisory Board) and Jeff Ferry (Research Director)

Passage of the Competitive Dollar for Jobs and Prosperity (CDJP) Act by Congress will establish the Market Access Charge as America’s first permanent tool to drive the US dollar to a competitive value and keep...

CDJPA Research Note #2

By John Hansen (CPA Advisory Board) and Jeff Ferry (Research Director)

The aim of the Competitive Dollar for Jobs and Prosperity Act is to make the dollar exchange rate competitive by discouraging foreign investment in dollar-denominated financial assets. The CDJPA does this by establishing a Market...

CDJPA Research Note #1

By John R. Hansen (CPA Advisory Board) and Jeff Ferry (CPA Research Director)

Implementation of the Competitive Dollar for Jobs and Prosperity Act (CDJP Act) will gently lower the dollar’s value to a competitive exchange rate and keep it competitive over time. The Act provides the...

Address by Michael Stumo, CEO, the Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA), to the John William Pope and Jesse Helms Center Foundations.

May 11, 2018, Raleigh, NC.

Foreign Policy, Trade, and Energy Challenges in the Age of Trump.

By Jeff Ferry, CPA Research Director

For decades, economists have taught David Ricardo’s Law of Comparative Advantage as if it is an absolute law.  But the tide is turning, as some highly respected economists are now moving away from the doctrinaire position that all free trade is always good everywhere,...

By Jeff Ferry, CPA Research Director

Industrial espionage has been going on for centuries, but experts agree China’s espionage campaign is on a different scale from anything we’ve seen in history.

By Jeff Ferry, CPA Research Director

After opposing tariffs on imported solar cells and modules for years, and claiming the US manufacture of solar cells would never be profitable, San Jose, California-based SunPower Corporation announced last week plans…to become a leading US manufacturer of solar cells and modules.

By Michael Stumo, CEO of CPA

The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) strongly supports the Trump administration’s shift from naive “free trade” to the realpolitik “strategic trade” practiced by most industrial nations. Strategic trade will lead to industrial recovery, better jobs and prosperity in the US.

By Jeff Ferry, CPA Research Director

President Trump has just made what could be the biggest gamble of his presidency: he’s betting that he can make a significant difference in the US economy by taking action against Chinese mercantilism.

By Jeff Ferry, CPA Research Director

CPA Economic Model Refutes Alarmist Trade Partnership Study A Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) modeling study of the impact of the Section 232 tariffs on the U.S. economy shows minimal national macroeconomic impact of the tariffs. The study shows that U.S. GDP would...

Members of the Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) visited more than 100 House and Senate offices in the nation’s capital this week to sound an alarm: America’s massive, growing trade deficit is killing jobs, harming communities, and stifling economic growth. In a two-day blitz, CPA members left their mark...