The CPA is Washington’s leading organization fighting for a new trade policy to deliver balanced trade, restored health for American industries, broadly-shared economic growth, and more jobs for American workers. Learn about the key trade issues impacting the US economy that must be solved. Research by CPA staff takes a deeper look at these issues and which policy changes can lead to dramatic improvement.
CPA Research
Up To $100 Billion Annual Revenue Potential From the MAC
September 19, 2018
By Jeff Ferry, CPA Research Director
CPA advocates the Market Access Charge (MAC) as an innovative tool to address systemic dollar overvaluation due to excessive demand from the international capital markets for dollar-denominated assets.
US Bilateral Deficit with China Hits All-Time High of $36.8B
September 07, 2018
July Trade Deficit Up 9.5% to $50.1B
By Jeff Ferry, CPA Research Director
Wednesday’s trade report from the US Commerce Department for July reported that the US bilateral deficit with China hit a new all-time high of $36.8 billion in July, 9.5% worse than the July 2017 figure....
CPA Says John Oliver is Wrong On Trade: A New Light on Trade
September 06, 2018
Did you happen to catch John Oliver's trade piece on Last Week Tonight? It was funny but outrageously wrong in every single aspect. What's worse is that his video has over 4.4 million views in which he is spreading his trade lies. CPA put a rebuttal video together...
Turkey’s Problems Not Due to Trump’s Trade Policies
August 20, 2018
By Jeff Ferry, CPA Research Director
Turkey’s currency crisis is threatening the Turkish economy and there is a genuine risk that this could spill over into other emerging market economies with excessive foreign indebtedness.
Update: Tariff Job Gains Exceed Losses by 20:1
August 17, 2018
11,100 Job Gains vs. 514 Job Losses So Far
By Jeff Ferry, CPA Research Director
We’ve had a very positive response to our CPA Tariff Job Creation Tracker, published earlier this week showing gains of 11,100 jobs in four major sectors affected by tariffs.
The Untold Story: Tariffs Are Driving Job Creation
August 13, 2018
By Jeff Ferry, CPA Research Director
It’s just six months since the first of the Trump administration’s tariffs went into effect and the job gains are already visible.
Why Trump Hit the Koch Globalists on Tax
August 08, 2018
By David Morse, CPA Tax Policy Associate Director
President Trump struck against the Koch Brothers and their network last week in a tweet stating:
Overexposed
July 30, 2018
By Jeff Ferry, CPA Research Director
Summary: This article looks at China’s heavy dependence on - or overexposure to - the US for their trade surplus and their exports. It examines different ways of counting the China trade surplus, finding that on one alternative measure it could be as much...
What Trade War? Real GDP Surges 4.1% on Exports and Consumer Spending
July 27, 2018
By Jeff Ferry, CPA Research Director
US gross domestic product (GDP), adjusted for inflation, grew by a 4.1% annual rate in the second quarter of this year, the fastest quarterly growth rate since 2014, showing that economic growth is surging ahead, unaffected by—or perhaps boosted by--trade actions by the Trump...
Other Nations Following US Lead on Steel Tariffs
July 19, 2018
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.
