Canada concerned as COOL talk builds on Capitol Hill
Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. don’t agree on much, but in trade protectionism, there’s common cause. That’s why increasing bipartisan talk on Capitol Hill to resurrect COOL (country-of-origin labelling)…
CPA Applauds Effort by Sen. Rubio, Colleagues to Protect Federal Retirement Dollars from Dangerous Chinese Companies
“The unelected bureaucrats at the FRTIB are once again attempting to invest federal retirement savings in opaque Chinese firms engaged in human rights abuses and a wide range of military-related…
CPA Applauds Bipartisan Brown, Portman Letter Urging Biden to Keep Section 301 Tariffs in Place
The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today applauded Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Rob Portman (R-OH) for leading a bipartisan letter to President Joe Biden in support of continuing…
US Seeks Second Set of Dispute-End Talks on Canada Dairy Quotas
The US is requesting dispute-settlement consultations for a second time over Canada’s dairy quotas, alleging that they’re undermining access that the nation agreed to provide American producers. The Biden administration…
Tariffs and Inflation: The Dog that Didn’t Bark
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is arguing for repealing a broad set of U.S. tariffs, allegedly as a way to fight inflation. Her argument is said to rely on a set…
Ukraine war fuels European and Asian scramble for U.S. LNG
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sent European and Asian buyers rushing to buy American liquefied natural gas, in some cases securing output from new projects still years away from production. So…
How Trade Remedies Helped U.S. Manufacturers
Trade remedies helped U.S. manufacturers survive being swamped by Asian overcapacity, protected domestic labor markets, and never led to the devastation and disruption the opposition warned about if imports were…
U.S., European Firms Rethink China Investment After Lockdowns
US and European businesses are reconsidering their investments in China after the lockdown in Shanghai and restrictions in other cities caused major disruption to their operations. Read the article.
U.S. Plans to Boost Penalty on Russia, China Export Violations
The US plans to increase the penalties for companies violating rules that limit export of products that threaten national security, an effort recently focused on countries including Russia and China,…
JBS and Minerva fell after China announced it would buy American beef
Meat processor stocks are operating in the stock market during the day’s biggest falls. These casualties reflect the difficulty in selling meat to China. This is because today the government has…