Report Shows Potential Gains from Trade Agreements
As trade negotiators head to Singapore for another round of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) talks, U.S. lawmakers received a loud wake-up call on the state of U.S. trade. The Council on Foreign...
View ArticleCoalition of Congressional Democrats Advocate for Ex-Im Bank
The New Democrat Coalition, a moderate, pro-growth group of Congressional Democrats, met with Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank) Chairman Fred Hochberg on Wednesday to discuss the Bank’s importance to the...
View ArticleHouse Small Business Subcommittee Holds Hearing on the Status of Free Trade...
In a hearing before the House Small Business Subcommittee on Agriculture, Energy & Trade on Tuesday, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative James Sanford testified on the benefits of the 20 free trade...
View ArticleManufacturers Look South
Today, a delegation of 17 companies and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker wrap up a five-day trade mission to Mexico. The delegation included manufacturers like Boston Scientific and Vermeer,...
View ArticleSimpler and Fairer – The Baseline of Any Tax Reform
Many Manufacturers right now face a very confusing landscape when it comes to state taxes. An increasing number of states tax businesses that have “substantial nexus” to the state, but there is no...
View ArticleTRIA Reauthorization Passes Senate with Strong Support from Manufacturers
This week, in a rare moment of bipartisanship, the Senate passed Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) reauthorization legislation. The program was created during the aftermath of 9/11 when primary...
View ArticleFour Years Later and Still Unclear
This week, at a House Financial Services hearing entitled “Assessing the Impact of the Dodd-Frank Act Four Years Later,” manufacturers called on Congress to provide clarity for derivatives end-users...
View ArticleTRIA Needs to be Reauthorized Now
As Congress negotiates the final details of a bill to fund the government ahead of the September 30 deadline, lawmakers should be mindful of another fast-approaching date: December 31, the deadline to...
View ArticleCongress Needs to Renew TRIA ASAP
With so little getting done in Washington these days, manufacturers are encouraged that leaders in the House of Representatives believe they will vote on reauthorizing the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act...
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