PLUS: New PPI Report on "Regressive" U.S. Tariff System

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The Trump Party Blames America First
By Will Marshall, PPI President
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As Americans awake to the glowering reality of resurgent Russian imperialism, our political parties seem to be trading places. Democrats have rallied behind President Biden’s policy of military aid to Ukraine, while Republicans are torn over the wisdom of U.S. intervention.

The sheer ferocity of Russia’s assault, including deliberate massacres of civilians, seems to have quieted the anti-interventionist left. Even leaders of the House’s ultra-progressive Squad support sending U.S. arms to help Ukraine to defend itself against Russian ruler Vladimir Putin’s bloody rampage. That’s put them at odds with their allies in the Democratic Socialists of America, which by force of habit if not logic blame “American imperialism” for the conflict.

While Democrats bask in a rare moment of unity, Republicans are all over the ideological map. GOP congressional leaders mostly have backed Biden’s Ukraine policy but try to conceal that from their wrathful base by heaping abuse on him for being too weak to prevent the invasion.

That’s rich coming from party leaders who dared not protest former President Trump’s fawning attempts to befriend the Russian dictator, or his frequently expressed desire to quit NATO — which would have been the strategic equivalent of handing Moscow the keys to Europe.

Nor were they unduly troubled by Trump’s threat to withhold weapons Ukraine desperately needed to defend itself against a second Russian invasion until President Volodymyr Zelensky agreed to dig up non-existent dirt on Trump’s domestic political rival.

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** NEW PPI REPORT:
U.S. Tariffs Are Regressive Taxes That Hurt American Working Families
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By Ed Gresser, PPI's Vice President and Director for Trade and Global Markets
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Last week, Ed Gresser, Vice President and Director for Trade and Global Markets at the Progressive Policy Institute, published a new paper on the adverse effects of the United States tariff system on working American families — in particular, single-parent families and Black and Hispanic families.

The paper, titled “Trade Policy, Equity, and the Working Poor: United States MFN Tariffs are Regressive Taxes Which Help Few Workers and Harm Many” was published in concert with Mr. Gresser’s testimony before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) on the issue of Distributional Effects of Trade and Trade Policy on U.S. Workers. At the request of U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai, the ITC is conducting a year-long investigation of this topic, in the hopes of providing the U.S. government and Congress with deeper analyses of the effects of U.S. trade policies and agreements on lower-income and disadvantaged American communities.

Gresser’s paper and testimony highlight the very high permanent tariffs imposed on clothes, shoes, silverware, and other home goods. These range up to 48% for cheap sneakers, and are systematically higher on cheap goods bought by low-income families than on analogous luxuries bought by wealthy families.

“We have a unique opportunity to right a wrong in our U.S. tax system — one that disproportionately impacts low-income Americans by imposing tariffs that make home necessities more expensive,” said Ed Gresser. “The Biden Administration deserves credit for asking a core question that looms over trade policy and the path forward to a more fair U.S. trading system. The ITC’s research, data, and public hearings on tariff fairness are integral in illuminating this problem and inspiring trade policy that works for every American worker and family.”
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** PPI In the News
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Michael Mandel, PPI's Vice President and Chief Economist: The Complexity of the Supply Chain
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Paul Bledsoe, PPI's Strategic Advisor: Biden promised no new drilling on public lands. Here's why he broke that promise.
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Ben Ritz, PPI's Director of the Center for Funding America's Future: 5 big questions as Democrats seek to revive Biden's stalled agenda
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Ed Gresser, PPI's Vice President and Director for Trade and Global Markets: 3 Million Industrial Robots, 100K Services Robots, and 32 Million Domestic Robots Are At Work Worldwide
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Paul Bledsoe, PPI's Strategic Advisor: War is chance for U.S. to drive green energy policies
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Paul Weinstein Jr., PPI Senior Fellow: What's taking the FDA so long on the Novovax vaccine?
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Backlash Against Biden's Limits on Charter Schools, featuring PPI President Will Marshall
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The IRS is in no position to do your taxes | Opinion
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How Biden can secure better trade terms
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An Education Podcast Series
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On this episode of RAS Reports, Tressa Pankovits, Co-Director of the Reinventing America's Schools Project sits down with New Mexico State Senator Siah Correa Hemphill and Representative Joy Garratt to talk about their role in passing New Mexico House Bill 43 into law. The bill creates a revolving facility fund that charter schools can access in order to provide high quality buildings for their students.

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