Mihir Torsekar
@CPAMihir
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Senior Economist at Coalition for a Prosperous America | U.S. industrial competitiveness | International trade specialist
Virginia, USA
Joined April 2025
New paper from the Fed Reserve of San Francisco finds that across 150 years of U.S. tariff changes, increasing tariffs LOWERS inflation. Finding is confirmed with historical data from France and the UK. https://t.co/aa2oQ3zwrR
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By suspending dockage fees as part of last month's "trade truce," the U.S. is halting the first serious effort in four decades to rebuild America’s shipbuilding capacity, & a way to hold China accountable for its industrial predation, writes @CPAMihir ⬇️ https://t.co/2Yi92lkFna
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📺 WATCH: In this week’s episode of #TheBig3, economists @CPAMihir and @AndrewRech take a deeper look at three major issues shaping U.S. economic and trade policy, kicking the show off with new insights from CPA’s "Chip-for-Chip" report and emphasizing how the U.S.—once the
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My takeaway from the USCC report: China treated manufacturing strength as a national priority. Industrial competitiveness requires a sustained commitment, not one-off incentives, fragmented programs, or the hope that private capital will take care of it. https://t.co/k53fZ3A7Wi
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WATCH: In this week's episode of #TheBig3, hosts @CPAMihir and @AndrewRech kick off the show discussing CPA's newly-released "Chip-for Chip" report, which details how decades of offshoring have eroded America’s once-dominant semiconductor manufacturing base. Topic 2 addresses
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In my new @MarketWatch op-ed, I explain why suspending America’s new docking fees on Chinese-built and operated ships undermines both our economic and national security. https://t.co/qAE4UaqYlZ
marketwatch.com
Access to America’s ports — like its markets — is a privilege that must be protected.
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NEW: CPA Economics report highlights how @POTUS Trump’s Section 232 steel tariffs have revitalized American manufacturing, created jobs, and strengthened America's national security. The course of action for American policymakers is clear: The administration must retain and
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.@CPAMihir says weakening the Jones Act would "undercut" President Trump and Congressional leaders' shipbuilding agenda. "It would render our entire strategy incoherent."
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In this week's episode of #TheBig3, economists @CPAMihir and @AndrewRech discuss the critical issues surrounding trade enforcement and the impact of tariffs on various industries. Special guest David Rashid, Executive Chairman of Plews & Edelmann, shares insights into the
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BREAKING: @USTradeRep announces new investigation to examine whether China has fully implemented its commitments under the Phase One Agreement, the burden or restriction on U.S. commerce resulting from any non-implementation by China of its commitments, and what action, if any,
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We applaud @POTUS Trump for imposing tariffs on medium & heavy duty imported trucks—a critical step to protect U.S. manufacturing, American jobs, and national security. https://t.co/13tgo8AYoJ
whitehouse.gov
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION 1. Three weeks ago, the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) transmitted to me a report
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HAPPENING TODAY: CPA Economist @AndrewRech testifies before the @SenateAging Committee on the increasing risk American patients face from "bad medicine": Unsafe imports, chronic shortages, and a broken market that rewards the cheapest foreign supplier over quality and safety.
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Copper underpins U.S. national security & industrial resilience. A new report from CPA’s industry-leading economics team highlights how U.S. trade policy has ignored the erosion of America's copper industry for decades + what needs to be done to fix it ⬇ https://t.co/YyUZsKWTjq
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Defending America’s Copper Mills Will Take More Than Tariffs @CPAMihir @cpa_tradereform
dcjournal.com
Artificial intelligence, electric vehicles and clean energy may seem like industries of the future, but they all run on one of the oldest metals: copper.
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Decades of decline, owed to failed globalist policies, has transformed the United States from the world’s leading shipbuilder in 1975 to its 19th largest today. Meanwhile, China has spent the last two-and-a-half-decades methodically expanding its maritime dominance through
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Appreciated the chance to join the @AMPmaritime podcast to discuss how trade policy and industrial strategy can reshape the future of U.S. shipbuilding. @cpa_tradereform #tariffs #tradepolicy #shipbuilding #jonesact #industrialpolicy #usshipbuilding
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Check out American Maritime Partnership's new podcast with Mihir Torsekar, Senior Economist at the Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA): https://t.co/sXZXroMMXh
@AMPmaritime
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From the U.S. government's potential stake in @Intel to the evolving global trade landscape, @CPAMihir & @AndrewRech offer insights into the strategic moves shaping U.S. industries + Commerce's tariff inclusion rounds & how the U.S. & EU are responding to China's trade practices.
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