Council News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 3/30/2015 3:31:00 PM FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:Josh Fogt, Councilmember O’Brien’s Office, (206) 684-8800, Dana Robinson Slote, (206) 615-0061 Council Opposes Fast Track Consideration of International Trade Deal Directly Impacting Trade-Dependent Seattle [A press release from the Seattle City Council] SEATTLE – City Council adopted a resolution today opposing…
U.S. and Chinese officials will meet in early April for a second round of World Trade Organization consultations over U.S. allegations that Beijing provided prohibited export subsidies to companies operating in 178 industrial clusters known as “demonstration bases,” according to a spokesman for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. [Reposted from Inside US Trade …
Thirty years in the private sector has taught me that problem solving requires all parties to work together to get the best results. As a member of Congress now, I believe that lesson is even more important in making policy. [Reposted from the Burlington County Times | Rep. Tom MacArthur | March 31, 2015] Despite…
(Update of a blog post from March 14, 2014). March 15th was the third anniversary of the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS). President Obama said that the agreement would support 70,000 U.S. jobs. This claim was supported by a White House fact sheet that claimed that the KORUS agreement would “increase exports of American goods by $10…
China’s navy chief, Adm. Wu Shengli, strolled the Harvard University campus in a tweed blazer and slacks during a visit to the U.S. last fall, joking with students and quizzing school officials about enrolling some of his officers. [Reposted from the Wall Street Journal | Jeremy Page | March 30, 2015] A few days earlier,…