Over three years ago, I wrote an article (May 21, 2012), about the release of the Senate Armed Services Committee report on counterfeit parts in the Department of Defense supply chain. The Committee had found over 1,800 cases of counterfeit parts in just the Air Force C-130J and C-27J cargo plane, as well as assemblies…
Many think our government is for sale. However, by taking a look at the facts below provided by Open Secrets, it is easy to understand where they are coming from. [ by Paola Casale | June 16, 2015 | Economy in Crisis ] Looking back at Friday the 12th, the House voted on Trade…
Trade deal could slam Canadians with rising consumer, health care and education costs. The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), a proposed trade agreement that encompasses nearly 40 per cent of world GDP, heads to Hawaii later this month for ministerial-level negotiations. According to media reports, this may be the final round of talks, with countries…
Key Republican members of Congress on Tuesday (July 21) said plans to hold a formal conference to reconcile differences between the House and Senate versions of the pending customs and enforcement bill have been delayed due to a snag in informal negotiations, but reiterated their aim wrap up the conference before the August recess. […
Trade negotiators are aiming to tackle the most difficult outstanding issues in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) talks, including intellectual property (IP), market access for goods, and state-owned enterprises, when they meet beginning Friday (July 24) for a negotiating round and subsequent ministerial in Hawaii. [ July 21, 2015 | Inside U.S. Trade ] New Zealand’s…
China is reverting to credit stimulus after attempts to engineer a stock market boom failed horribly. The day of reckoning is delayed again. [ by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard | July 22, 2015 | The Telegraph ] China is engineering yet another mini-boom. Credit is picking up again. The Communist Party has helpfully outlawed falling equity…
Textile and apparel producers from countries included in both the African Growth and Opportunity Act and Central American Free Trade Agreement are pushing the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to ensure that a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal does not wipe out their benefits by giving Vietnam an upper hand in the U.S. market.…
