David Cay Johnston: Currency wars and the threat of deflation

The price at which you can trade American dollars for foreign currencies may seem abstract, but events unfolding right now make it important to your future income, whether you have a job and the direction of the world economy in the next few years. [David Cay Johnston  |  August 18th, 2015] Around the globe, we…

Inside US Trade: Bipartisan Senate Staff Delegation Heading To TPP Countries Next Week

A bipartisan delegation of staff for the Senate Finance Committee and its members will head to Japan, Malaysia and Vietnam next week to discuss the ongoing Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations, according to a Senate aide. [Reposted from Inside US Trade  |  August 18, 2015] The aide said the focus of the trip is TPP and…