President Barack Obama is expected to prioritize the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in his State of the Union address. The TPP text was finally released in November after seven years of secretive talks during which this Washington Post infographic shows 500 U.S. trade advisors representing corporate interests had special access. Congress, the public and press were…
Two major United States manufacturers of titanium products are warning that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will open the floodgates to duty-free imports of the metal from Japan as well as from other major producers who are not party to the trade deal like China and Russia, which they say would cause “serious harm” to the…
With this column we conclude our series of articles examining the impact of trade agreements on US agriculture as well as the US economy as a whole. In 2012, trade agreements with Colombia, Panama, and Korea went into effect. By far, the volume of trade with Korea was the most significant. In addition we examine…
The top Democrat on the House Ways & Means Committee said Thursday (Jan. 7) that TransCanada’s plan to file an investor-state claim against the U.S. under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) over the rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline highlights why some of the reforms to investment rules that he had proposed should have been…