Donald Trump, the billionaire and national GOP presidential frontrunner who just won the New Hampshire primary and is polling ahead of the field in South Carolina, is seizing a major political opportunity with the news that Ford and Carrier are shipping thousands of U.S. jobs to Mexico. [Matthew Boyle| February, 13 2016 | Breitbart] In a…

Matthew Weaver/Capital Press R-CALF CEO Bill Bullard outlines some of the problems with the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement for U.S. cattle producers Feb. 10 during a meeting in Spokane. [Matthew Weaver/Capital Press R-CALF CEO Bill Bullard| February, 15 2016 | NEWS.MIKECALLICRATE.com] Matthew Weaver/Capital Press R-CALF CEO Bill Bullard outlines some of the problems with the…

Below are all the cases during the presidential debates so far in which candidates have mentioned free trade as an issue. (I’ve edited a little for clarity, as raw transcripts of live debates contain a lot of verbal clutter.) [Ian Fletcher| February, 15 2016 |Huffington Post] As you’ll see, this issue has boiled somewhat hotter…

  U.S. Trade Deficit in Manufactures Soared by $89 Billion in 2015, 600,000 Job Loss; Chinese Surplus Up More Than $50 Billion to $1.1 Trillion by Ernest Preeg, MAPI (link to original) The U.S. trade deficit in manufactures in 2015 soared by $89 billion, or 16%, to $650 billion, which resulted in a trade-related loss…