‘Time to Get Loud’: Rock Stars and Celebs Aim to Amplify Anti-TPP Fight

It’s “the least boring piece of news related to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in ages,”according to one campaigner.  [Deirdre Fulton| June 15, 2016 |Common Dreams] Celebrities including Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello, punk band Anti-Flag, and Lost actress Evangeline Lilly are mobilizing against the 12-nation, corporate-friendly deal—which has been exposed by multiple analyses as threatening the climate, labor protections, access to medicine, and…

American Athletic Shoes Move Closer To Securing Spot With Military

American made athletic footwear just got a potential big boost from the Department of Defense. [Zameena Mejia| June 15, 2016 |Footwear News] The U.S. Senate on June 14 passed a Department of Defense bill that requires the Pentagon to purchase American-made athletic shoes for military recruits. This would subject athletic footwear to the Berry Amendment, originally…

Ways & Means Subcommittee Launches First Of Several Hearings On Trade Policy Impacts

The House Ways & Means Trade Subcommittee this week launched the “first in a series of hearings about how U.S. trade policies affect specific sectors of the economy,” according to an email by press secretary Lauren Blair Aronson, leading off with the agriculture sector. [Daily News| June 15, 2016 |Inside US Trade] The June 14…

US Official: Cambodia Could Join TPP Trade Pact

U.S. Under Secretary of State Catherine Novelli met senior Cambodian leaders in Phnom Penh last Friday during a three-day visit to the country, discussing a range of issues including deforestation, the investment climate, energy and technology. [Phorn Bopha| June 13, 2016 |Voa News] Novelli also raised the possibility that Cambodia could join the Trans-Pacific Partnership…

Time is running out on TPP

The Trans-Pacific Partnership continues to be one of the critical unfinished issues as the Obama administration wraps up its eight-year tenure. The regional trade agreement involves 12 nations and nearly 40 percent of global GDP – including the key economies such as the United States, Japan, Canada, Mexico, Australia and Vietnam. [J Berkshire Miller| June…

Former Trade Officials From TPP Countries Fear Growing Trade Backlash

A number of former trade officials from countries party to the Trans-Pacific Partnership warned on Wednesday (June 15) that anti-trade sentiment in the United States and other countries is qualitatively different than movements against trade in the past and could threaten U.S. leadership on the issue in the 21st century. [Daily News| June 16, 2016…