by Michael Stumo Paul Ryan and Barack Obama have been pushing the Trans-Pacific Partnership as a trade agreement. We know from past experience these deals promote other countries’ market access to US consumers more than they promote exports. But the TPP is more about global governance and sovereignty than trade. President Obama spoke at Nike…
Despite the absurdity of many aspects of the Republican Party platform, there is still one issue where Hillary Clinton and the Democrats are highly vulnerable. [Christopher C. Currie| July 18, 2016 |Providence Journal] Despite the absurdity of many aspects of the Republican Party platform, there is still one issue where Hillary Clinton and the Democrats…
Major trade deals should not be voted on during lame-duck sessions of Congress, the Republican Party’s official platform states. [Daily News| July 18, 2016 |Inside US Trade] The platform – introduced today at the party convention in Cleveland – doesn’t name the Trans-Pacific Partnership or take a stance on it, but it does come out against a…