PHILADELPHIA — U.S. Rep. Ron Kind faced a row of TV cameras, surrounded by a small band of fellow Democratic rebels resolved to make their voices heard. [Mark Sommerhauser| July 27, 2016 |Journal Times] Kind, D-La Crosse, had just finished addressing Wisconsin delegates Wednesday morning at the Democratic National Convention. Kind started speaking to reporters…
Let’s start the debate about trade policy on the right foot. Everyone I know is “for” trade. A better question is, “Who gets the gains from trade?” [Stan Sorscher| July 29, 2016 |Huffington Post] Gains from anything, trade included, can be divided in 3 ways. Someone might give you your share of gains, for whatever…
Trade-supportive Democratic Sen. Chris Coons said the next administration will have to work hard to shore up relations in the Asia-Pacific region because there appears to be little chance of passing the TPP this year. [Adam Behsudi | July 29, 2016 |Politico] “I’ll take your presumption that TPP is dead for the rest of this Congress and this…
Red, white and blue balloons flooded the Wells Fargo Center following a speech in which Hillary Clinton simultaneously hit Donald Trump while presenting a vision for stabilizing the U.S. economy and middle class. [Adam Behsudi | July 29, 2016 |Politico] “If you believe that we should say no to unfair trade deals, that we should…