Blurb from BBC World Service: Today we anticipate the deeper economic truths of a Trump presidency. What’s the plan? The President-Elect promises the revival of US heavy industry, stamping out unfair foreign trade deals, generating new jobs for working-class Americans. Opponents and foreign governments fear this could imply trade war. So what kind of economy will…
[Lorri Wallach | November 09, 2016 |Huffington Post] The election of President Donald Trump, and the slew of exit polls showing Americans’ ire over our failed trade policies that fueled that outcome, should dissuade Republican congressional leaders from pushing the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in the lame-duck session of Congress that starts next week. We will…
[November 08, 2016 |Mainchi] The ruling coalition has abandoned putting bills related to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement to a vote at a House of Representatives plenary session on Nov. 8 amid opposition party protests over gaffes by the farm minister. The governing bloc is aiming to hold a vote on the bills…
[Ian Fletcher | November 09, 2016 | Huffington Post] Trump won. Well, I guess I’m going to get the trade policy I’ve been fighting for for more than a decade! (About the rest of his agenda, no comment.) His supporters are presumably celebrating right now, so I want to address this to his opponents: Quite frankly, this…
