FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Annalyse Keller [email protected] (202) 225-4801 12/1/2016 Washington, D.C. – Today in a bipartisan effort, Congressman Mo Brooks (R-AL-05) and Congressman Dan Lipinski (D-IL-03) filed House resolution H.Con.Res.175, calling for a national goal of balanced trade, with a special emphasis on manufacturing and goods. Joint statement from Congressman Lipinski and Congressman Brooks: “We have long believed that the…
[Dean Baker| December 04, 2016 |Beat the Press] Harvard professor, textbook author, and occasional New York Times columnist Greg Mankiw told readerstoday that Donald Trump’s economic team is wrong to worry about the trade deficit. “The most important lesson about trade deficits is that they have a flip side. When the United States buys goods and…
[Daily News| December 02, 2016 |Inside US Trade] Reps. Dan Lipinski (D-IL) and Mo Brooks (R-AL) – who last year voted against granting President Obama Fast Track Authority – have introduced a bipartisan resolution urging the president and Congress to tackle the U.S. trade deficit “over a reasonable period of time.” “Resolved by the House of Representatives…
By Michael Stumo Beware of the counter-attack of the establishment. Chairmen Hatch and Brady are trying to pivot from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) to a new trade deal with Japan. I was in Washington visiting congressional offices in mid-November, the week after the election. I sat in the waiting room of one pro-TPP House office…
By Michael Stumo President-elect Trump promises to renegotiate NAFTA and withdraw if he does not get what he wants. What actually would happen if we withdrew from NAFTA? Certainly the old guard globalists would freak out. “America must lead, not isolate itself from the world!” “We must trade because 95% of US consumers are outside…
Coalition for a Prosperous America CEO Michael Stumo says Boustany would be a strange choice because of his stance on trade which is far different from the President Elects. [WANX| November 30, 2016 |Radio 570] He says there are several trade issues that Boustany differs from Trump on. Stumo’s group shares the President’s elect view…
[Daily News| December 02, 2016 |Inside US Trade] President-elect Donald Trump has said he intends to name China a currency manipulator on “day one” of his administration. But this week his pick to lead the Treasury Department, Steven Mnuchin, said that Treasury, the Commerce Department and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative would coordinate…
[Alan Gray| December 1, 2016 |NewsBlaze] In a move that has Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) opponents’ heads spinning, Rep. Charles Boustany, the republican TPP Caucus co-chair, has his hand up for U.S. Trade Representative. Opponents say Boustany’s trade positions and his voting record should preclude him from consideration. He has not only supported, but pushed many…
