[ Eduardo Porter| December 13, 2016 |The New York Times] Did the white working class vote its economic interests? The day after the presidential election — in a long and brooding interview with Rolling Stone magazine — President Obama offered his take on why blue-collar whites flocked so decidedly to Donald J. Trump. “This is not simply an economic issue,” Mr.…
[ Daily News | December 12, 2016 |Inside US Trade] Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) this week led a group of 20 Democrats asking President-elect Trump to ensure stronger enforcement and expansion of “Buy America” requirements after a push to include language on the issue in a water resources bill fell short before the 114th Congress adjourned.…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Paola Masman, Media Director 202-688-5145 ext 2, [email protected] Washington~ The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) expressed strong support for a the buy American footwear provision in the defense appropriation bill passed by the Senate last Friday, December 9. The provision mandates the purchase of American made footwear for military recruits. The provision states: In the…
[ Daily News | December 12, 2016 |Inside US Trade] The Commerce Department is unwilling to label China a market economy for the purposes of antidumping investigations, while Beijing believes the U.S. is obligated to do so under provisions of its World Trade Organization Accession Protocol that expired on Dec. 11, and immediately requested consultations with…
“There will be a tax on our soon to be strong border of 35 percent for these companies wanting to sell their product, cars, A.C. units etc., back across the border,” Trump tweeted last week. Can he do that? The Very Smart People use to tell us that it was inevitable, indeed good, for companies…
