Many in Washington look at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris to help with pressing business concerns in the global community. And recently, the OECD promised to tackle cumbersome issues related to international corporate taxation. Unfortunately, it appears that the OECD isn’t positioned to provide a helpful solution when it comes…
Editor’s Note: Brazil is to agriculture what China is to manufacturing. A corrupt, state supported source of predatory global oversupply. Including subsidized investment to take dominate US food processing in pursuit of Brazil’s national agro-industry strategy. WASHINGTON – Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.),…
Excerpt: “For every 1,000 people who lost their jobs in a county there was a 2.7% rise in opioid-related overdose deaths. After fentanyl entered regional heroin supplies in 2013, the same 1,000 trade-related job losses led to an 11.3% spike in overdose deaths.” The Sackler family was once celebrated for its philanthropy. Now the owners of…
Washington. As the Trump administration embarks on a 13th round of trade talks with China, the Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) is urging US trade negotiators to take a hard line with Beijing. CPA believes there are important reasons why the US should hold firm unless Beijing makes substantial concessions. [1] China’s intellectual property theft and…
