Yesterday’s World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling against the country-of-origin meat labels (COOL) that Americans rely on to make informed choices about their food provides a glaring example of how trade agreements can undermine U.S. public interest policies. The WTO authorized over $1 billion annually in trade sanctions against the United States unless and until the…

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: DECEMBER 4, 2015 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106, [email protected] Contact: Casey Hoag, 202-728-1832, [email protected] Two New Reports Show Trans-Pacific Partnership has Major Agricultural, Labor and Environmental Deficiencies   WASHINGTON (December 4, 2015) – Several major deficiencies in the Trans-Pacific Partnership pact (TPP) – including failure to address currency manipulation or set in…

  The Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement has significant implications for the movement of workers to and from Canada, with experts predicting it will open the Canadian labour market to a new wave of foreign workers. [by Louise Elliott | November 29, 2015 | CBC News ] That influx may or may not be offset by increased…

  An aide for Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) this week cautioned business representatives against making a strong push for quick congressional passage of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal, which he said must be considered with deliberation, according to informed sources. Inside U.S. Trade | December 3, 2105 The aide made clear…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 7, 2015Contact: Paola Masman 202 688 5145, [email protected] Global WTO Tribunal Overrules Congress on Food Labeling, $1 Billion Sanctions Washington, D.C.- Today, a World Trade Organization (WTO) tribunal authorized over $1 billion in sanctions against the U.S., in retaliation for the congressionally passed Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) law being “incompliant…

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  WASHINGTON—The U.S. trade deficit widened in October as exports resumed a steady decline, the latest sign a slumping global economy is draining foreigners’ appetite for American-made goods.   [ by Josh Mitchell and Kate Davidson | December 04, 2015 | Wall Street Journal] The trade gap expanded 3.4% from the prior month to $43.9…

One of the selling points for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement is that it will “increase trade.” [Reposted from the Campaign for America’s Future blog  |  Dave Johnson  |  December 3, 3015] Here’s the thing. If you close a factory in the U.S., lay off all of the workers, devastate the surrounding community, and move…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 04, 2015 Contact: Paola Masman, Media Director 202-688-5145, [email protected] Washington ~ Today, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported the US goods exports have fallen to a four year low. The year-to-date trade deficit has widened 5.3% over last year. Why? We have more multi-lateral and bi-lateral trade agreements than ever before in US…

  A bipartisan group of 40 members of the House Steel Caucus this week told the House Ways & Means Committee leadership that they reject as weakening of current law the demand by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to be able to opt out of new procedures for handling trade remedy duty evasion investigations under…