Many in Congress have been concerned about the effect of currency manipulation on our country’s ability to sell things to the world. They demanded that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) outlaw the practice. The administration promised that the TPP and accompanying side agreements would do that. [Reposted from Campaign for America’s Future | Dave Johnson | …
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) on Friday (Nov. 6) expressed doubt that Congress will take up legislation to implement the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) during the Obama administration and argued that a future Republican administration would negotiate a better deal on intellectual property protections for drugs. November 6, 2015 | Inside U.S. Trade…
HAMBURG—Few places have a longer affinity for free trade than this German city, home to one of Europe’s busiest ports [Reposted from the Wall Street Journal | Daniel Michaels | November 8, 2015] The city’s left-leaning government overruled environmentalists in 2012 and approved deepening the Elbe River for bigger container ships. License plates boast of…
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest, is calling for the immediate destruction of the 5,554-page Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trans-global trade deal introduced on Thursday. [ by Matthew Boyle | November 5, 2015 | Breitbart ] “The text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership runs…
Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are railing against the Trans-Pacific Partnership in the Democratic primary. On the right, GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump is ripping the trade deal as a “disaster” negotiated by “incompetent people.” [Reposted from Politico | Seung Min Kim | November 9, 2015] President Barack Obama’s herculean task of shepherding the landmark…
BEIJING — China, the world’s leading emitter of greenhouse gases from coal, has been burning up to 17 percent more coal a year than the government previously disclosed, according to newly released data. The finding could complicate the already difficult efforts to limit global warming. [ by Chris Buckley | November 3, 2015 |…
The House Republican Steering Committee on Wednesday (Nov. 4) voted to make Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) the new chairman of the Ways & Mean Committee, roughly a year after he failed to grab that spot in a contest with now Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI). November 6, 2015 | Inside U.S. Trade Brady’s selection will…
The House on Wednesday (Nov. 4) is slated to vote on 10 amendments making reforms to the Export-Import Bank as it considers a long-term highway bill that includes Ex-Im renewal, while a key opponent of the bank acknowledged the bank is now certain to be reauthorized. November 4, 2015 | Inside U.S. Trade In…
Washington, DC. With the text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement finally made public today, advocates for domestic U.S. manufacturing are calling the agreement a very bad deal for America. American Economic Alert | November 5, 2015 U.S. Business & Industry Council President Kevin L. Kearns says that the the full agreement,…
The Department of Labor reported this morning that America’s manufacturing sector flatlined in October, creating no jobs last month. [Reposted from the Alliance for American Manufacturing site | November 6, 2015] The #AAMeter, which tracks President Obama’s promise to create 1 million new manufacturing jobs in his second term, remained at +370,000 jobs. Said Alliance…
