During my recent trip to southwest Florida as the guest of the Lee County Economic Development agency, I learned that in recent years, there has been an increasing number of business owners that have been regularly vacationing in the area who have decided to either move their business or set up a business where they…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Carolyn Bobb, 202-637-5018 USTR Must End Secrecy Surrounding TTIP Negotiations [A Press Release from the AFL-CIO | October 23, 2015] (Washington, DC October 23, 2015) – On a conference call today, Rep. Lloyd Doggett (TX); Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT); Lorette Picciano, Executive Director of…
Breitbart: Exclusive — Donald Trump Declares War On Obamatrade: ‘Time To Send A Real Businessman’ To White House To End This GOP frontrunner Donald Trump is hammering President Barack Obama, his administration and Congress for completely failing the American worker when it comes to trade policy—whacking the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade pact with 12…
There are plenty of criticisms for President Barack Obama from the Republican presidential field, but some top candidates actually support his signature trade achievement. Reposted from CNBC | Everett Rosenfeld | October 22, 2015] Others, however, characterize Obama’s Asia-Pacific trade pact as one of the president’s worst decisions. Negotiators from the United States, Japan, Australia…
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will create the most powerful and lucrative trading bloc since the inception of the European Union. Or maybe not. To paraphrase Donald Rumsfeld, we should worry about the unknown unknowns, an awkward phrase that says a lot about blindly tap dancing across political mine fields. The TPP most likely will…
For Immediate Release, October 21, 2015 Haley Graves, (202) 225-2171 Opening Statement: Chairman K. Michael Conaway Committee on Agriculture Hearing: Foreign Subsidies: Jeopardizing Free Trade and Harming American Farmers Remarks as prepared for delivery: The purpose of today’s hearing is to examine high and rising foreign subsidies, tariffs, and other barriers to trade and…
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has found himself at the center of a pitched battle over the reauthorization of the federal Export-Import Bank. [Reposted from The Hill | Kevin Cirilli | October 22, 2015] Supporters of the besieged bank enraged conservatives earlier this month by deploying a rarely used legislative tactic to force a vote…
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) said Wednesday (Oct. 21) that he plans to drive home the message to the Obama administration that it must bring a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) implementing bill to a congressional vote within the first two or three months of 2016 or risk delaying the vote until the lame-duck session after the…
The American Iron and Steel Institute had strong words for a Treasury Department report that said China is not a currency manipulator and, while US construction-in-place values fell for the month, they are still well ahead of 2014’s pace. [by Jeff Yoders | October 20, 2015 | MetalMiner] The Obama Administration’s announced yesterday, in…
The House of Representatives must soon choose a new speaker, and some are pushing Paul Ryan as the “smart” choice. [Reposted from WND | Curtis Ellis | October 16, 2015] Let’s consider what a Ryan speakership would look like. John Boehner was detested because he ran the House of Representatives in an authoritarian style. Confronted…