Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton defended her opposition of the Trans-Pacific Partnership in the first Democratic debate of the 2016 race. Clinton announced last week that she no longer supports the international trade deal, despite supporting it while serving as secretary of state — once calling it the “gold standard.” CNN anchor and debate moderator…
The past couple of debates that have aired live on TV have given us a glimpse of who is running and what they stand for. However, many can agree that the issues being discussed are insignificant and not real policy issues that truly affect Americans. One huge issue too overlooked from the Democratic debate…
Nine House Democrats late last week called on the Obama administration to release the negotiated Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement quickly, and vowed to fight for the defeat of the agreement in Congress. [Reposted from Inside US Trade | October 13, 2015] In their Oct. 9 press conference, Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-NJ) signaled that the opponents…
The head of a key U.S. dairy industry group said last week that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal reached on Oct. 5 appears to have avoided the unbalanced dairy market access deal that U.S. producers had feared, though he stopped short of endorsing the agreement. [Reposted from Inside US Trade | October 13, 2015] “Based…
The Chinese economic slowdown story is so much bigger than it looks, and the U.S. steel industry is one sector that’s tired of taking it on the chin. But it isn’t a direct impact, and that’s what’s so frustrating for U.S. steel mills such as Nucor Corporation (NYSE: NUE), and Steel Dynamics (NASDAQ: STLD). [Reposted from…
The Trans Pacific trade pact promises us cheaper food with sketchier ingredients. American farmers will face upheaval and more dislocation, while corporate agriculture thrives. If China assembles my Apple iPhone with its global mixture of ingredients, shouldn’t Asians at least eat Washington apples? Maybe not while China produces nine times as many apples as…
WASHINGTON — United States exports were hurt by an ailing global economy in August and imports from China surged, propelling the largest expansion of America’s trade deficit in five months. [ Reuters | October 6, 2015 | The New York Times ] The data released on Tuesday by the Commerce Department illustrate the American…
Hillary Clinton gave a big boost to opponents of the Trans-Pacific Partnership when, in an interview on the PBS NewsHour Wednesday, she voiced her opposition to the just-completed “trade” treaty. [by Dave Johnson | October 8, 2015 | Campaign for America’s Future] Clinton joins fellow Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley, all…
The contract disputes between steel companies such as Allegheny Technologies Inc. Flat-Rolled Products and their union employees involve a third, silent party. [Reposted from TribLive | Tom Yerace | October 11, 2015] That would be foreign competition, particularly from China, whose manufacturers have been flooding the markets for years with steel, including stainless grades such…
