Using a loophole in the WTO’s clause on national security threats, Beijing has effectively banned foreign competition [Reposted from Epoch Times | Joshua Phillips | July 9, 2015] The Chinese Communist Party has created a new law that allows it to selectively ban foreign imports while propping up its own companies. The new law uses…
Domestic steelmakers have urged the government to keep steel out of the purview of any future free-trade agreements… [Reposted from The Financial Express | Surya Sarathi Ray | Juy 9, 2015] Domestic steelmakers have urged the government to keep steel out of the purview of any future free-trade agreements (FTAs) and also review the existing…
The U.S. Census Bureau reported Tuesday that the May goods and services trade deficit was an enormous, humongous $40.9 billion, up a bit from an enormous, humongous $40.7 billion in April. [Reposted from Campaign for America’s Future | Dave Johnson | July 7, 2015] Our enormous, humongous trade deficit is a measure of how many…
To someone new to the scene, it might seem as if both major parties are engaged in a war on exports. [Reposted from USA Today | Editorial Board | July 12, 2015] Democrats took the offensive first, trying to kill an emerging Pan-Pacific trade agreement just as American manufacturers have become highly competitive and are…
Conservatives believe they can persuade a majority of their colleagues in the House GOP to oppose the Export-Import bank, whose charter expired June 30. [Reposted from The Hill | Kevin Cahill | July 12, 2015] Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), the chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, said that there’s a “good chance” the majority…
Japan’s minister in charge of a 12-country Pacific Rim free trade initiative said Tuesday one possible option is to reach a broad agreement without some members that are unwilling to end negotiations at the next ministerial meeting later this month in Hawaii. July 14, 2015 | MarketPulse Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Akira Amari…
The U.S. trade representative will join trade ministers from 11 other countries in Hawaii from July 28-31 [Reposted from the Wall Street Journal | William Mauldin | July 7, 2015] he Obama administration will host a high-level trade meeting in late July in an effort to conclude a sweeping Pacific trade pact, after winning key…
For Immediate Release July 9, 2015 Contact: Josh Goldstein 202-637-5018 AFL-CIO Condemns State Department Upgrade of Malaysia onTrafficking ListStatement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka in response to reports indicating the United States is prepared to upgrade the Malaysian government in its annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report: We are outraged by this clearly political…
WASHINGTON — With a final accord in sight, the 12 nations negotiating a trans-Pacific trade agreement linking 40 percent of the global economy have set a last round of talks for late July on the remaining issues on the most ambitious trade deal in a generation. [Reposted from The New York Times | Jonathan Weisman …
Washington, D.C. – The Commerce Department released the latest monthly U.S. trade figures Tuesday. The overall monthly U.S. international goods and services trade deficit increased to $41.9 billion in May, from $40.7 billion in April, revise [Reposted from the Alliance for American Manufacturing site | July 7, 2015] The monthly U.S. goods deficit with China…