Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Treasury released its semi-annual Report to Congress on International Economic and Exchange Rate Policies on Thursday. This was the 13th opportunity under the Obama administration for Treasury to name China a currency manipulator – an opportunity it passed on by not citing China or Japan for currency manipulation. [Reposted from…
An article recently appeared in the Lincoln Journal Star about USTR Michael Froman’s trip to Nebraska to promote the Trans Pacific Partnership and the TPP. The article was full of statements supporting the TPP. Froman said the agreements will benefit Nebraska by opening markets for export goods, including soybeans, corn, beef, pork and machinery. Expanded…
Bill Bullard, Executive Director of R-CALF USA joins Tomi Lahren to get us ‘on point’ with American beef. Where do you want to get your beef from? How about the good ole USA? Bill Bullard is a member of the board of the Coalition for a Prosperous America.
This week, Senator Hatch will reportedly introduce “fast track” (trade promotion authority) legislation in the Senate, to help President Obama complete the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a trade and investment deal with eleven other countries in Asia and the Americas. [Reposted from the Huffington Post | Robert Scott | April 12, 2015] . “Fast Track”…
Orrin Hatch and Ron Wyden appear poised to introduce a “fast track” trade promotion authority bill along with House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan. [Reposted from Politico | Doug Palmer and Adam Behsudi | April 13, 2015] A smoldering debate over trade is expected to get even hotter after Congress returns from its…
Editor’s note: Joe Logan is CPA’s Chief Co-Chair for Agriculture. Imagine you and your spouse going into your bank to settle on the purchase of a home. When you sit down with the loan officer, you are informed that the interest rate for the loan, the payoff period of the loan, the down payment…
A new poll of Ohio residents released Friday (April 10) offered an indication that Republicans in the state are generally less supportive of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) than Democrats and showed that Ohio voters will be less likely to support Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) for reelection if he supports TPP or a fast-track bill. [Reposted…
Conventional wisdom says that business and labor don’t agree on much. But that’s simply not true of workers and employers who are used to meeting at the bargaining table and finding solutions to important problems. And it is particularly not true when it comes to bad trade deals that have hurt working families and…
International trade is not a sexy public policy issue. Aside from labor unions, who for years have been beating the drum for better trade deals, recent Republican and Democratic administrations in Washington have been gung ho for signing deals around the globe. [by Matthew Daneman | April 8, 2015 | Democrat & Chronicle] But…
The Chinese Navy in in the process of commissioning three new nuclear-powered attack submarines, according to China Daily. The report, quoted on the website Defense Tech, furthermore notes that the new vessels will be equipped with a new vertical launching system capable of firing supersonic anti-ship missiles. [by Franz-Stefan Gady | April 6, 2015 | The…