The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) — and the rigged “Fast Track” process designed to pass it before the public has a chance to react — has become a new “third rail” for progressives and the activist Democratic “base.” (This is also true on the right, by the way.) Clinton is the number one candidate for president,…
TUAL, Indonesia (AP) — The same trawlers that had enslaved countless migrant fishermen for years carried more than 300 of them to freedom Saturday, following a dramatic rescue from a remote Indonesian island that many men believed would likely be their final resting place. [Reposted from AP.org | Robin McDowell and Margie Mason | April…
CPA’s effort to delay an expected ITC economic assessment of the TPP was covered in WTTL: An effort by TPP opponents to delay an expected International Trade Commission (ITC) economic impact assessment of the deal was brushed aside by the commission’s public affairs officer, who merely explained the legal process under which the ITC conducts…
The Department of Labor reported this morning that America’s manufacturing sector lost 1,000 jobs in March. [Reposted from the Alliance for American Manufacturing site | April 3, 2015] The #AAMeter, which tracks President Obama’s promise to create 1 million new manufacturing jobs in his second term, decreased to +372,000 jobs, after revisions to previous months’…
New York — The United States and Japan are intensifying auto talks aimed at reaching a 12-nation free trade deal — an agreement that could have major impacts for large automakers. [Reposted from The Detroit News | David Shepardson | April 1, 2015] A deal that opens Japan’s market to U.S. autos is key to…
The Senate Finance Committee has set April 21 as a target date for marking up a bill to renew Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), also called “fast track,” an action that is expected to be preceded by the introduction of the legislation and a Finance Committee hearing just a week beforehand, according to informed sources. [Reposted…
CEOs from the country’s largest and most important steel companies along with an executive from the nation’s top industrial union were on Capitol Hill on March 26 and used the opportunity to raise alarms about surging steel imports. They told members of the Congressional Steel Caucus that their industry was in a state of crisis…
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March 31, 2015 Contact: Sara Haimowitz, [email protected], 202 688 5145 International Trade Commission Refuses to Respond to CPA Letter In February 2015, the Coalition for a Prosperous America sent a letter asking the US International Trade Commission (USITC) to refuse any administration request to study the impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) until the final…
Council News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 3/30/2015 3:31:00 PM FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:Josh Fogt, Councilmember O’Brien’s Office, (206) 684-8800, Dana Robinson Slote, (206) 615-0061 Council Opposes Fast Track Consideration of International Trade Deal Directly Impacting Trade-Dependent Seattle [A press release from the Seattle City Council] SEATTLE – City Council adopted a resolution today opposing…
