“We are tens of millions of Americans and we are committed that we are not going to have another raw deal on trade.” – Larry Cohen of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) Reposted from the Campaign for America’s Future blog | Dave Johnson | January 8, 2015] Several members of Congress joined with representatives…
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The biggest engineering project in the history of the world got under way this week, but don’t feel bad if you’ve never heard of it. [by Darrell Delamaide | December 24, 2014 | MarketWatch] U.S. mainstream media tends to shy away from reporting anything that doesn’t directly involve American interests, especially…
The 114th Congress will be sworn in next week, and the media campaign for President Obama’s next power grab is already under way. The New York Times, Washington Post and Politico (Tiger Beat on the Potomac) are all telling us the GOP Congress is ready to surrender its oversight responsibilities and grant extraordinary new…
Nicaragua on Monday announced the start of work on a $50 billion shipping canal, an infrastructure project backed by China that aims to rival Panama’s waterway and revitalize the economy of the second-poorest country in the Americas. [by Gabriel Stargardter | December 22, 2014 | Reuters] The groundbreaking was largely symbolic, as work began…
Success could be squandered if TPP concerns are not addressed. President Obama begins his pre-State of the Union swing today by highlighting a key success during his presidency – the auto sector recovery. The Obama administration touts its success in Detroit, but has failed to bring the Big Three’s concerns to trade negotiations. [Reposted from the blog…
It was one thing to get elected but it will be another for the Republican Congress to work with a president best known for his imperious style and a hard left agenda. Still in the most recent round of budget negotiations, President Obama did accept modifications to the bank regulations imposed by Dodd-Frank, and other…
On December 3, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced the initiation of antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on melamine from the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. [Reposted from the King & Spalding blog | Erienne Kilgore & Joshua Snead | January 6, 2015] The petitions were filed on November…
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued its first “AD/CVD Update” in December 2014. The AD/CVD Update provides information regarding CBP’s activities to collect antidumping (AD) and countervailing duties (CVD) from U.S. importers that attempt to evade their payment. [Reposted from the King & Spalding blog | P. Lee Smith | January 6, 2015] CBP’s…
The Trans-Pacific Partnership is a disastrous trade agreement designed to protect the interests of the largest multi-national corporations at the expense of workers, consumers, the environment and the foundations of American democracy. It will also negatively impact some of the poorest people in the world. [An Update from Senator Bernie Sanders | January 5, 2014]…
The Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation (RAMI) Act was included in the $1.1 trillion omnibus FY 2015 spending bill signed into law by President Obama last month. [Reposted from the King & Spalding blog | Lauren M. Donoghue | January 6, 2015] The RAMI Act passed the House in September, but had been held up…