[Edward Wong| November 17, 2016 |The New York Times] Congress should exercise greater scrutiny over trade and investment practices between the United States and China in order to prevent China from taking advantage of the economic relationship, a congressional commission said in a report released on Wednesday. In its long list of recommendations, the commission advised Congress…
[Michelle Kim| November 11, 2016 |Market Watch] WASHINGTON — The United States should bar Chinese state-owned enterprises from acquiring U.S. companies – takeovers that give China an unfair advantage in trade relations, according to a report released Wednesday by a congressional advisory panel. While Chinese companies face less restricted access in the U.S., China has…
By Michael Stumo On Tuesday, November 8, in the evening, there was an earthquake. In the course of a few hours late that day, the expectations of most (but not all) flipped from an obvious Clinton victory to a massive and widespread Trump victory. Trade issues and the working class were the deciding factors. I’m…
[NICOLE GELINAS| November 11, 2016 |The Daily Beast] Donald Trump could not have won the presidency in 2016 were it not for what happened eight years before: the global financial meltdown. To this day, political elites do not grasp how the crisis shattered Americans’ perceptions of their economic security. This top-level failure has gradually claimed…
By Michael Stumo Building upon, and solidifying, our bipartisan gains on trade is crucial right now. The TPP is dead. Trump and the House Democrats agree on a surprisingly long list of trade issues. The working class voters decided the election, in large part on the trade issue, and Trump won. Dems are reeling from…
[DANIEL LOOKER| November 09, 2016 |Agriculture] For the past eight years, many farmers have chafed under what’s seen as regulatory overreach under the Obama Administration. Farm groups and Trump supporters expect that to be pulled back after the New York real estate mogul and reality TV star was elected the 45th U.S. president on November…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENovember 14, 2016 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106[email protected] WASHINGTON (November 14, 2016) – National Farmers Union (NFU) extended a congratulatory letter to President-elect Donald J. Trump, outlining opportunities to work together with the new administration on several common ground farm policy issues. “We appreciate the attention that Mr. Trump paid to issues that affect family…
[Daily News | November 09, 2016 |Inside US Trade] In the aftermath of Donald Trump’s victory, Trans-Pacific Partnership opponents and proponents alike see the Pacific trade deal as effectively dead — citing the president-elect’s opposition to it and the unwillingness of Republican congressional leaders to bring up the controversial deal for a vote in a…
[ADAM BEHSUDI and NANCY COOK | November 10, 2016 |Politico] President-elect Donald Trump plans to move quickly to fulfill some of his most controversial campaign promises related to what he derided as “job-killing” trade policies, according to an internal transition team document shared with POLITICO. Within the first 100 days, his administration will drop out of the…
[JORDAIN CARNEY| November 11, 2016 |The Hill] Sen. Charles Schumer is signaling that President Obama’s signature trade agreement won’t clear Congress, roughly two days after Republican Donald Trump — who opposes the deal — won the White House. A source familiar with the New York Democrat’s remarks said he told the AFL-CIO executive council that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell(R-Ky.)…
