[James Trimargo| November 18, 2016 |Yes Magazine] Amid the fallout from Donald Trump’s election is the end of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. After six years of negotiations, the controversial trade deal is dead. Its proponents were caught off guard. Just a week before the election, U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman was telling CNBC that members of Congress were…
[Peter Morici| November 20, 2016 |Washington Times] Globalization is inevitable and nothing about the presidential campaign changed that. Ever since merchants first moved among human settlements, people have exchanged goods, blended cultures and specialized to create wealth, but trade also creates winners and losers. Donald Trump has seized on an enduring truth: whether America or…
[Daily News| November 18, 2016 |Inside US Trade] Just over week after the election of Donald Trump effectively eliminated the chances for a vote on the Trans-Pacific Partnership this year, Republican members of the Senate Finance Committee said they see a path forward in working with the president-elect on trade policy — including the possibility…
[Daily News| November 16, 2016 |Inside US Trade] Senate Finance Committee member Sherrod Brown (D-OH) is calling for President-elect Trump to conduct a sweeping review of the United States’ trade relationship with China, pick a U.S. Trade Representative with a background in manufacturing, ditch the Trans-Pacific Partnership and renegotiate NAFTA. “Donald Trump made a lot…
[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…
[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 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…
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…