[November 08, 2016 |Mainchi] The ruling coalition has abandoned putting bills related to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement to a vote at a House of Representatives plenary session on Nov. 8 amid opposition party protests over gaffes by the farm minister. The governing bloc is aiming to hold a vote on the bills…
[Ian Fletcher | November 09, 2016 | Huffington Post] Trump won. Well, I guess I’m going to get the trade policy I’ve been fighting for for more than a decade! (About the rest of his agenda, no comment.) His supporters are presumably celebrating right now, so I want to address this to his opponents: Quite frankly, this…
by Michael Stumo The Donald Trump win was a shock to Clinton supporters and apparently a shock to Trump’s own aides. What does his win mean for trade policy and the partisan positioning? Trump and Democrats will not agree on the Supreme Court and many other issues. We are in for a wild ride. But…
[Michael Stumo & Daniel Alpert | November 09, 2016 | The Hill] Hillary Clinton’s and Donald Trump’s campaigns both featured opposition to recent trade deals, reflecting a reboot of the fictional view that all trade is win-win. Yet proponents of globalism continue to assert that “free trade” is an overwhelming good. Many wrongly resist exploring why…
[November 04, 2016 |Democracy Corps] Democracy Corps and GQR conducted a national survey for Public Citizen on attitudes towards trade and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the multi-nation trade agreement that President Obama may be sent to Congress for consideration immediately after the election. The results are challenging for the proponents of the agreement, as the…
[Daily News | November 04, 2016 |Inside US Trade] A handful of federal advisory committees on agriculture trade issues are in need of new members, according to the Agriculture Department. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman said in a press release that the departments are accepting nominations through Nov. 18 for the Agricultural Policy…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENovember 7, 2016 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106[email protected] Dairy Survey Underscores Producer Opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership WASHINGTON (November 7, 2016) – As the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) struggles to gain support on Capitol Hill, Wisconsin dairy farmers overwhelmingly agree that Congress should reject the trade agreement in its current form. In a survey of…
[Daily News | November 07, 2016 |Inside US Trade] Trans-Pacific Partnership bills continue to advance in Japan and New Zealand as both countries move toward ratification. The Nikkei Asian Review reports today that a lower house committee voted to approve TPP on Friday “without the participation of the main opposition Democratic Party’s lawmakers who walked out ahead of…
[Daily News| November 03, 2016 |Inside US Trade] Shortly before Congress returns for a lame-duck session, the Obama administration appears close to a solution that could satisfy Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) on his main Trans-Pacific Partnership concern, clarifying each country’s commitments on the market exclusivity period for biologics. The “fix,” sources said,…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENovember 2, 2016 Contact: Danielle Endvick, 715-471-0398, [email protected] Opposition to Trans-Pacific Partnership evident in dairy producer survey CHIPPEWA FALLS – Responses to a recent survey sent out by Wisconsin Farmers Union (WFU) indicate dairy farmers throughout the state are against passing the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in its current form. The survey, which was sent…