Tectonic changes are reshaping U.S. workplaces as the economy moves deeper into the knowledge-focused age. These changes are affecting the very nature of jobs by rewarding social, communications and analytical skills. They are prodding many workers to think about lifetime commitments to retraining and upgrading their skills. And they may be prompting a society-wide reckoning…
[Stephen Herzenberg| October 04, 2016 |Philly] IT’S OLD NEWS that some Democrats are tone deaf on trade. Right now would be a pretty good time to get a hearing aid. I had a front-row seat on that tone deafness in the first Clinton administration during its 1993 negotiation of the labor side agreement to…
[Daily News| October 04, 2016 | Inside US Trade] Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY) has introduced a bill designed to identify and reduce trade deficits. Slaughter, a staunch opponent of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, says the “Trade Deficit Reduction Act” would “change how we approach international trade and make it benefit our workers and manufacturers.” Slaughter’s office…
[Daily News| October 04, 2016 | Inside US Trade] Two of the most outspoken critics of the Trans-Pacific Partnership and other recent trade agreements on Tuesday presented a new framework for the negotiation of trade deals, as well as their content, with a focus on transparency in negotiations and worker and consumer interests. The platform was…
by Michael Stumo Last Wednesday (10/5/16) I was a guest on BBC World Service with globalist economists Jeffrey Sachs and Pankaj Ghemawat discussing the future of trade and globalization. I was invited as a presumed nationalist/protectionist counterpoint to the other two guests. Whlie I was certainly a counterpoint, our CPA view did not fit into…
[Edward Wong| October 05, 2016 |New York Times] BEIJING — An American government auditing agency will look at whether the United States should broaden its reviews of foreign investments and purchases in important areas of the economy. The decision comes as American lawmakers increasingly question purchases by Chinese and Russian companies controlled by or tied…
[Daily News| October 04, 2016 |Inside US Trade] Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet (D) has put himself in the camp of Trans-Pacific Partnership skeptics who say they can’t support the deal without key changes – though he hopes the U.S. does not “just walk away” from it entirely. Asked by a Colorado television station whether voters “deserve”…
[Angelo Young| October 03, 2016 | Salon] Free-trade agreements have become a flashpoint in this year’s contentious presidential race as voters from the right and left have decried them. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump had pledged to eliminate the North American Free Trade Agreement while Democrat Hillary Clinton has backed out of supporting the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership, a massive deal that would bring…
[Vicki Needham| September 28, 2016 | The Hill] Business groups are facing a major problem in their final push for passage of President Obama’s signature trade agreement — a lack of unity. While groups like the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce are committed to passing the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP),…
[Jeff Faux| September 29, 2016 | The Globalist] During the 1993 U.S. congressional debate over the North American Free Trade Agreement, a Democratic Congressman with a solid pro-labor voting record asked me why I thought NAFTA would be bad for working people. After I had given my answer, he responded: “Well, you may be right…
