A bipartisan group of 40 members of the House Steel Caucus this week told the House Ways & Means Committee leadership that they reject as weakening of current law the demand by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to be able to opt out of new procedures for handling trade remedy duty evasion investigations under…
WASHINGTON—The U.S. trade deficit widened in October as exports resumed a steady decline, the latest sign a slumping global economy is draining foreigners’ appetite for American-made goods. [ by Josh Mitchell and Kate Davidson | December 04, 2015 | Wall Street Journal] The trade gap expanded 3.4% from the prior month to $43.9…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 04, 2015 Contact: Paola Masman, Media Director 202-688-5145, [email protected] Washington ~ Today, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported the US goods exports have fallen to a four year low. The year-to-date trade deficit has widened 5.3% over last year. Why? We have more multi-lateral and bi-lateral trade agreements than ever before in US…
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BRUSSELS — The European Union authorities on Thursday opened a formal investigation into whether Luxembourg granted McDonald’s overly generous tax breaks. [ by James Kanter | December 03, 2015 | The New York Times ] The move is the latest sign that Margrethe Vestager, the bloc’s competition commissioner, is determined to widen a crackdown on corporate…
Earlier this month, President Obama announced that his administration had decided against the Keystone XL pipeline that the TransCanada Corp. proposed to build between Canada and the United States. He did so explicitly citing environmental concerns, notably the need for the U.S. to be “a global leader when it comes to taking serious action…
The U.S. Business and Industry Council (USBIC) has launched a media campaign intended to drive awareness of the lack of enforceable currency provisions in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). [Reposted from Campaign For America’s Future | Dave Johnson | December 1st, 2015] USBIC represents domestic manufacturers and has an excellent Trading Away Jobs website. The group’s print ads…
Environmental activists are traveling to Paris this week, using the global climate conference as a platform to oppose the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the trade deal they say undermines the summit’s goals. [Reposted from The Washington Post | Catherine Ho | December 2, 2015] Representatives and lobbyists for the Sierra Club, Friends of the Earth and the Institute for Agriculture…
I had the pleasure of witnessing the dreams of entrepreneurs come true when I attended the Vogt Invention and Innovation Awards Demo Day in Louisville, Kentucky on November 17thand watched Inscope Medical Solutions LLC, a Louisville-based startup, win $100,000 in grant funding. [Reposted from savingusmanufacturing.com | Michele Nash-Hoff | December 2, 2015] Inscope Medical has…
Business group runs ads deploring lack of currency provisions in trade deal Contact Kevin L. Kearns: 202-957-9994 (cell); 202-266-3980 (office) Washington, DC. November 30, 2015. The U.S. Business and Industry Council (USBIC) announced today the start of a media campaign to highlight the lack of enforceable currency provisions in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The…
