Impacts of trade deals examined

  TRADE agreements are fundamental to both expanding exports and global economic development and are critical to the long-term profitability of U.S. agriculture, according to representatives of agricultural groups who testified at the Nov. 17 International Trade Commission (ITC) hearing examining the economic impacts of trade agreements. [by Jacqui Fatka | November 24, 2015 |…

Bloomberg: Did the Yuan Really Pass the IMF Currency Test? You’ll Know Soon

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde and some two dozen officials on the fund’s executive board will gather Monday at headquarters in Washington for one of the most-anticipated decisions outside of actually approving loans for nations in crisis. [Reposted from Bloomberg News  |  Andrew Mayeda  |  November 29th, 2015] The question inside the 12th-floor,…

Campaign for America’s Future: Now Vietnam Thumbs Nose At TPP’s Unenforcable Labor Provisions

Vietnam is already snubbing the unenforceable labor provisions in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). [Reposted from Campaign for America’s Future blog  |  Dave Johnson  |  November 25, 2015] Vietnam is already snubbing the unenforceable labor provisions in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Voice of America reports, in “Vietnam Beating Case Highlights TPP Labor Rights Issue“:     A…

More U.S. Plants Closing Thanks to Washington’s Trade Negotiators

The Obama Administration continues its misguided focus on poorly negotiated trade deals, like the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), while ignoring market distorting factors that are harming U.S. economic growth. [Reposted from OpedNews |  Michael Stumo|  November 20, 2015] Magnetization, an iron ore producer in Minnesota, announced that it will layoff workers. Cliffs Natural Resources, another Minnesota iron ore…