Théo Négri, a young software engineer from France, had come up with so many novel ideas at his job at an Internet start-up in San Francisco that the American entrepreneur who hired him wanted to keep him on. [ by Julia Preston | November 10, 2015 | NY Times ] So he helped Mr.…
GOP frontrunner Donald Trump lambasted the permanent political class for supporting the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade deal, in an exclusive interview with Breitbart News ahead of the next debate. [ by Matthew Boyle | November 9, 2015 | Breitbart ] “The deal is insanity,” he said. “That deal should not be supported and it should…
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release, November 13, 2015 THE PRESIDENT: As many of you know, this weekend I will be leaving for my trip to the G20, and then from there I’ll be taking my annual trip to Asia — meetings with the ASEAN countries through the East…
For several years, organizations and elected representatives in Congress have proposed developing a national manufacturing strategy. For example, the Information Technology& Innovation Foundation (ITIF) released a report, “The Case for a National Manufacturing Strategy,” in April 2011 and the Alliance for American Manufacturing has repeatedly put forward a “Plan to Save Manufacturing,” calling for a…
President Obama’s trade deal with 11 other Pacific Rim countries is in deep trouble with Congress. Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) haven’t decided whether they’re going to support the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) — even after they helped the president win fast-track authority in a bruising interparty fight…
Updated: The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) chapter on financial services gives private firms in that sector broader grounds to sue member governments than previous U.S. free trade agreements by incorporating obligations for parties to accord a “minimum standard of treatment” to financial services investments and subjecting that commitment to investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS). November 10,…
When talking about trade and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), Republican candidate Donald Trump was correct about China. [Reposted from the Campaign for America’s Future blog | Dave Johnson | Novmeber 12, 2015] In the fourth Republican debate that took place in Milwaukee Tuesday, a moderator asked about Trump’s opposition to TPP. ● Moderator: “… the…
GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina says she’s against the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal that was recently made public. [ by Alex Swoyer | November 9, 2015 | Breitbart ] “It’s 30 chapters long the thing has been negotiated in secret for almost two years,” Fiorina said to Breitbart News Daily on SiriusXM…
Americans who once earned family-supporting wages working in factories, foundries and mills across this country began destroying themselves at a shocking rate five years after implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). [Reposted from Campaign for America’s Future | Leo Gerard | November 0, 2015] That’s because such deals – schemes exactly like…
On Wednesday’s Breitbart News Daily on Sirius XM Patriot channel 125, Donald Trump’s campaign manager said Trump is committed to renegotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement with the 11 nations and then honoring the Constitution by getting two-thirds of the Senate to approve those bilateral agreements. [Reposted from Breitbart | Tony Lee | November 11,…
