The U.S. global trade deficit in manufactures soared by 16%, or $24 billion, in the third quarter compared with 2014, following the 19% growth in the first half of 2015. This resulted in a trade-related loss of about 150,000 American manufacturing jobs in the third quarter, headed toward more than 600,000 for the calendar year.…
For Immediate Release November 18, 2015 R-CALF USA Submits Comments Opposing Importing Beef from Namibia [Reposted from the R-CALF USA site | November 18th, 2015] Billings, Mont. – This week R-CALF USA submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) regarding the agency’s proposed rule, Eligibility of Namibia…
How We Got Here: Washington Politicians Let China Off The Hook In January 2000, President Bill Clinton boldly promised China’s inclusion in the World Trade Organization (WTO) “is a good deal for America. Our products will gain better access to China’s market, and every sector from agriculture, to telecommunications, to automobiles. But China gains no…
Dan DiMicco was on CNBC yesterday discussing the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Dan is on the board of CPA and is Chairman Emeritus of Nucor. Here is the link to the video: http://finance.yahoo.com/video/why-tpp-threatens-made-usa-124400128.html?.tsrc=applewf Like this video? Please support our work. Donate today to the CPA Education Fund as part of your end of year giving!
Adamstown, PA, November 19, 2015 – World famous headwear brand Kangol—worn by some of the world’s top celebrities including Brad Pitt, Bill Murray, Gwen Stefani, Samuel L. Jackson, and Miley Cyrus—is making a move to bring the manufacturing of their iconic 504 style stateside with the Bollman Hat Company. With this bold move, Kangol and…
One of the largest farm groups in the United States is stepping up its campaign against the Trans Pacific Partnership. The 12-country deal seeks to make it cheaper, and easier, to trade throughout the Pacific rim. [ by Brett Worthington | November 11, 2015 | ABC Rural ] But the National Farmers’ Union fears currency…
If we are to make America great again, we must do all we can to make sure that American interests are protected and that all Americans benefit from the actions of their government. Sadly, that is currently not the case. The incompetent, rudderless Obama administration’s negligence in foreign policy, trade and national security is…
My book Free Trade Doesn’t Work was published five years ago by the U.S. Business and Industry Council, a Washington-based think tank and lobbying organization. [Reposted from the Huffington Post | Ian Fletcher | November 18th, 2015] If the reader will forgive a bit of inside baseball, I’d like to review what I got right…
The International Trade Commission (ITC) on Tuesday (Nov. 17) predicted that its report on the economic impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will not be ready until May 18, effectively pushing congressional consideration of a TPP implementing bill past that date. November 17, 2015 | Inside U.S. Trade This is because the ITC report…
The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission was created by Congress to report on the national security implications of the bilateral trade and economic relationship between the United States and the People’s Republic of China. For more information, visit www.uscc.gov or call 202- 624-1407. Washington, D.C. – The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission…