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Inside US Trade: Steel Industry CEOs Warn Of A Possible Sectoral Collapse Due To Surging Imports
CEOs from the country’s largest and most important steel companies along with an executive from the nation’s top industrial union were on Capitol Hill on March 26 and used the opportunity to raise alarms about surging steel imports. They told members of the Congressional Steel Caucus that their industry was in a state of crisis…
Detroit News: U.S., Japan auto trade talks intensify
New York — The United States and Japan are intensifying auto talks aimed at reaching a 12-nation free trade deal — an agreement that could have major impacts for large automakers. [Reposted from The Detroit News | David Shepardson | April 1, 2015] A deal that opens Japan’s market to U.S. autos is key to…
News Release: International Trade Commission Refuses to Respond to CPA Letter
March 31, 2015 Contact: Sara Haimowitz, [email protected], 202 688 5145 International Trade Commission Refuses to Respond to CPA Letter In February 2015, the Coalition for a Prosperous America sent a letter asking the US International Trade Commission (USITC) to refuse any administration request to study the impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) until the final…
Seattle City Council Opposes Fast Track Consideration of International Trade Deal Directly Impacting Trade-Dependent Seattle
Council News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 3/30/2015 3:31:00 PM FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:Josh Fogt, Councilmember O’Brien’s Office, (206) 684-8800, Dana Robinson Slote, (206) 615-0061 Council Opposes Fast Track Consideration of International Trade Deal Directly Impacting Trade-Dependent Seattle [A press release from the Seattle City Council] SEATTLE – City Council adopted a resolution today opposing…
WSJ: As China Expands Its Navy, the U.S. Grows Wary
China’s navy chief, Adm. Wu Shengli, strolled the Harvard University campus in a tweed blazer and slacks during a visit to the U.S. last fall, joking with students and quizzing school officials about enrolling some of his officers. [Reposted from the Wall Street Journal | Jeremy Page | March 30, 2015] A few days earlier,…
Burlington County Times: Slow down Fast Track
Thirty years in the private sector has taught me that problem solving requires all parties to work together to get the best results. As a member of Congress now, I believe that lesson is even more important in making policy. [Reposted from the Burlington County Times | Rep. Tom MacArthur | March 31, 2015] Despite…
Inside US Trade: U.S., China Set To Hold Second Round Of WTO Consultations On Export Bases
U.S. and Chinese officials will meet in early April for a second round of World Trade Organization consultations over U.S. allegations that Beijing provided prohibited export subsidies to companies operating in 178 industrial clusters known as “demonstration bases,” according to a spokesman for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. [Reposted from Inside US Trade …
EPI: U.S.-Korea Trade Deal Resulted in Growing Trade Deficits and More Than 75,000 Lost U.S. Jobs
(Update of a blog post from March 14, 2014). March 15th was the third anniversary of the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS). President Obama said that the agreement would support 70,000 U.S. jobs. This claim was supported by a White House fact sheet that claimed that the KORUS agreement would “increase exports of American goods by $10…
The Oregonian: Ron Wyden avoids anti-trade pact protesters while continuing his fundraising
WASHINGTON-A liberal Internet freedom group says it mounted an anti-free-trade protest Tuesday night that scared away Sen. Ron Wyden from holding a fundraiser at an upscale French restaurant near the Capito [Reposted from The Oregonian | Jeff Mapes | March 25, 2015] The Oregon Democrat said in a brief interview outside his office that “we…