Robert Scott: Fast Track to Lost Jobs and Lower Wages

This week, Senator Hatch will reportedly introduce “fast track” (trade promotion authority) legislation in the Senate, to help President Obama complete the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a trade and investment deal with eleven other countries in Asia and the Americas. [Reposted from the Huffington Post  |  Robert Scott  |  April 12, 2015] . “Fast Track”…

Politico: Trade fight looms as Congress returns

Orrin Hatch and Ron Wyden appear poised to introduce a “fast track” trade promotion authority bill along with House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan. [Reposted from Politico  |  Doug Palmer and Adam Behsudi  |  April 13, 2015] A smoldering debate over trade is expected to get even hotter after Congress returns from its…

The Diplomat: China’s ‘New’ Carrier Killer Subs

  The Chinese Navy in in the process of commissioning three new nuclear-powered attack submarines, according to China Daily. The report, quoted on the website Defense Tech, furthermore notes that the new vessels will be equipped with a new vertical launching system capable of firing supersonic anti-ship missiles. [by Franz-Stefan Gady | April 6, 2015 | The…

Dan DiMicco: My book, “American Made”, is more about doubling the amounts of goods manufactured here than about Buy American, don’t confuse the two……….

……..Of course getting Manufacturing to be 20%+ of GDP versus today’s 11% will significantly increase the amount of American made goods purchased by Americans, but it will also increase the amount of American made goods exported to the world. [Reposted from the blog of Dan DiMicco  |  Dan DiMicco  |  April 3, 2015] Why? As…

Eyes on Trade: Fact-Checking the Fact-Checker: Washington Post Gets It Wrong on Bogus Trade-Pact Jobs Claims

As the Obama administration seeks to Fast Track the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) through Congress over public and congressional opposition, it has resorted to a familiar tactic – promising job gains from the deal on the basis of unfounded assumptions. [Reposted from the Public Citizen blog  |  April 7, 2015] We have repeatedly warned against dubious TPP jobs claims by spotlighting the…