Politico: Businesses fume as Congress lets Export-Import Bank stay dead
A small crop-duster manufacturer and a Texas company that exports oil equipment fret about losing 25 percent to 40 percent of their sales. The president
CAF: Did Obama Administration Downplay Malaysia Slavery To Grease Trade Deal?
Pope Francis says when the economy controls politics both lose … When economics takes over we tolerate anything for the sake of the dollar.”– Sister
Bloomberg Business: Pacific Trade Talks Start With U.S. Vow to Solve Toughest Issues
Top officials from 12 Asia-Pacific nations formally kicked off a four-day bid to hammer out a massive but so far elusive free-trade agreement that has
Films for Action: TPP, TTIP, TiSA, ISDS – Acronyms to End Democracy
The TPP (Trans Pacific Partnership), TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership), and TISA (Trade in Services Agreement) are currently being negotiated behind closed doors all
NYT: Issues Mount as Negotiators Gather to Wrap Up Trans-Pacific Trade Pact
A dairy farm in Granby, Quebec. Canada is reluctant to open its protected agricultural industry to competition under the Trans-Pacific Partnership WASHINGTON — The top
Inside US Trade: Robb Predicts TPP Will Likely Drift If Deal Cannot Be Reached In Hawaii
LAHAINA, Hawaii – Australian Trade Minister Andrew Robb on Sunday (July 26) ratcheted up the pressure on Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries to reach a deal
WSJ: Nontrade Concerns Cloud Obama’s Push for Pacific Deal
Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D., Texas), a critic of the proposed 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement, discusses his opposition at a news conference in Washington, D.C.,
NY Times: “China’s Global Ambitions, With Loans and Strings Attached”
The country has invested billions in Ecuador and elsewhere, using its economic clout to win diplomatic allies and secure natural resources around the world.
Bloomberg Business: Lawmakers Urge Treasury’s Lew to Help Wall Street in Trade Pact
The two top U.S. lawmakers for trade policy are fighting for better treatment for financial services firms in a landmark Asia-Pacific free-trade agreement that would
Pew Research Center: “Work moves ahead on TPP trade pact, but nations still divided over deal”
Trade ministers from the U.S. and 11 other nations from both sides of the Pacific will meet in Hawaii next Tuesday to attempt to
