President Obama will hit the road next week to push his trade agenda during a visit to Nike’s headquarters in Beaverton, Ore. [Reposted from The

For many liberal critics, the problem with the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal isn’t simply the worry that it could lead to more job loss by

The House is currently dozens of votes short of being able to pass legislation that would allow President Barack Obama to send trade deals to

Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) on Tuesday (April 28) said he and many other Democrats want to see the three trade bills that passed out of

The trade deficit caused first quarter US GDP growth to be basically zero – specifically 0.2%. Exports were down 7.2% while imports were up 1.8%.

John Hansen is president of the Nebraska Farmers Union and served as a U.S. Trade Representative trade adviser for three administrations for 14 years starting

Finally, public debate around the Trans-Pacific Partnership has moved beyond the question of being for or against trade. We’re now for it. The real question

  Eamonn Fingleton thinks any Japanese TPP commitments will be seen as optional, based upon past performance. [by Eamonn Fingleton | April 26, 2015| Forbes]

In a March 2015 speech, former Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz says that trade agreements, on net, have destroyed jobs. He says that economists

Imports surged in first quarter, depressing GDP growth. Bloomberg reports that exports are tepid in relation to imports, especially after the West Coast port labor