Progressives believe that fair trade agreements are possible – but not if the administration follows the old model for negotiations [Reposted from The Guardian  |

The United States had a goods and services trade deficit of approximately $463.5 billion in 2013, which cost millions of U.S. jobs. Contrary to the

A third of the finished steel products bought in the United States so far this year were made overseas, and domestic steelmakers are ailing. [Reposted

(Bill Bullard, CEO of R-CALF USA, sits on the Board of the Coalition for a Prosperous America.) R-CALF USA Helps Promote COOL to White House

Let’s begin with some basics: Trade deficits must be financed. A country simply cannot have a trade deficit unless private or government investors are willing

The Department of Labor reported this morning that America’s manufacturing sector added 8,000 jobs in February. [Reposted from the blog of the Alliance for American

To the Editor: Re “Congress’s Critical Role on Trade” (editorial, March 2): You write, “Congress has a responsibility to give the American negotiators clear instructions

Freshmen GOP Reps. Tom Emmer (above) of Minnesota and Mimi Walters of California tried to get all the GOP freshmen to sign a letter supporting

Trade is great. We all trade. A lot of us trade labor for money that buys other things. A farmer trades corn for money that

U.S. Census BureauU.S. Bureau of Economic AnalysisNEWSU.S. Department of Commerce * Washington, DC 20230U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS AND SERVICESJanuary 2015 * See below for