In an election defined by Donald Trump’s ethnocentrism, there’s at least one thing that both his and Hillary Clinton’s campaigns agree on: They want to unravel the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the largest regional trade pact meant to tie closer together the United States, Japan, and 10 other nations around the Pacific Rim. Over the protests of…
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The U.S trade deficit has gone up again and it seems everyone is turning a blind eye toward it — except Republican nominee Donald Trump. [PoliZette Staff| August 5, 2016 |Lifezette] The deficit suffered an 8.7 percent jump in June and has officially reached a 10-month high of $44.5 billion, according to MarketWatch. This jump…
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Peru’s lingering compliance issues with labor provisions in its bilateral free trade agreement with the United States would have no effect on the implementation of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which has similar labor provisions. However, it could create political headaches for the Obama administration as it pursues a lame-duck vote on the TPP deal, sources told Inside…
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For his reshoring initiative, Rongione paid to move unique knitting equipment from China to Pennsylvania in part by using a YouTube video of Jackson to appeal to investors on Kickstarter, the crowdsourcing website. [William Holstein| August 2, 2016 |Chief Executive] Bollman, which says it is America’s oldest hat company, with more than $10 million in…
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In its nomination of Donald Trump, the electorate has delivered a powerful, historic message for policy change to the Republican Party’s leadership. Out of 17 candidates, Trump emerged with the most votes of any GOP nominee ever – 14 million. His political rise has shattered old party orthodoxies on Free Trade, hawkish foreign policy, open…
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Dan Alpert is founding managing director of Westwood Capital, LLC. He is also the newest member of CPA’s Advisory Board. [Dan Alpert| August 5, 2016] After decades of establishment politicians and mainstream economists extolling the virtues of global trade, free trade policy is taking a wallop. In the U.S., populist candidates of both parties, Bernie…
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Throughout the 2016 election cycle, one of presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump’s most impassioned – and oft-repeated – promises should he move into the White House next year is the recovery of millions of jobs previously offshored to China, Mexico and elsewhere. [Andrew Soergel | July 11, 2016 |US News] The rhetoric has struck home with…
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by Michael Stumo The National Taxpayers Union criticizes the six Congressmen who voted for TPA but recently signed a letter opposing a TPP vote this year. CPA was a significant part of that effort to get them on the letter because the only thing that is guaranteed to kill the TPP is a whip count…
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JANESVILLE, WI — House Speaker Paul Ryan received a standing ovation from wealthy donors after denouncing the views of Republican voters, who are skeptical of so-called “free trade” deals. [Julia Hahn| August 1, 2016 |Breitbart] Speaking at a lavish retreat for 400 donors hosted by a network helmed by libertarian billionaires Charles and David Koch,…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 3, 2016 CONTACT: Candice Johnson at [email protected] and 202-434-1168 Why TPP Vote Count Doesn’t Add Up – At Least 9 Pro-Fast Track GOP Voters are Now “No” on TPP vs. Zero Flipping the Other Way Washington – Last year, just five votes in the House of Representatives would have flipped the outcome of the “fast track”…
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