by Michael Stumo Toomey just announced that he opposes TPP. His reasons are not the trade deficit or currency manipulation. Rather he cites Pharma, IP and dairy issues as objections. He has been very strongly opposite us on trade deals, but this opposition looks good for the remainder of this year. After seeing the Toomey…
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Trade is good. I trade with my grocer so I don’t have to grow my own food. He trades with refrigeration companies so he doesn’t have to build coolers. We all trade with the electric utility for power. Trade is the fundamental mechanism that allows us to specialize, innovate and buy and sell the best…
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Philadelphia, PA (August 17, 2016) – U.S. Senate candidate Katie McGinty released the following statement after Senator Pat Toomey, a longtime proponent of bad trade deals, attempted to flip-flop his position on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal this morning. [August 17, 2016 | Katie McGinty] “Pat Toomey has spent his entire career pushing bad trade deals…
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The new chairman of Hillary Clinton’s transition team has been an outspoken supporter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership and works for a firm that lobbied for trade policy issues as recently as this spring, a review of congressional lobbying records and articles shows. [Megan Cassella | August 16, 2016 | Politico] Ken Salazar, a former U.S. senator and…
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President Barack Obama is taking the fight for the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal to America’s streets — directly countering the fusillades from Donald Trump and, increasingly, from Hillary Clinton. [Adam Behsudi | August 16, 2016 | Politico] The White House is making an all-out push to win passage of the deal in the lame-duck session…
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There are existing laws to address some trade cheating – such as unlawful subsidization of exports – by importers and foreign trade rivals. Antidumping and countervailing duties are imposed when trade cheating is found. The Customs and Border Protection agency is supposed to collect those duties. But they often do not. A July 2016 report…
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by Michael Stumo Good news… Rep Elise Stefanik (R-NY-21) announced her opposition to TPP last week. It shows that our CPA strategy to work with state and local trade associations is working. Stefanik was a member of the Bush 43 White House. She directed debate prep for Paul Ryan as Romney’s VP candidate. She is……
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U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-Willsboro, said Tuesday she would vote against the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership in its current version, but it is a moot point because the current version of the trade agreement will not come up for a vote. [Maury Thompson | August 09, 2016 | Post Star] “I have concerns of the current…
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by Michael Stumo Still pushing the zombie TPP forward, the White House sent a draft Statement of Administrative Action (SAA) to Congress. It describes how the TPP will change US laws to comply with the globalist trade treaty. The administration has been deploying every cabinet official it can find, even the head of the National…
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by Michael Stumo I was in DC last week. The votes for the Trans-Pacific Partnership do not exist at this time. Big qualifier… “at this time”. Here is what I know. My education task is, and has been, to show legislators and staffers how trade deals have helped cause our trade deficit, enabled new mercantilism…
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