[ DANI RODRIK| September 17, 2016 | The New York Times] A Chinese student once described his country’s globalization strategy to me. China, he said, opened a window to the world economy, but placed a screen on it. The country got the fresh air it needed — nearly 700 million people have been lifted from…
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Key proponents and opponents of the Trans-Pacific Partnership have differing counts of House Democratic support for the trade deal as both sides ready for a battle this fall under the assumption that a lame-duck vote will occur. [ Daily News| September 14, 2016 | Inside US Trade] House Ways & Means Trade Subcommittee Chairman Dave…
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Still bruised by what they see as Barack Obama’s betrayals and worried that Hillary Clinton isn’t really one of them, progressives are preparing to move hard and quickly to force her hand if she wins the White House. [ EDWARD-ISAAC DOVERE| September 13, 2016 | Politico] To start, progressive operatives say they’ve targeted two potential…
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by Michael Stumo The US chamber is starting, as of this writing, a series of online columns to support the TPP. The first one is a misleading, theology-based, fact free, recycled ode which should be called: “Trade is good, tra-la-la”. Before I start, let’s just stipulate that companies and individuals trade. They trade domestically and…
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India has taken the first step toward dispute settlement at the World Trade Organization by requesting consultations with the U.S. over eight state-level renewable energy programs that allegedly have domestic content requirements and contain subsidies in violation of WTO rules. [ Daily News| September 12, 2016 | Inside US Trade] According to Geneva sources, India is specifically…
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by Michael Stumo Senate Finance Committee Chair Orrin Hatch is predictably relaxing his TPP demands for Big Pharma data exclusivity stating he doesn’t need a side agreement but some other agreement that “honorable countries” will live up to. According to Inside US Trade (subscription require): “We have to come up with a methodology where they…
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by Michael Stumo This is a very big problem. Thanks to rigged trade deals promoted by the Clinton/Bush/Obama administrations, there is a new globalist attack on US sovereignty, our jobs, and states’ rights. India is asking the World Trade Organization (WTO) to authorize penalties against eight states’ Buy America rules in renewable energy programs. The…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESeptember 12, 2016 Contact: Paola Masman, Media Director 202-688-5145 ext 2, [email protected] Beef and Cattle Imports Set Record under Ag Secretary Vilsack The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) said today that beef and cattle imports have skyrocketed to record levels, displacing US cattle producers, under US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. As a result, the…
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[ Kyodo| September 12, 2016 | Japan Times] The 12 countries that signed the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact earlier this year agreed Monday that they will not renegotiate the deal, Japan’s TPP minister Nobuteru Ishihara said. The minister also told reporters the 12 nations confirmed they will move ahead with domestic processes quickly to…
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[ Thomas Frank | September 12, 2016 | Politico] One of the most startling developments of this most peculiar campaign season has been the emergence of trade as an electrifying political issue. We’re used to trade being the dry province of diplomats and academic economists—in large part because, for the past 20 years, trade policy has been…
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