My book Free Trade Doesn’t Work was published five years ago by the U.S. Business and Industry Council, a Washington-based think tank and lobbying organization. [Reposted from the Huffington Post | Ian Fletcher | November 18th, 2015] If the reader will forgive a bit of inside baseball, I’d like to review what I got right…
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The International Trade Commission (ITC) on Tuesday (Nov. 17) predicted that its report on the economic impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will not be ready until May 18, effectively pushing congressional consideration of a TPP implementing bill past that date. November 17, 2015 | Inside U.S. Trade This is because the ITC report…
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The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission was created by Congress to report on the national security implications of the bilateral trade and economic relationship between the United States and the People’s Republic of China. For more information, visit www.uscc.gov or call 202- 624-1407. Washington, D.C. – The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission…
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Théo Négri, a young software engineer from France, had come up with so many novel ideas at his job at an Internet start-up in San Francisco that the American entrepreneur who hired him wanted to keep him on. [ by Julia Preston | November 10, 2015 | NY Times ] So he helped Mr.…
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THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release, November 13, 2015 THE PRESIDENT: As many of you know, this weekend I will be leaving for my trip to the G20, and then from there I’ll be taking my annual trip to Asia — meetings with the ASEAN countries through the East…
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GOP frontrunner Donald Trump lambasted the permanent political class for supporting the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade deal, in an exclusive interview with Breitbart News ahead of the next debate. [ by Matthew Boyle | November 9, 2015 | Breitbart ] “The deal is insanity,” he said. “That deal should not be supported and it should…
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Tom Reed announced his opposition to the Obama administration’s Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Trade Agreement. “I care about protecting American jobs and workers,” said Reed. “This agreement leaves too many questions about the way forward and has been rushed in order to advance President Obama’s legacy, rather than being thoroughly hashed out to ensure America…
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For several years, organizations and elected representatives in Congress have proposed developing a national manufacturing strategy. For example, the Information Technology& Innovation Foundation (ITIF) released a report, “The Case for a National Manufacturing Strategy,” in April 2011 and the Alliance for American Manufacturing has repeatedly put forward a “Plan to Save Manufacturing,” calling for a…
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INDIANAPOLIS — The U.S. manufacturing industry is poised to enter a new era of strength despite hurdles that include a lack of skilled workers and tangled trade and tax policies, according to panelists at a conference convened by Indiana University. [Reposted from Bloomington Newsroom | November 10, 2015] The conference, “U.S. Manufacturing and Public Policy:…
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Give Pfizer, the giant drug maker, points for boldness and persistence: The company has bravely put “tax inversions” back in the headlines. [ by Jeff Sommer | November 14, 2015 | NY Times ] Pfizer, which already holds roughly $140 billion overseas and is quite skillful at minimizing its taxes, is considering a deal…
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