TRADE DEAL’S BENEFITS MAY BE EXAGGERATED The new Trans-Pacific Partnership may not deliver the benefits the government is claiming, says Peter Martin. [Peter Martin| March 3, 2016 | The Sydney Morning Herald] Hillary Clinton is misguided. Her opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership is based on “misinformation”. Malcolm Turnbull’s new trade minister says so. Within…
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement between the United States and 11 other Pacific Rim countries lacks an absolutely key component to keep it from doing potential damage to the U.S. economy. The missing piece of this trade and investment deal is a set of restrictions and/or enforceable penalties against member countries that engage in currency…
On February 19th, the “Northern California Manufacturing Summit was held at the Hyatt Regency in Sacramento. The summit was co-hosted by the City of Sacramento, County of Placer, Gerdau, and the Coalition for a Prosperous America, with a long list of other regional businesses and associations as sponsors and partners. The purpose of the…
A new study confirms what many activists have suspected for a long time: The private courts set up by international “trade” deals heavily favor billionaires and giant corporations, and they do so at the expense of governments and people. [Richard Eskow| March, 01 2016 |Campaign for America’s Future] Smaller companies and less-wealthy individuals don’t…
The U.S. government should become more active in supporting our small and medium-sized manufacturers, or other countries will continue to develop their economies at our expense. [Paul Ericksen| February, 26 2016 |Industry Week] One of my recent columns (“How Best to Get Government Involved in your Business”) generated a response from reader “Toppers” who posed…
China warned the United States on Wednesday not to adopt punitive currency policies that could disrupt U.S.-China relations after Donald Trump’s win in the Nevada caucus. [Bill Gertz| February, 24 2016 |Free Beacon] Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told reporters in Beijing that “we are following with interest the U.S. presidential election.” Hua was asked…
Las Vegas: Donald Trump, the Republican presidential frontrunner, has added India to the list of countries that he believes is taking away jobs from the US and has pledged to bring those back if elected president. [Press Trusts of India| February, 24 2016 |NDTV] “What I did on June 16, we came out and we…
“Made in the USA” – that label has always been a mark of quality and pride around the world. American manufacturing has gone through hard times, but we’re working our way back from the worst of the economic crisis. Under President Obama, we’ve saved the auto industry and added over 900,000 manufacturing jobs. Exports are…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 26, 2016 Contact: Paola Masman, Media Director 202-688-5145 ext 2, [email protected] Washington ~ The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today raised concerns about the reliability of a recent advocacy document released by the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) purporting to show increased farm income if the Trans-Pacific Partnership is adopted. The…
Is the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a trade agreement signed by the United States and 11 other countries, a good deal? Agriculture organizations are encouraging Congress to ratify the agreement that could increase made-in-America exports. [Pat Kopecki| February, 24 2016 |Wilson County News| Groups such as the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association say that delaying ratification will cost…