TPP DRAWS BLANK STARE

PURPLE REIGN? Veteran Democratic pollster Peter Brodnitz say there’s a big misconception about how voters view trade, noting a new Progressive Policy Institute poll that shows 65 percent of swing voters in four battleground states think manufacturing jobs have been lost to cheap labor competition overseas, not bad trade deals. [April 22, 2016 |Politico] “There’s a very big…

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Report to CPA members and supporters:

CPA held its annual DC Fly-In this week. CPA members from across the country fanned out across the Capitol.  It was an amazing experience to finally have the wind at our backs instead of facing headwinds. Your support and our members’ work has made an enormous impact. CPA is taken very seriously by congressional offices.…

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ALUMINUM PANDEMONIUM

As the White House prepares to submit the Trans-Pacific Partnership to Congress in the coming months, it has been touting its record on trade enforcement to persuade lawmakers to vote for the 12-nation pact. The United Steelworkers union on Monday upped the ante on that front by asking President Barack Obama to impose a 50…

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