WASHINGTON — With a final House showdown coming on Friday on President Obama’s push for accelerated power to pursue a sweeping trade agreement, the vote brokering has begun — and it is all tilting to the right. [Reposted from The New York Times | Jonathan Weisman | June 10, 2015] For Representative F. James Sensenbrenner,…
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(Republicans in roman; Democrats in italic; Independents underlined) H R 2393 YEA-AND-NAY 10-Jun-2015 10:05 PM QUESTION: On Passage BILL TITLE: Country of Origin Labeling Amendments Act of 2015 YEAS NAYS PRES NV REPUBLICAN 234 10 1 DEMOCRATIC 66 121 1 INDEPENDENT TOTALS 300 131 2 —-…
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There is a myth in circulation that economics has vindicated free trade as the best policy across the board, and that anyone who doesn’t believe this “doesn’t understand economics.” [Reposted from The Hill | Ian Fletcher | June 4, 2015] But America’s free-trade agreements, like the mooted Trans-Pacific Partnership, don’t entail free trade at all.…
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Luis Parada’s office is just four blocks from the White House, in the heart of K Street, Washington’s lobbying row – a stretch of steel and glass buildings once dubbed the “road to riches”, when influence-peddling became an American growth industry. Parada, a soft-spoken 55-year-old from El Salvador, is one of a handful of lawyers in…
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In a sign that the House Republican leadership plans to hold a vote this week on Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) legislation, the House Rules Committee has scheduled an emergency meeting for Wednesday (June 10) at 3 p.m. to draft a rule for floor consideration of the Senate-passed bill to renew TPA and Trade Adjustment Assistance, H.R.…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJune 10, 2015 CONTACTCaroline Behringer, (202) 226-1007 Levin Statement on TPA Changes in Customs Bill WASHINGTON – Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today issued the following statement in regards to changes to the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act (“the Customs bill”) made by House Republicans: “Anyone who is thinking of…
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The Wall Street Journal promised “trade deficit myths” in its editorial on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), and it certainly delivered. It begins by telling readers: [Reposted from CEPR | June 9, 2015] “The first problem with Ms. DeLauro’s charge is that running a trade deficit—that is, having more imports than exports—isn’t necessarily bad. In the…
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For years, the Teamsters have been strong supporters of Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) legislative efforts that have offered support to thousands of workers who have lost their jobs due to bad trade deals. But not this time. [Reposted from the Huffington Post | James Hoffa | June 10, 2015] As lawmakers get ready to consider…
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After losing disputes at the World Trade Organization (“WTO”) in 2014, China has taken steps to bring itself into compliance on a case involving rare earth, tungsten, and molybdenum products. For example, effective May 1, 2015, China eliminated export duties on rare earth minerals, tungsten, and molybdenum.[1] China had previously, on January 1, 2015, eliminated…
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For Immediate Release: Contact: Symone Sanders (202) 454-5108, [email protected]; Val Holford (301) 926-1298, [email protected] June 10, 2015 New Public Citizen Report Documents Systematic Bipartisan Betrayals on ‘Deals’ Made by Presidents, Congressional Leaders in Exchange for Trade Votes Broken Promises, Lost Elections: Goodies Promised in Exchange for Trade Votes Don’t Materialize, Don’t Shield Representatives From Voters’…
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