The fast-track authority legislation for the Trans-Pacific Partnership recently passed by Congress says we can’t make “trade” agreements like TPP with countries that violate human

Using a loophole in the WTO’s clause on national security threats, Beijing has effectively banned foreign competition [Reposted from Epoch Times  |  Joshua Phillips  | 

Domestic steelmakers have urged the government to keep steel out of the purview of any future free-trade agreements… [Reposted from The Financial Express  |  Surya

The U.S. Census Bureau reported Tuesday that the May goods and services trade deficit was an enormous, humongous $40.9 billion, up a bit from an

To someone new to the scene, it might seem as if both major parties are engaged in a war on exports. [Reposted from USA Today 

Conservatives believe they can persuade a majority of their colleagues in the House GOP to oppose the Export-Import bank, whose charter expired June 30. [Reposted

  Japan’s minister in charge of a 12-country Pacific Rim free trade initiative said Tuesday one possible option is to reach a broad agreement without

The U.S. trade representative will join trade ministers from 11 other countries in Hawaii from July 28-31 [Reposted from the Wall Street Journal  |  William

    For Immediate Release July 9, 2015                                                    Contact: Josh Goldstein 202-637-5018 AFL-CIO Condemns State Department Upgrade of Malaysia onTrafficking ListStatement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka

WASHINGTON — With a final accord in sight, the 12 nations negotiating a trans-Pacific trade agreement linking 40 percent of the global economy have set