Reposted from The Washington Post ****** By Harold Meyerson | October 1, 2014 |Wash Post (opinion) One of the public policy paradoxes of the past quarter-century is why the center-left governments of advanced economies have supported trade policies that undermine the very environmental and labor protections they fight for at home. Foremost among these…
Reposted from Reuters on September 25, 2014 ******** WASHINGTON, Sept 25 (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Commerce on Thursday confirmed duties on imports of specialized steel from China, South Korea and Russia. Imports of grain-oriented electrical steel from China, including from Baoshan Iron & Steel Co Ltd, face the highest duties as the goods…
R-CALF United Stockgrowers of America “Fighting for the U.S.Cattle Producer”For Immediate Release October 6, 2014 Billings, Mont. – In early September Senator Jon Tester (D-Mont.) reached out to Senator Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) to draft a bipartisan letter to demonstrate the U.S. Senate’s resolve to defend the nation’s 2002 country of origin labeling (COOL) law.…
The Chinese government is not used to defeats but it was dealt a stinging one yesterday when the University of Chicago announced it will close its Confucius Institute, a controversial school for teaching Chinese culture and the Chinese language. Explaining the move, the university commented that it was “guided by its core values and faculty…
Steve Goldstein | October 6, 2014 | MarketWatch WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The last time fewer working-age Americans participated in the labor force, the U.S. Senate started broadcasting their proceedings. On the radio. The participation rate in September fell a tenth to 62.7%, marking the lowest level since February 1978. The falling participation rate has been…
The Wall Street Journal reports on new incentives for even more currency manipulation. Countries that rely upon engineering permanent export surpluses and siphoning money out of the US consumer market are not getting all the growth they want. Weak Export Growth Raises Prospect of Currency Moves (Subscription required)Sluggish Global Trade Growth Is Tempting Officials to…
The National Defense University runs the Manufacturing Industry Seminar for mid-career officers from all the services. Charles Blum, CPA Government Relations Director, entitled his presentation to them “Manufacturing, Trade and Globalization: Getting the Fundamentals”. The class will visit Kia in Korea as well as Ford in Detroit. Charlie explained that our cumulative trade deficit…
Dan DiMicco is Chairman Emeritus of Nucor Corp and a CPA board member. This piece is reposted from his personal blog of 10/2/14. It is critical for Leaders to create focus and one way to do that is to set a Goal or Mission for the team to focus on and take…
Peter Morici is an economist and professor at the Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, and a national columnist. Reposted from the blog of Peter Morici ***** Peter Morici | October 1, 2014 Friday, the Labor Department is expected to report the economy added about 215,000 jobs in September, about half of what is…
Reposted from The New York Times Sunday Review (Opinion Our Misplaced Faith in Free Trade By Jeff Madrick | October 3, 2014 | NY Times Trade is one of the few areas on which mainstream economists firmly agree: More is better. But as the Obama administration pursues two huge new trade deals — one with…
