by Dave Johnson | Jul 9, 2014 | Blog
As Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade negotiators meet in secret to try to conclude the agreement several members of Congress held a press conference on the steps of the U.S. Capitol Wednesday morning to press for labor, environmental, consumer, health and human...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 9, 2014 | Blog, Trade
Our enormous, humongous, continuing trade deficit dropped a bit in May from the month before, after five months of increases, according to the Commerce Department. The change was mostly because of an 11.3 percent increase in petroleum products and not so much because...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 8, 2014 | China Currency Showdown, Trade
The sixth annual U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) starts tomorrow in Beijing. This is like a "summit" meeting between the two countries, with high-level discussions of issues ranging from North Korea and wider regional security problems, to...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 8, 2014 | Blog, Trade
Different factions of the Republican Party are at war over the Export-Import (Ex-Im) bank. "Corporate/business" Republicans (and most Democrats) want to continue the operation of the Export-Import Bank because it helps companies sell their products outside of the U.S....
by Dave Johnson | Jun 30, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
In case you were wondering why it is so hard for regular working people to get ahead in our economy, look no further than today's Harris v. Quinn Supreme Court decision. In the usual 5-4 pattern, the corporate-conservatives on the Supreme Court struck another blow...
