by Dave Johnson | Dec 7, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
The congressionally created Labor Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations and Trade Policy (LAC) has just released a scathing report that urges President Obama "in the strongest possible terms" to send the Trans-Pacific Partnership "back to the negotiating table"...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 7, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Many people have come to believe politicians say what they need to say to win, and then turn on them. If Hillary Clinton wants to win the Democratic nomination and inspire people to vote for her in the general election, she must find ways to overcome this voter...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 4, 2015 | Blog, Trade
The U.S. Census Bureau reported Friday that the October goods and services trade deficit was an enormous, humongous $43.9 billion. This is for a single month. This is up $1.4 billion – 3.4 percent – from September's enormous, humongous $42.5 (revised) billion trade...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 4, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Friday's November jobs report said nonfarm payrolls increased by a seasonally adjusted 211,000 and unemployment was unchanged at 5 percent. Analysts had expected 200,000 so they are happy; overall hiring seems to be continuing at an OK pace. Wages might not be going...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 3, 2015 | Blog
In the recent post, "How The Clinton and Sanders Infrastructure Plans Measure Up," I mistakenly wrote that candidate Bernie Sanders does not yet have a corporate tax proposal: Clinton’s infrastructure plan says only that it will be paid for through “business tax...
