by Dave Johnson | Aug 6, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth, Progressive Vision
President Obama is drafting an executive order to require federal contractors to provide sick leave for workers who are sick or caring for a sick relative. The order would benefit hundreds of thousands of Americans. How does this measure up to the Good Jobs Nation...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 5, 2015 | Blog, Trade
The U.S. Census Bureau reported Wednesday that the June goods and services trade deficit was an enormous, humongous $43.8 billion. This is an increase from May's enormous, humongous $40.9 billion trade deficit. The monthly U.S. goods deficit with China fell a bit in...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 5, 2015 | Blog, Trade
In the December post, Enougher is Enougher: ANOTHER Citi Nominee, I wrote about the nomination of Marisa Lago to be deputy U.S. trade representative: Ms. Lago was Global Head of Compliance for Citigroup’s corporate and investment bank from 2003 to 2008. She also...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 5, 2015 | Blog, Trade
I had a conversation over the weekend about the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). She's for it, because "more trade is always good." TPP covers a whole lot more than what we would think of as "trade." Regardless, let's look here at the idea that expanding trade is...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 3, 2015 | Blog, Trans-Pacific Partnership
The latest round of negotiations to complete the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) "trade" agreement ended without a deal being completed. The negotiators will try again as soon as the end of August. [fve]https://youtu.be/3O_Sbbeqfdw[/fve] TPP is the largest "trade"...
