by Burning Issues Video | Mar 16, 2016 | Burning Issues, Trade
[fve]https://youtu.be/YPHwifSa2R0[/fve] Robert Scott, a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute, explains in a video released Tuesday and produced by the Campaign for America's Future the sharp difference between Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 15, 2016 | Blog, Trade
[fve]https://youtu.be/Sadt-sWxNDo[/fve] The U.S.-South Korea (KORUS) free trade agreement is now four years old. How's it doing? Out trade deficit with that country has doubled, costing tens and hundreds of thousands of U.S. jobs. The Office of the U.S. Trade...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 13, 2016 | Blog, Trade
Our country's "free trade" agreements have followed a framework of trading away our democracy and middle-class prosperity in exchange for letting the biggest corporations dominate. There are those who say any increase in trade is good. But if you close a factory here...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 11, 2016 | Blog, Trade
"Free trade": The elites are selling it but the public is longer buying it. Look at the support for Democrat Bernie Sanders and Republican Donald Trump, especially in light of Sanders' surprise 20-point comeback in this week's Michigan primary. With primaries coming...
by Leo Gerard | Mar 8, 2016 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Last year, free trade hammered Michigan’s 11th Congressional District, located between Detroit and Flint, killing manufacturing, costing jobs and crushing dreams. It’s not over, either. Another 11th District company, ViSalus Inc., told the state it would eliminate 87...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 4, 2016 | Blog, Trade
The U.S. Census Bureau reported Friday that the January goods and services trade deficit was an enormous, humongous $45.68 billion. The January goods deficit was $63.7 billion, offset by an $18 billion services surplus. Both imports and exports were down, but exports...
