by Robert Borosage | Mar 2, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
The debate over fast-track trade authority – designed to grease the tracks for a vote on the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) accords still in negotiation – ought to be the occasion for a fundamental review of our global economic strategy. We know that it is broken....
by Dave Johnson | Feb 27, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Eight senators on Thursday let the country know there is going to be a fight over fast-track trade authority and the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Edward Markey (D-Mass.),...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 26, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
[fve]http://youtu.be/cYg0pEr-3fU[/fve] All the talk about "trade" deals might seem complicated, with all the "TPP" and "TPA" and "FTA" and "TTIP" floating around. It doesn't have to be difficult, though. Watch Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, explain "fast...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 25, 2015 | Blog, Trade
NAFTA – the North American Free Trade Agreement – was sold with promises of jobs and prosperity on all sides of the border. What really happened was that an increased trade deficit sucked demand and jobs out of the U.S. economy; workers lost bargaining power,...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 18, 2015 | Blog, Trade
The Interfaith Working Group on Trade and Investment – representing Quaker, Jewish, Protestant and Catholic organizations, Catholic sisters and clergy – has joined the opposition to "fast track" trade promotion authority that corporate groups and President Obama are...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 17, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Fast track trade promotion legislation is likely to be introduced soon and will be used to push through the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement – but the public knows very little about what this would mean to them. To help get the word out, there will be a...
