by Joshua Holland | Nov 19, 2014 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Last summer, Barack Obama and leaders of the European Union announced that negotiations would commence on another trade deal, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), a treaty that’s gotten significantly less attention than the TPP. Also known as...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 13, 2014 | Blog, Trade
Democrats failed to provide relief or even offer hope to people who haven't seen their pay go up for years – and Democrats paid for it in last week's elections. This week, President Obama is in Asia pushing yet another job-killing, "NAFTA-style" trade agreement. Is...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 6, 2014 | Blog, Trade
A "week of action" starts Saturday against "fast-track" trade promotion authority legislation, which would be used to usher in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) "trade" (i.e. corporate rights) agreement. Click here to tell Congress to vote no on “fast-track”...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 4, 2014 | Blog, Trade
According to the U.S. Commerce Department the massive U.S. trade deficit jumped 7.6 percent in September, draining another $43 billion from our economy in a single month. U.S. exports fell to their lowest in five months. Meanwhile, August's trade deficit was revised...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 31, 2014 | Blog, Trade, Winning Issues for 2014
Democratic North Carolina Sen. Kay Hagan is running for reelection with ads that talk about trade. "Kay's going to bat for us against China." Trade is a huge issue for many blue-collar voters and in "rust-belt" regions that have been wiped out by the offshoring of our...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 27, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth, Trade
The White House unveiled new executive actions on Monday directing federal money toward new technologies, apprenticeship programs and competitions designed to assist small manufacturers. The idea is to make the U.S. a magnet for new jobs and investment. The new...
