by Dave Johnson | Oct 3, 2014 | Blog, Trade
October 3 is Manufacturing Day! "MFG DAY addresses common misperceptions about manufacturing by giving manufacturers an opportunity to open their doors and show, in a coordinated effort, what manufacturing is — and what it isn’t. By working together during and after...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 30, 2014 | Blog, Economy, Trade
Our 2010 Reagan Revolution Home To Roost series, especially the post Reagan Revolution Home To Roost — In Charts described the beginning of the great decoupling of the American economy from the middle class. The summary: Conservative policies transformed the United...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 25, 2014 | Blog, Trade, Winning Issues for 2014
Politicians need to know that the public "gets it." So-called "trade" deals that were sold with a promise to increase jobs and prosperity have instead sent jobs out of the country and forced wages down. People get it. Ask people what they think of NAFTA and you'll...
by Roger Hickey | Sep 15, 2014 | Blog, Trade
The subject was the two major trade agreements that elites in both U.S. political parties are negotiating with the corporate elites in other countries: the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and Trans-Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA) (also known as TTIP). The event...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 12, 2014 | Blog, Trade
Approximately 600 organizations have sent a formal, public letter to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) opposing "fast-track" trade promotion authority and calling for a new system for negotiating and implementing trade agreements. The letter asks...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 5, 2014 | Blog, Trade
On Thursday the Department of Commerce's July trade figures were released. Our enormous, humongous trade deficit continued another month and we even had an all-time record trade deficit with China. Today the jobs report came out and America's manufacturing sector did...
