by Dave Johnson | Jun 26, 2014 | Blog, Trade
There will be a number of rallies and other events over the July 4 Congressional recess, focused on members of Congress in their home districts. These events will be to protest the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the proposed "fast track" process that essentially...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 26, 2014 | Blog, Trade
A fight in Congress over the Export-Import Bank has broken out between U.S. businesses that export goods and "small government" tea party Republicans who believe government shouldn't do anything to help American-based businesses export to the rest of the world,...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 24, 2014 | Blog, Trade
There is no way around it: There are three issues on people's minds as we go into the midterm elections: jobs, jobs and jobs. Since the 2008 financial crash – actually since Reagan was elected – most of the gains from our economy have gone to the 1 percent and many of...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 22, 2014 | Blog, Trade
Currency manipulation is a big deal. It is costing up to 5.8 million American jobs and costs U.S. GDP by up to $720 billion. So what is currency manipulation and how does it work? A currency is the local "medium" of exchange. Different countries use different...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 19, 2014 | Blog, Trade
Another secret trade deal has leaked to WikiLeaks and it looks as if it is one more effort to lock into law the interests of certain already-huge corporations above the interests of governments, their citizens and potentially competing businesses. As with leaks from...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 18, 2014 | Blog, Trade
President Obama talked and took questions about manufacturing at TechShop Pittsburgh Tuesday. He touted his efforts to boost manufacturing and even showed off his DODOcase on his iPad because the DODOcase prototype was developed at a TechShop. The president's talk was...
