by Dave Johnson | Feb 12, 2014 | Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Some advocates of the upcoming Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) claim that including trade adjustment assistance (TAA) for displaced workers will make things OK for people who lose their jobs and the communities where they live. The record of "NAFTA-style" trade...
by Lori Wallach | Feb 4, 2014 | Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Corporate interests were fiercely lobbying for President Obama to dedicate serious time in this State of the Union speech to pushing fast track and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in order to try to overcome growing congressional and public opposition to both, but...
by Robert Scott | Feb 3, 2014 | Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
In his State of the Union Address, President Obama said that because “ninety-eight percent of our exporters are small businesses, new trade partnerships with Europe and the Asia-Pacific will help them create more jobs.” This suggests that small businesses will benefit...
by Celeste Drake | Jan 31, 2014 | Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
For more than 20 years (including in Tuesday night's State of the Union address), America’s workers have heard that we need new trade agreements so we can export more and create jobs. It’s a great theory. It’s just that—because of the way our trade deals are...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 30, 2014 | Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
President Obama cited a plan to promote "manufacturing hubs" in Tuesday's State of the Union address as one of the ways he would use his executive power to get around the Republican strategy of obstruction and sabotaging the economy. On manufacturing, the president...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 27, 2014 | Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Today 564 organizations released a joint letter to Congress, opposing fast-track trade promotion authority. The organizations cover the entire field of what would be considered President Obama's "base" of supporters, including consumer, labor, environmental,...
