by Dave Johnson | Mar 11, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Paul Krugman gives a "thumbs down" to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) today on his New York Times blog "in TPP at the NABE." Taking it a bit further, he writes, ...it doesn’t look like a good thing either for the world or for the United States, and you have to...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 11, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
A newly launched public relations campaign in support of trade promotion authority, a.k.a. "fast track," and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) calls itself "the Progressive Coalition for American Jobs." At its foundation is a set of misleading (at best) claims that...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 6, 2015 | Blog, Economy, Trans-Pacific Partnership
[fve]http://youtu.be/W1WMiGsrhpA[/fve] (Video from Economy in Crisis through the USW Blog) The U.S. Census Bureau reported Friday that the January goods and services trade deficit was $41.8 billion in January, down $3.8 billion from $45.6 billion in December (which...
by Anna Meyer | Mar 5, 2015 | Blog, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Food is more than just what we eat. It connects us to each other and our environment. And how we treat it is of tremendous importance to our democracy. Right now, the future of our food is being decided behind closed doors. The Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), a...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 5, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Opponents of fast track and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) are gaining momentum. In spite of a virtual media blackout, public awareness of the coming trade deal is increasing. More and more public-interest organizations are organizing and denouncing the rigged...
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....
