by Dave Johnson | Feb 24, 2014 | Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
A law affecting content on the Internet that was rejected by Congress shows up in a trade agreement designed to bypass and override Congress. Small, innovative companies that manufacture low-cost, generic drugs find their products blocked. Those are examples of what...
by Robert Borosage | Feb 20, 2014 | Trans-Pacific Partnership
The Obama administration continues to push a fast track to nowhere. U.S. Trade Representative Michael B. Froman now has launched a charm offensive, meeting with legislators, consumer, union and environmental groups to try to defuse growing opposition to fast track...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 14, 2014 | Trans-Pacific Partnership
There are signs that the Obama administration is backing off from its push to get fast track trade promotion authority through Congress. First it was 151 members of Congress signing a letter opposing fast track. Then, in the State of the Union address, President Obama...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 14, 2014 | Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
The big corporations and the Obama administration are trying to push through a giant new trade treaty that gives corporations even more power, and which will send even more jobs, factories, industries and money out of the country. This is the Trans-Pacific Partnership...
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 Larry Cohen | Feb 5, 2014 | Economy, Trans-Pacific Partnership
What does a global economy mean? And who does it serve? These are the questions we need to ask as the United States seeks to negotiate new trade deals with Europe and Asia. Unfortunately, as 12 Pacific Rim nations race towards completing the Trans-Pacific Partnership...
