Tag: trade
The new trade agenda: Deals that promote equality rather than inequality
These are the sort of rules that we should be looking to include in future trade agreements.
Will Trump’s US trade representative be another Pro-NAFTA, Pro-TPP type?
If Trump is considering this guy as USTR for real it would just show us one more betrayal of his campaign promises.
TPP is dead. Time for a progressive trade vision.
Together we can win a more just and sustainable future for us all, across borders.
Why is Washington still pushing the trans-pacific partnership?
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) embodies the stacked deck. It was negotiated in secret of, by and for the global corporations.
A progressive path forward on trade
How do we get other countries to stop, change their strategies and spend more like we do?
Stiglitz Speaks: Globalization’s Grand Failure, Apple & Bad Trade Deals
Why do so many policymakers in Europe and the United States continue to push globalization, despite the evidence?
June’s Enormous, Humongous Trade Deficit is Up 9 Percent
The June trade deficit rose from the months prior because of rising imports.
Clinton Commits: No TPP, Fundamentally Rethink Trade Policies
Clinton’s statement helps. Asking members of Congress to vote against TPP would help more.
TPP: The Devil’s in the Details
The TPP is a massive trade and investment agreement that dwarfs, but does not replace, NAFTA in its scope.
The Violent Image That America Projects To the World
“That respect and admiration that America once received is being steadily eroded largely because of the policies that the U.S. government is pursuing foreign affairs and domestic matters.”
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