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A major surge of exports is our best path out of recession, double-digit unemployment, and exploding deficits. We should set a national goal of doubling U.S. exports in five years.
Mike Elk | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics
Manufacturing is essential to rebuilding our economy and moving away from the debt-driven boom bust cycles of the past.
Thom Hartmann | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics
If President Obama and our Congress don't soon learn the lessons Alexander Hamilton taught us in 1791, we'll continue to see American industry slowly die.
HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 06.13.2009 | Business
It's so easy for U.S. corporations to set up an offshore tax haven in Panama, an intern could do it. Really! To make this point, Public Citizen's Glob...
Dan Kovalik | Posted 06.13.2009 | World
Despite the claims of the Colombian government and those in the U.S. eager to consummate "free trade" pacts, the human rights situation in that country is deteriorating fast.
Gary Shapiro | Posted 05.01.2009 | Business
I don't know precisely when progressives in this country gave up on free trade. Because when they did, without perhaps even realizing it, they turned their backs on the developing world.
Crossover Dreams | Posted 04.02.2009 | World
This is the inaugural post of a new series. We hope that this will broaden into a forum where people can share insights about international movements of people and the economic, social and political issues surrounding them.
David Sirota | Posted 03.22.2009 | Politics
Obama looks like he's starting to prioritize the Washington status quo on trade over real change.
Kenneth Roth | Posted 12.14.2008 | Politics
Congress must work with President-elect Obama to design a policy for Colombia in which "free" trade is not built on dead worker representatives.
John Bruhns | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics
As President, Obama will need to confront two costly wars, global terrorism, an economy on the brink and a serious energy crisis. Don't expect immediate change.
Mark Weisbrot | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics
We also have nearly 15 years of experience with NAFTA and it clearly did not deliver on most of its promises. It was sold as a job creator, but the United States has actually lost jobs.
James P. Hoffa | Posted 06.14.2008 | Business
For the past 15 years, anyone who opposed a so-called "free trade agreement" was labeled a protectionist. And that was the end of the story. The TRADE Act allows us to present an alternative.
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Tom Donohue | Posted 09.17.2009 | Business