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Free Trade Agreements

U.S. Exports Drop Under Korea Trade Deal and Obama Said What?!

Lori Wallach | Posted 05.10.2013 | Politics
Lori Wallach

Contrary to the administration's claims of its export-expansion prowess, the steep decline in U.S. exports to Korea under the FTA contributed to an overall disappointing U.S. export performance in 2012.

We Decide How to Share Gains

Stan Sorscher | Posted 05.02.2013 | Business
Stan Sorscher

We can rehabilitate a Social Contract that connects us. With a restored self-image, we can reverse Citizens United, rebalance our political process, and find trade policies that serve society as a whole.

Create a New Transatlantic Partnership That Is More Than Free Trade

Dan Hamilton | Posted 04.14.2013 | World
Dan Hamilton

Free trade could translate into millions of new jobs in the U.S. and Europe and improve both earnings and competitiveness for many companies, particularly small- and medium-sized enterprises.

The Success of the Nordics: It's the Mindset, Stupid!

Erik Brattberg | Posted 02.11.2013 | World
Erik Brattberg

2013-02-11-ctrlogoreal.pngFortunately, Europe is not deemed to failure. If more European states would think and act like the Nordics, the narrative would be quite a different one.

If You Want to Reform Something, Reform the Trade Agreements

Dave Johnson | Posted 03.26.2013 | Business
Dave Johnson

We could have trade agreements that lift and protect working people, protect the environment and encourage democracy. But only if people learn about this and speak up.

Year in Review: 2012 in US Trade Reform

Ian Fletcher | Posted 03.02.2013 | Politics
Ian Fletcher

Romney's weak economic nationalism didn't turn out to be strong enough to win over a recession-weary electorate that still blamed Bush for the economic crisis that Obama seemed to be handling, if at an unsatisfyingly slow pace.

If You Can't Beat Them, Join Them

AP | DESMOND BUTLER | Posted 12.11.2012 | Business

WASHINGTON -- After years of battling each other on trade issues, U.S. and European officials are contemplating a dramatic change in direction: joinin...

What If We Did Trade Right?

Stan Sorscher | Posted 01.29.2013 | Business
Stan Sorscher

Everyone I know is in favor of trade done right. But global trade agreements go overboard in protecting investor rights.

A Trade Policy for President Obama's Second Term

Joshua Meltzer | Posted 01.09.2013 | World
Joshua Meltzer

During the next four years the president should build on the trade policy progress of his first term and develop a comprehensive trade policy that does three things.

It Takes Two to Trade

Nelson W. Cunningham | Posted 01.05.2013 | Politics
Nelson W. Cunningham

The next four years provide dramatic opportunities for trade liberalization across the Pacific and the Atlantic. Barack Obama will use those opportunities to build a durable bipartisan consensus on trade. Mitt Romney won't.

Romney's Empty Latin Trade Promises

Nelson W. Cunningham | Posted 01.04.2013 | Politics
Nelson W. Cunningham

Mitt Romney says that he wants more trade with Latin America. How? By negotiating new trade agreements in the region. With which countries, exactly? He doesn't say, and frankly it's difficult to name a likely candidate.

Obama, Romney 'Trade Pact' Malarkey vs. Reality: The Data Is In

Lori Wallach | Posted 12.15.2012 | Politics
Lori Wallach

In an election dominated by the urgent agenda of U.S. job creation, it is a sorry statement about the domination of corporate money in American elections that both presidential candidates tout NAFTA-style "free trade" deals.

Fair Wages for Fair Trade

Joel Richard Paul | Posted 12.10.2012 | World
Joel Richard Paul

Guaranteeing a fair local wage would empower developing countries to raise their labor standards. By improving the conditions and livelihood of foreign workers the Trans-Pacific Partnership can create new markets and stimulate world economic growth.

Leesburg Leaves Trade Questions Unanswered

Ilana Solomon | Posted 11.19.2012 | Green
Ilana Solomon

I've just returned from another round of Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact negotiations, held in Leesburg, Virginia.

America's Looming IP Drain

Robert D. Atkinson, Ph.D. | Posted 11.19.2012 | Business
Robert D. Atkinson, Ph.D.

If the U.S. fails to secure high IP standards in the new trade arrangements it enters into, the future banquet of consequences will present a bleak feast for its workers and economy.

Does Romney Mean It on Trade?

Ian Fletcher | Posted 11.11.2012 | Politics
Ian Fletcher

Mitt Romney has certainly been making some pleasant noises about fixing America's trade mess, whose $500 billion a year deficit is probably the biggest unsung reason our economy isn't turning around. But does he really mean what he says?

What's Romney Really Up To? Softball Economic Nationalism

Ian Fletcher | Posted 11.06.2012 | Politics
Ian Fletcher

Instead of the Democrats turning against free trade and the Republicans turning against mass immigration, as I formerly predicted, the Republican convention and platform reveal we're getting something else.

The U.S. Can't Afford to Include Japan in the TPP

Dan Kildee | Posted 11.04.2012 | Politics
Dan Kildee

While the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) does strive to include the high standards necessary for a "21st century" trade agreement, I believe that the potential inclusion of Japan in the negotiations is not in the best interest of the United States.

Will Manufacturing Make China a Democracy?

Stan Sorscher | Posted 10.08.2012 | Business
Stan Sorscher

China has done an exceptional job of acquiring the means of production. Not so much for human rights, labor rights, public health, or environmental protections.

Sabrina Siddiqui

Romney Attacks Obama's Trade Record Despite Approval From Republican Groups

HuffingtonPost.com | Sabrina Siddiqui | Posted 06.15.2012 | Politics

Mitt Romney repeated a message he's pushed since early on in his campaign this Thursday: President Barack Obama hasn't negotiated any trade agreements...

What Are They Trying to Hide?

Michael Brune | Posted 07.04.2012 | Green
Michael Brune

Odds are that you haven't heard of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement. And even if you've heard of it, I'm willing to bet you don't know what might be in it.

Why Is the TPP Such a Big Secret?

Tim Robertson | Posted 07.04.2012 | Politics
Tim Robertson

The only way the corporate shopping list that is the TPP can get past public scrutiny is if no one ever hears about it. Fortunately, activists are fighting back.

Obama Praises Controversial Free Trade Deal

AP | JULIE PACE | Posted 06.15.2012 | World

CARTAGENA, Colombia — Exposing a rift with Israel, President Barack Obama on Sunday insisted that the United States has not "given anything away...

Free Trade or Democracy, Can't Have Both

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.01.2012 | Business
Dave Johnson

When we allow companies to just import stuff that is made by exploited workers in countries where people do not have a say, we are granting not-having-a-say an advantage over having a say. We make democracy a competitive disadvantage.

Getting Around Geithner

Sarah Anderson | Posted 04.29.2012 | Politics
Sarah Anderson

In the wake of the worst financial crisis in 80 years, I thought it would be a no-brainer for the U.S. government to give up its longstanding policy of banning capital controls through trade agreements.