Free Trade

Obama's Home And The Report Is Out: China Takes Us to School

Eric Lotke | Posted 11.19.2009 | World


Eric Lotke

While Obama posed for photos on the Great Wall and talked about a relationship "at an all-time high," China continues to take our lunch money.

We Are What We Buy and How We Buy It

David Sirota | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics


David Sirota

The debate over climate change legislation is probably the best example of a bill that seems unrelated to trade, and yet could be rendered almost completely meaningless if it doesn't include real trade reform.

Perfect Desertion

Sen. Fritz Hollings | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics


Sen. Fritz Hollings

The politics of the President and the Congress, influenced by the politics of the financial community, brews into the perfect desertion.

A Panel of Pros

Jonathan Tisch | Posted 10.26.2009 | New York


Jonathan Tisch

Where will we end up in a new regulated environment? Jonathan Tisch asks some of those closest to President Obama: Bill Daley, lawyer Marty Lipton and Penny Pritzker.

Krugman Is Wrong: Why China Won't Revalue

Zachary Karabell | Posted 10.23.2009 | Business


Zachary Karabell

With China now accounting for nearly $1 trillion of American debt, the U.S. can't simply insist that it do something about its currency and expect action. Geithner has been right in not publicly calling out China.

Superfusion: How China and America Became One Economy and Why the World's Prosperity Depends on It

Zachary Karabell | Posted 10.16.2009 | World


Zachary Karabell

Nothing will shape domestic life and prosperity in the United States more than the emergence of China as a global economic superpower.

Fifth Column: The Enemy Within the Trade War

Sen. Fritz Hollings | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics


Sen. Fritz Hollings

The financial and business leadership that I worked with for years to protect their U. S. investments, production, and jobs, have now joined the other side in the trade war.

Wall Street Treasury Complex is the Problem

Diane Francis | Posted 10.15.2009 | Business


Diane Francis

An examination of the causes of the financial meltdown and proposals for reform to prevent new catastrophic bubbles from forming and bursting.

Sacrificing to the Volcano God

Garrett Johnson | Posted 10.13.2009 | Business


Garrett Johnson

Hundreds of years ago the Incas would sacrifice virgins to appease their Volcano God. The Gods (the banks) and the methods (bailouts) may have changed, but the tradition remains.

There Will Be No Trade War

Gilbert B. Kaplan | Posted 10.05.2009 | Business


Gilbert B. Kaplan

If you were going to start a trade war against the United States, it is unlikely that your first salvo would be on chicken parts, or as the Chinese rather charmingly first announced, on dorkings.

One Troop

Sen. Fritz Hollings | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics


Sen. Fritz Hollings

For now, we can solve the problems of our fiscal and trade deficits by eliminating the corporate income tax and replacing it with a 3% value added tax. This actually cuts taxes and raises more revenue.

Enforcing the Rule of Trade Law

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 09.25.2009 | Business


Leo W. Gerard

The USW is in solidarity with Chinese and Indonesian workers who suffer abuse at the hands of their employers. It is governmental policies that injure us both and that we oppose. China cheats.

The G20, Climate Talks, and Trade Measures: Keeping Jobs in America

Frances Beinecke | Posted 09.25.2009 | Green


Frances Beinecke

Won't new climate legislation hurt American industry? Won't it send jobs overseas? The answer is no, it won't.

Chevron Desperate? Just a BIT

Daniel Firger | Posted 11.23.2009 | Green


Daniel Firger

Seeking to forestall a judgment running to the tens of billions of dollars in its so-called "Rainforest Chernobyl" litigation, Chevron on Wednesday filed a notice of arbitration against the Government of Ecuador.

Obama's Chief Agricultural Negotiator Nominee a Pesticide Pusher

Paula Crossfield | Posted 11.23.2009 | Green


Paula Crossfield

The Obama administration has chosen someone from an organization dedicated at all costs to chemical-based agriculture to represent our trade interests abroad.

Steel City: Forgotten but Not Gone

Eric Lotke | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics


Eric Lotke

The mainstream media needs to stop fetishizing the new economy. We can't eat electronic food or wear electronic clothes. We can't all be consultants forever, and America can't keep spending more than it earns.

Pittsburgh Model Dramatizes Lessons for G-20 Summit

Gary Shapiro | Posted 11.23.2009 | Business


Gary Shapiro

Pittsburgh's experience offers a road map for American cities adjusting to manufacturing downturns and the new realities of the modern global economy.

Joe Wilson's Immigration Hypocrisy

Nikolas Kozloff | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics


Nikolas Kozloff

If Wilson is so concerned about illegal immigration and the possibility that migrants might buy government sponsored health insurance then he should stop pushing for free trade agreements in Latin America.

The G-20 Summit: Lessons from Pittsburgh

Eric Lotke | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics


Eric Lotke

The G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh provides an opportunity for Americans to move beyond shibboleths of free trade and protectionism and to question the true functioning of the market.

Myths of Protectionism Are Spread to Exploit Workers and the Environment

Dave Johnson | Posted 11.18.2009 | Business


Dave Johnson

Why, exactly, is protectionism so bad? Why can't we have fair trade that lifts workers and protects the environment instead of unregulated free trade that exploits workers and the environment?

Creating American Jobs Through Global Trade

Tom Donohue | Posted 11.17.2009 | Business


Tom Donohue

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.

Obama vs. Krugman: Five Reasons the President's Right on Carbon Tariffs

Jake Colvin | Posted 11.16.2009 | Green


Jake Colvin

President Obama and Congress must make sure that U.S. climate policy efforts encourage other countries to reduce their carbon emissions and spur global demand for U.S. clean energy technologies.

Obama Shows Encouraging Signs on China, But Is It A Smokescreen?

Mike Elk | Posted 11.11.2009 | Business


Mike Elk

While the Administration is making some initially encouraging signs on trade, only over time will we know whether the Administration truly intends to pursue a policy of fair trade that leads to prosperity in all nations.

Score One for Fair Trade

Jim Arkedis | Posted 11.11.2009 | World


Jim Arkedis

The WTO's ruling late last week in a case involving Boeing and European arch-rival Airbus is a big and welcome victory that shows rule-based trade works.

Fomenting a Green Industrial Revolution in the U.S.

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 10.18.2009 | Business


Leo W. Gerard

When the leaders of the G-20 nations arrive in Pittsburgh, I want them to know I am fomenting revolution -- Industrial revolution. Specifically, a 21st-century burgeoning of green manufacturing in the United States.