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'Free Trade' Agreements Won't Create Jobs But a More Competitive Dollar Would

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 05.16.2013 | Business
Mark Weisbrot

When our government tells us such an agreement will create jobs in the U.S., they are saying that the agreement will increase our exports faster than imports.

Time to End the Free Trade Sellout

Alan Grayson | Posted 05.09.2013 | Politics
Alan Grayson

The first Amendment gives us the right to "petition the government for a redress of grievances." Anyone paying attention to these Judas-kiss trade "deals" is feeling mighty, mighty "aggrieved."

A Floor of Decency

Robert Koehler | Posted 05.02.2013 | World
Robert Koehler

The system is broken. It's eating us alive. We do not value human life -- or, for that matter, life itself -- at the core of our social structure. But even the immensely powerful among us affect to value it after the fact, as rescuers pull bodies from the rubble and the survivors wail.

Death Threats Remain Rampant Under Obama's Colombia FTA

Lori Wallach | Posted 04.16.2013 | World
Lori Wallach

What change in Colombia could possibly have led a Democratic president to implement a trade agreement over the objections of Democrats in Congress with the country infamous around the world for its violence against unionists?

Zach Carter

Obama's EU Trade Deal Would Include New Political Powers For Corporations

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 04.04.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is pursuing a free trade agreement with the European Union that would grant corporations new political power to...

Does Fracking Make You Queasy? So Will the Trans-Pacific Trade Pact

Ilana Solomon | Posted 05.15.2013 | Green
Ilana Solomon

Transparency -- a basic principle of our democracy -- is crucial, particularly as the trade deal continues to inflate. We must have a meaningful chance to engage in how our trade and energy rules are set before it's too late.

The Darker Side of Free Trade

Marco Cáceres | Posted 04.30.2013 | Politics
Marco Cáceres

So if you can't do away with the U.S. demand, and you can't destroy the current suppliers by legalizing the market, then what? There's a third way. Make it a lot more difficult for the drugs to enter the U.S. No, I'm not talking about U.S. military interdiction efforts.

Reverse the Policies that Are Destroying the Middle Class

Allan Brawley | Posted 04.28.2013 | Politics
Allan Brawley

In their latest book, The Betrayal of the American Dream, Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele present a compelling case that America's middle class is in danger of extinction unless our government reverses course on major policies it has pursued over the last four decades.

SOTU, TPP, TAFTA -- WTF?

Lori Wallach | Posted 04.15.2013 | Politics
Lori Wallach

Did you notice the two rabid skunks President Obama unleashed at the State of the Union picnic?

The Endgame of Capitalism

Carl Gibson | Posted 04.06.2013 | Business
Carl Gibson

We're witnessing the endgame of capitalism, where a few wealthy individuals and corporations have accumulated most of the wealth while the rest of us are left to fight for the scraps.

Our Failed Trade Policies Are Not Creating Jobs at Home

Pearl Korn | Posted 03.05.2013 | Politics
Pearl Korn

While the ugly and rancorous "fiscal cliff" battle has been playing out in Washington, another negotiation equally critical for America was also being conducted, this one behind closed doors far across the ocean: the impending Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement.

What Should the Top Priority Be for U.S.-Mexican Relations?

Eric Farnsworth | Posted 02.05.2013 | Politics
Eric Farnsworth

On Dec. 1, Enrique Peña Nieto was inaugurated as Mexico's president. With a new leader taking the reins in Mexico and Barack Obama's reelection the United States, what should the two leaders focus on in terms of bilateral ties?

Fracking Causes Friction Between Trade And Environment

Ilana Solomon | Posted 01.16.2013 | Green
Ilana Solomon

The truth is becoming clear -- trade rules are being used to threaten policies that protect wildlife, preserve scarce natural resources, and promote clean energy and green jobs.

The 1990's-Era Debate That Just Won't Stop Raging

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 11.12.2012 | Business

Critics claim that the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) hurt American workers. But apparently NAFTA raised U.S. wages, according to a new s...

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.

Sabrina Siddiqui

Obama And Romney Spar On China, Trade Despite Similar Plans

HuffingtonPost.com | Sabrina Siddiqui | Posted 10.24.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- With just two weeks left before the November election, President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney are trea...

Zach Carter

Romney As Bain CEO Benefited From Offshoring Tax Break He Disavowed At Debate

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 10.24.2012 | Politics

Bain Capital appears to have benefited from a provision in the U.S. tax code that grants companies tax breaks for costs associated with offshoring Ame...

A Conversation With Noam Chomsky

Michael Nevradakis | Posted 12.22.2012 | World
Michael Nevradakis

Noam Chomsky, who in six decades of teaching, writing, and activism, has not hesitated to express his opinion on such matters, takes a different view than others towards Greece.

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.

Alabama Immigration Law Causes Labor Shortage, Forces Importation Of Immigrants

AP/HuffPost | Posted 09.24.2012 | Business

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Mexican government is reviewing a labor union's complaint that Alabama's crackdown on illegal immigrants violates an internat...

Pass The Gauc': We're In An Avocado Boom

Slate | Matthew Yglesias | Posted 09.23.2012 | Business

Annie Marie Chaker (via Philip Bump) writes in the Wall Street Journal about Americans' burgeoning taste for avocados, which have exploded beyond ...

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.

Bill Clinton's True Legacy: Outsourcer-in-Chief

Jane White | Posted 11.04.2012 | Business
Jane White

Mitt Romney may have run a company that outsourced jobs but Clinton ran a country that did.

John Allison: Trade Unlocks Economic Growth

Job Creators Alliance | Posted 10.10.2012 | Business
Job Creators Alliance

American greatness relies on our relationships with neighbors, both near and distant. The way out of the Great Recession is not economic isolationism, but an embrace of our nation's heritage as a global trade leader.