The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 04.14.2012
By Michael Beckel, iWatch NewsAt least four Cabinet members appear ready and willing to answer President Barack Obama's call to help fill the coffer...
AP | ELAINE KURTENBACH | Posted 01.12.2012
HONOLULU — Moves toward a Pacific free trade zone gained momentum Saturday, though friction over the U.S.-backed initiative were apparent, with ...
Tim Robertson | Posted 10.22.2011
US Trade Representative Ron Kirk doesn't believe many middle-class manufacturing jobs will be a part of America's future. Like many free trade proponents, he views the loss of these jobs as inevitable.
HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 09.19.2011
WASHINGTON -- As U.S. lawmakers inch closer to enacting a long-stalled free trade agreement with Colombia, the deal's proponents have cited the safer ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 07.16.2011
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is drawing a line in the sand with Republicans over pending trade deals, one of few areas with the potential for ...
Businessweek | Hans Nichols | Posted 05.25.2011
March 10 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama may look to the business community for his next secretary of Commerce with former Pfizer Inc. Chief Exe...
Jonathan Tasini | Posted 05.25.2011
"Free trade" is right up there on the list of very bad policies -- at least if you believe in a middle class. But the administration is amping up its efforts to get three "free trade" deals through Congress.
Leo Hindery, Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011
What do you do if you have both trillions of dollars of foreign reserves and a 'blue water navy'? Well, of course you use them -- and if you're China, you use them each aggressively.
Lori Wallach | Posted 05.25.2011
For a guy who loves "free trade" and is supposed to represent U.S. workers and businesses, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk seems way too comfy with tariffs being slapped on American exports.
Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011
Believe it or not, there actually are Democrats and Republicans -- lots of them -- committed to robust international engagement, smart foreign aid, and coherent and sensible U.S. international public diplomacy.
Akito Yoshikane | Posted 05.25.2011
The United States filed a complaint against Guatemala for failure to enforce labor agreements outlined in a free trade deal with Central American countries, making it the first time the U.S. has brought a case against a trade partner.
HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011
U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk criticized the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in a speech at the National Press Club on Tuesday, calling the lobbying beh...
David Sirota | Posted 05.25.2011
Some might say that hey, it's not a big deal for lobbyists to serve on advisory panels, because those panels are only "advisory." But that label is deliberately deceptive.
Fred Redmond | Posted 05.25.2011
"Free trade should be premised on fundamental respect for human rights, especially the rights of the workers producing the goods to be traded. In Colombia, workers cannot exercise their right without fear of being threatened or killed."
Gary Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011
President Barack Obama will soon be making his first trip to Latin America to attend the Summit of the Americas. This visit is an important opportunit...
Washington Post | Anthony Faiola | Posted 05.25.2011
The Obama administration is aggressively reworking U.S. trade policy to more strongly emphasize domestic and social issues, from the displacement of A...
AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER and DAVE ESPO | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — Another Obama administration nominee has tax troubles. This time, it's Ron Kirk, the president's choice to be U.S. trade representa...
Gary Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011
Listening to President Barack Obama's speech Tuesday night to a joint session of Congress, I did a double take. "The only way to fully restore Amer...
Lori Wallach | Posted 05.25.2011
Whether Ron Kirk is a good choice for trade representative will be determined by his ability to deliver on creating a new trade and globalization policy that benefits more Americans.
Robert Kuttner | Posted 05.25.2011
Obama may soon find that he is committing a big sin against one of the major premises of the reigning ideology, and will create a head-on collision with one of the cherished dogmas of market fundamentalism -- "free trade."
Paul Jenkins | Posted 05.25.2011
Obama's choice of Rick Warren to give the invocation at his inauguration is dreadful. His explanation is even worse. He shrinks Warren's statements about gay people down to a "disagreement," as if we're talking about ethanol subsidies.
Lori Wallach | Posted 05.08.2012