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America’s Failed Mole-by-Mole Trade Policy

Last week several groups, including the United Steelworkers, petitioned the federal government to whack the latest trade mole – illegally traded auto parts from China.

With President Obama announcing creation of a new trade enforcement unit in his State of the Union Addre more »

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Dave Johnson's picture

China Cheating Costs 400K Auto Parts Jobs

This week three new reports described even more continuing damage to our economy caused by China's trade cheating -- and our own lack of response. Even as the auto industry recovers and auto-assembly jobs are returning, the auto-parts industry and jobs are not. more »

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Democracy v. Plutocracy, Unions vs. Servitude

Servitude: "a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life" more »

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Can We 'Insource' Jobs?

President Obama will host a forum on insourcing jobs Wednesday. The forum will feature leaders of several companies who have already shifted jobs back home and are encouraging others to do the same. According to the White House, more »

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China Commission Report - A Bit Scary

Bear with me here, this gets interesting ... and a bit scary. The 2011 REPORT TO CONGRESS of the U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION has been released. From the press release: more »

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61 House Republicans Co-Sponsored China Currency Bill, Now Side With China

Last week, in These Are The House Republicans Blocking The Crackdown On China Currency Manipulation. Call Them. I named 61 House Republicans who had co-sponsored the China currency bill, but who now side with China by refusing to help force a vote on the bill. more »

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These Are The House Republicans Blocking The Crackdown On China Currency Manipulation. Call Them.

We buy a lot from China, and they don't buy much from us. Some call that "trade." The result is that our jobs, factories, companies, industries and wealth are moving to China. One very big thing we can do about this right now is to confront China over their currency manipulation and the Senate passed a bill to do just that. more »

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Will The U.S. House Side With China On Currency?

If we want to bring jobs and wealth back to the United States for the 99% of us who have been under extreme pressure we're going to have to do something about trade. The huge trade imbalances -- especially with China -- are sucking our jobs and factories and companies and industries and money out of the country. more »

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Seeking a Trade Rule Enforcer

Leo Gerard will be addressing the Oct. 3-5 Take Back the American Dream conference about the "Contract for the American Dream" and how we can "Stop Outsourcing the American Dream." Click here to register.

America is being played. more »

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Dave Johnson's picture

When Trade Is Out Of Balance Tariffs And Trade Enforcement Equals Jobs

A new report shows just how many jobs have been lost to "China’s currency manipulation, state-owned enterprises, heavy industrial subsidies, intellectual property theft and piracy, indigenous innovation policies, rare earth mineral export restrictions and other trade-distorting practices," and lets you look at the numbers in each Congress more »

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