truth-out.org — What China is doing by flooding markets worldwide with artificially cheap exports amounts to a seriously predatory trade policy. This sort of move is supposed to be prevented by the threat of sanctions. Yet the Chinese have taken the United States’s measure, and decided that it won’t act. So the United States needs to confront the issue head-on.
Trade expert Clyde Prestowitz, president of the Economic Strategy Institute, discusses his new book, "The Betrayal of American Prosperity," at the AFL-CIO headquarters in Washington May 18. The book looks at what Prestowitz calls the "false doctrine" of free trade and suggests a new framework for how America should compete in the global economy. more »
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Pat Buchanan has a column today on manufacturing, The Disemboweling of America, that hits the nail on the head. In fact, if I fairly excerpt enough of the column and send you over to read it, my work here is done. For today. more »
“Protectionism” is a very powerful word. In fact, simply evoking the word is capable of ending debate on any subject related to trade. Invoking the magic words, “You can’t do that, it would be protectionist,” settles all arguments. more »
Last week Harold Meyerson wrote a great column in the Washington Post, Just One Word: Factories, promoting American manufacturing. Meyerson wrote, more »
This story from Bloomberg is too bad - but let's hope Obama selects another fair-trader for the position:
Representative Xavier Becerra, a California Democrat, said he turned down an offer by President- elect Barack Obama to be U.S. Trade Representative and will stay in Congress. more »
communitychange.org — The neoliberal agenda has had devastating consequences. To change course, we will need to challenge the values of individualism and competition, and reintroduce the values of community and cooperation.
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