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Todd Tucker wrote a new diary post: Video: The Korea Trade Deal in Two Minutes
Check out this two-minute film from Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch about the job-killing NAFTA-style Korea trade deal. And, for the latest news, visit http://www.citizen.org/korea . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMyQ4OR44pg Video script: It is heartbreaking, but true: After campaigning against more job-killing NAFTA-style trade agreement, President Obama has adopted Bush’s Korea Trade Deal. It is opposed by labor, consumer, environmental and family [...]
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Todd Tucker commented on the diary post Obama Trade Czar Testifies on NAFTA Expansions – Liveblog by Todd Tucker.
And, as it turns out, the fake numbers that Camp is touting shows (just so you know how bogus they are) that the gains in services swamp the gains in manufacturing and agriculture combined. But, er, there’s actually a decline in services exports under these projections. So, what’s the story? It’s workers getting displaced from [...]
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Todd Tucker commented on the diary post Obama Trade Czar Testifies on NAFTA Expansions – Liveblog by Todd Tucker.
He he. I think not. Somehow that got dropped after the campaign.
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Todd Tucker wrote a new diary post: Obama Trade Czar Testifies on NAFTA Expansions – Liveblog
The Ways and Means Committee is having its second hearing on the NAFTA expansions to Korea, Panama and Colombia. The hearing is also looking at problematic attempts to expand the World Trade Organization’s restrictions on domestic regulations, and the Trans-Pacific Free Trade Agreement (FTA). The U.S. Trade Representative, Ron Kirk, is testifying. I’ll be live-blogging, and [...]
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Todd Tucker commented on the diary post Liveblog: NAFTA-style deal with Korea hearing in Ways & Means Committee by Todd Tucker.
Great point. With all the attention to the START treaty last year, it’s useful to remember that our trade agreements create the most powerful and enforceable system of international law. If governments fail to give corporations the sweetheart treatment envisioned in NAFTA-style deals, corporations can directly challenge the government for taxpayer dollars. Even when the [...]
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Todd Tucker commented on the diary post Liveblog: NAFTA-style deal with Korea hearing in Ways & Means Committee by Todd Tucker.
Great point Kevin. In fact, a government study (from the U.S. International Trade Commission – http://www.usitc.gov/publications/332/pub4125.pdf) published last year found that, between 2002 and 2007, the growth of small business exports to the NAFTA countries was much slower (at 70.8%) than the growth of total small business exports to the world (at 96.7%). These trade [...]
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Todd Tucker wrote a new diary post: Liveblog: NAFTA-style deal with Korea hearing in Ways & Means Committee
1:14 pm – Chairman Camp wraps it up: “All of our panelists showed that these trade deals will benefit the U.S.” With five out of five panelists supporting the deal, and nary a critical voice, seems like a bit of a preordained conclusion. And with that, we’ll wrap up the live blog. If you want [...]
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