Trade

"More Peril Than Promise": Watchdogs Slam Trump's Plan for NAFTA Talks
Betraying 'Hire American' Pledge, Trump Rewards Companies Offshoring US Jobs
Lauren McCauley, staff writer
"Corporations that send call center jobs and other good jobs overseas shouldn't be rewarded with federal contracts," said the Communications Workers of America. "Despite the campaign promises of President Trump, that's exactly what’s happening." (Photo: Reuters/ Kevin Lamarque)
In yet another reminder of how corporate-friendly the Trump administration has been—despite campaign pledges to defend American workers and "buy American, hire American" rhetoric—a new study out Tuesday reveals that the president continues to reward U.S. companies who ship jobs overseas. According to the analysis (pdf), conducted by Good Jobs...
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Trump May Have Found a Way to Stack Commissions With 'Sympathetic' Nominees
Deirdre Fulton, staff writer
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), which oversees everything from oil and gas pipelines to electricity transmission, is among those panels that could be impacted by the Trump administration's meddling. (Photo: chesapeakeclimate/flickr/cc)
The Trump administration may have come up with "a way to get around" the...
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Trump Administration Toying With Alternative Economic Facts
Lauren McCauley, staff writer
Describing the revised forecasts as "budget voodoo," Forbes contributor Stan Collender writes: "To say the least, this first set of economic assumptions and the resulting phony deficit will be fake news—lies, in other words—from Trump." (Photo: Shutterstock)
The Trump administration's hallmark " alternative facts " may infiltrate U.S...
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The TPP Is Officially Dead. Thank the People's Movement, Not Trump.
Carrier Union Leader on Trump's Jobs Claim: "I Almost Threw Up in My Mouth"
Angela Merkel Sounds Death Knell for TTIP—But Don't Thank Donald Trump
TPP's "Cardiac Arrest": A Lesson for the Challenges of the Trump Years Ahead
Canada and EU Sign 'Thoroughly Undemocratic' CETA Trade Deal
As CETA Rises from Ashes, Campaigners Vow: 'More You Insist, More We Resist'
Democracy Prevails as People's Revolt Leaves Corporate Trade Agenda "In Tatters"
'Final Death Blow' to CETA as Delegates Hold Firm Against Pro-Corporate Deal
'Massive Body Blow' for CETA as EU Trade Ministers Postpone Vote
Posting New Secret Trade Docs, Wikileaks Further Exposes Corporate Plot
Following Public Pressure, José Bové, Noted Anti-Globalization Activist, Allowed to Stay in Canada
Marking 10 Years, WikiLeaks Says 'October Surprises' Coming...Soon

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Friends of the Earth
Trump’s NAFTA “Re-Do” Threatens People and the Planet
Public Citizen
Will NAFTA Renegotiation Produce TPP 2.0 and Intensify Damage? Or Fulfill Trump Promise of a ‘Much Better’ Deal for Working Americans? Maintaining Secretive Process With 500 Official Corporate Advisers Does Not Bode Well
Council of Canadians
Back from the Grave — Secret TPP Talks to Resume in Toronto
Public Citizen
On Unhappy Fifth Anniversary of U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement, Deficit With Korea Has Doubled as U.S. Exports Fell, Imports Soared
Public Citizen
Joint Session Speech Mystery: Has Goldman Sachs Wing of Administration Derailed Trump’s China Trade and Jobs Plans?
Council of Canadians
NAFTA Renegotiation Imminent, Council of Canadians Available for Comment
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