Let’s go back in history briefly to the 1990s. In 1993, Bill Clinton pushed through NAFTA, over the objection of a large number of Democrats, with a large number of Republicans joining with the Democratic president to get NAFTA through the House (The Senate has always been far more receptive to so-called "free trade"). […]
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Trade Collision–Another Democratic Presidential Bad Choice?
Posted on 20 November 2009.
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Why Should Labor Support Kendrick Meek?
Posted on 14 November 2009.
When NAFTA was passed in 1993, I, and others, argued that the labor movement should mount primary challenges to every Democrat who voted for the legislation. After all, labor correctly saw NAFTA as the underpinning for a trade policy that would hasten the evolution of a global economy based on one thing: the search […]
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Big Business Alarmed By ReThinking of Trade
Posted on 27 October 2009.
A moment to pause to consider this, from Inside U.S. Trade: Business Flags Problem With Strong Support For Michaud Bill U.S. business representatives late last week expressed alarm to outgoing Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Congressional Affairs Daniel Sepulveda about the large number of Democrats that are cosponsoring trade legislation calling for a radical […]
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Trade and Climate
Posted on 26 June 2009.
Trade and climate change are closely connected issues. Think just about the carbon emissions of planes and ships traversing the globe carrying stuff that we consume. I’ll come back to that in a sec. Yesterday, Rep. Mike Michaud of Maine introduced the House version of the TRADE Act; the Senate’s sponsor is Sherrod […]
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The End of So-Called “Free Trade”: A Beginning
Posted on 27 February 2009.
Change has to begin with the transformation of the economy: a rejection of the marketing phrase of the "free market". The president has made some very strong proposals in this area. A large group of Members of Congress is now pushing him to declare a new era in trade. I just received the […]
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Storming The Beast: Rolling Back So-Called “Free Trade”
Posted on 05 June 2008.
This morning is a time to shake off the cobwebs of conventionitis. Conventionitis is a serious form of mental illness brought on by being cooped up in a climate-controlled atmosphere, where the air you breathe is not real, and the steady hum of many voices conversing at a low pitch combines to penetrate the […]
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