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U.S. Trade Politics

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Muse on Congressional Races and Obama's Trade Policy

Ben Muse has been examining the role of trade in a number of Congressional races. The following link shows a numer of his posts in this regard (with a couple other trade politics related posts thrown in): http://benmuse.typepad.com/custom_house/election_2008/ Also via Muse, I came

The Democratic Party's Trade Platform

From the draft Democratic party platform: Smart, Strong, and Fair Trade Policies We believe that trade should strengthen the American economy and create more American jobs, while also laying a foundation for democratic, equitable, and sustainable growth around the world. Trade has been a cornerstone of our growth and global

The Global Trade Watch Vision of Trade Agreements

I've often wondered what trade critics like Global Trade Watch thought trade rules should look like. They don't like what we have now, but what do they want? Now I have a better idea of this, as they have endorsed a new House trade bill. Here&

Obama on Ethanol

With Obama's fairly good showing last night, I thought it worth looking at some of his trade positions again. Back in Iowa, he firmly supported ethanol subsidies. But will the ongoing food price crisis change his views? Maybe so, based on his recent statements in an appearance on

High Gas Prices, OPEC and the WTO

It has been a while since we talked about the possibility of a WTO complaint against OPEC. Given the recent increase in gas prices, I was a bit surprised that it took the U.S. Presidential campaigns so long to raise the issue, but at long last here is something

The Democratic Candidates on Investment Rules

Here are some statements from the Democratic candidates on investment rules in trade agreements, from responses to questions from the Pennsylvania Fair Trade Coalition (answers are in italics). Obama: 9. Will you commit to renegotiate NAFTA to eliminate its investor rules that allow private enforcement by foreign investors of these

Tough Talk on China's Currency

The Democratic candidates were talking to the Alliance for American Manufacturing today, and they had some strong words on the Chinese currency issue. From Obama: It’s not just that China is following the path taken by so many other countries before it, and dumping goods into our market while

Insourcing

I wanted to find something to say about Hillary Clinton's recent proposal for tax credits to companies who "insource." It seems possible there is some sort of favoritism for domestic companies in there somewhere. The problem is, I can't figure out what the proposal

The Candidates' Advisers on Trade

One of our readers pointed me to a recent panel discussion at the Institute for Policy Innovation on "Where the Candidates Stand on Trade." It was quite good, I thought. Here are some excerpts, but it's worth skimming through the whole thing, including the Q &

Obama on the Tanker Deal

From the AP: An Iraq war veteran at the town hall asked [Senator Obama's] opinion of a recent decision by the Pentagon to award a a $35 billion Air Force tanker contract to a consortium led by Airbus , located in Europe , over a bid led by U.S.