It’s mostly not about trade. Only 5 of the 29 chapters are about traditional trade. – Julian Assange in a recent interview with Democracy Now I’ve focused a little bit more of my attention on the Trans-Pacific Partnership lately, as the Obama Administration scrambles to attain “fast-track” authority from Congress. The content of this unbelievably […]
Obamatrade Isn’t Free Trade
June 18, 2015 by
Jim DeMint: When I was first elected to Congress in 1998, South Carolina’s Fourth Congressional District was a reliably protectionist vote. In the words of former Senator Fritz Hollings, the entire delegation viewed free trade as “the commercial equivalent of unilateral disarmament.” As a free-market conservative, free trade is in my DNA. It is a […]
House Revives Obama’s Trade Agenda With Passage Of Fast Track Bill
June 18, 2015 by
The House voted to resurrect the centerpiece of President Obama’s trade agenda Thursday, six days after his fellow Democrats dealt him a dramatic setback after a months-long lobbying effort. Thursday’s 218-to-208 vote to grant Obama “fast track” authority to negotiate trade deals — including the controversial 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership — is a win for the […]
House deals humiliating blow to Obama in trade fight
June 12, 2015 by
Defying President Obama, House Democrats on Friday rallied to vote down legislation granting aid to workers displaced by trade, dealing a potentially fatal blow to the fast-track legislation that had been scheduled to hit the floor. Friday’s voting procedure was worked out between Speaker John Boehner and Pelosi. It allowed a vote on the fast-track […]
Revealed: The Secret Immigration Chapter in Obama’s Trade Agreement
June 10, 2015 by
Discovered inside the huge tranche of secretive Obamatrade documents released by Wikileaks are key details on how technically any Republican voting for Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) that would fast-track trade deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal would technically also be voting to massively expand President Obama’s executive authority when it comes to immigration […]
Senate passes ‘fast track’ trade deal, but fate uncertain in the House
May 24, 2015 by
“I’m committed to working with my colleagues in the House to get this across the finish line,” the bill’s chief Senate sponsor, Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said. (AP) After weeks of wrangling, Senate lawmakers approved legislation that would give President Obama “fast track” powers to negotiate international trade deals. The vote came after lawmakers defeated several […]
GOP helps Obama advance global-integration agenda
April 16, 2015 by
NEW YORK – With the assistance of Republican leadership in Congress, the Obama administration took a major step toward systematically putting into place a two-ocean globalist plan that will dwarf all prior trade agreements, including NAFTA. In so doing, the White House has created a new challenge to Hillary Clinton’s struggling presidential campaign. In a […]