Reposted from Sept 14 2105 Airbus has announced that is now an an American firm. Following Boeing’s lead Airbus has overseased its new plant to low wage, anti union Mobile, Alabama . The site at Mobile, Alabama is the result of a $600 million, (530 million euros), investment by Europe’s [...]
Posts Tagged ‘TPP’
October 14th, 2018 - 10:47 pm § in Misc.
Airbus Sends Jobs to America. Is Alabama part of America????
October 24th, 2016 - 8:37 pm § in Misc.
AFTER TRUMP: Repairing TPP and NAFTA
Want to help free trade’s ‘losers’? Make ‘adjustment assistance’ more than just burial insurance Marina v. N. Whitman, University of Michigan Trade adjustment assistance, dubbed ‘burial insurance’ by those it’s supposed to help, needs to be significantly reformed so that fut[...]
October 23rd, 2016 - 11:00 am § in The Ave Scene
Jayapal and Walkinshaw Should Debate The SEATTLE Issues
I have a proposal. Let’s get Pramila and Brady to debate Seattle issues! Over on Facebook supporters of Pramila Jayapal are very angry at me. Her supporters say I will not listen to arguments on her behalf. The key issue is described in the sidebar. She has said she will move into th[...]
July 14th, 2016 - 10:01 am § in Misc.
Why the TPP is the best response to Chinese imperialism
A FB Dialog Ed Hodapp Given China’s decision to declare an air defense zone in the vast region of the Pacific Ocean known as the South China Sea, I have decided to reverse my position on the TPP. I now support its ratification. It is vital that the nations of the Pacific Ocean form increased[...]
May 23rd, 2016 - 9:53 am § in Misc.
Obama Plants The US Flag In Hanoi
Obama told a joint news conference with Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang that disputes in the South China Sea should be resolved peacefully and not by whoever “throws their weight around”. But he insisted the arms embargo move was not linked to China. HANOI (Reuters) – In sharp warning [...]
May 19th, 2016 - 11:41 pm § in Misc.
Recommended Read: PPT
Big Report, Little Finding: The ITC Evaluates the Economic Impact of the TPP A huge amount of political steam has been blasted by Sanders and Trump in an effort to to pin the TPP trade pact as an albatross around the necks of Hillary and Obama> The essence of this hot air has bene that[...]
February 6th, 2016 - 11:41 am § in Misc.
TPP .. is it good or bad? Tags!
The data I have seen says that the TPP would greatly improve the trade and jobs by US companies along our two coasts .. the tech and service industries that now dominate our economy. This is a huge issue because the US, under Obama, has emerged from the Bush debacle as the overwhelming superpower i[...]
January 16th, 2016 - 11:16 am § in Misc.
AFTER TRUMP: The case for TPP
TPP Is Exciting. Let’s Make the Case for It. The trade deal’s virtues don’t make good sound bites. Still, they’re compelling. BLOOMBERG.COM|BY TYLER COWEN[...]