trade

Trump’s Agenda is as American as Apple Pie

This recent article at The American Conservative is worth commenting on. It compares Donald Trump to Teddy Roosevelt, and suggests that Roosevelt is the President to whom Trump is best likened. Both Donald Trump and Teddy Roosevelt are complicated and nuanced figures, even by presidential standards, and that makes direct comparisons between the two difficult, but at a broad level at least, the comparison is apt.

Gauging the Impact of January Personal Consumption, Trade, Construction Spending and Factory Inventories on 1st Quarter GDP

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The past week saw the release of four January reports that together will make up the lion's share of that month’s contribution to 1st quarter GDP: Income and Outlays from the BEA, the Report on our International Trade, the Full Report on Manufacturers and Construction Spending.

Yet Another Trade Deal Outrage

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There is yet another outrage against citizens of nations.  This time the plan is to allow corporations to sue nation-states when they do not like their labor and environmental laws.  This nefarious agenda is currently being negotiated between the United States and the EU.  The trade agreements Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, or TTIP, and TAFTA, the Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement is where these new corporate powers would be activated.