
The Wall Street Journal is going after Donald Trump with both barrels right now. Let’s be honest: They loathe the often abrasive businessman — but primarily for his views on trade, which don’t square with their free-trade fairyland.
by Kevin Kearns16 Nov 2015, 11:39 AM PST0

There may be a slew of new “gotcha” trade questions posed by the debate’s trio of free-trade favoring moderators, Maria Bartiromo, Neil Cavuto, and Gerard Baker. These free-trade proponents have never seen a so-called free-trade agreement that they weren’t predisposed to back. And they will likely be out to boost the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal announced last week with their lead-in statements and questions.
by Kevin Kearns10 Nov 2015, 5:10 AM PST0

The text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement is finally public, after years of President Obama’s secret negotiations and a refusal to share the text openly with Congress and the American people.
by Kevin Kearns5 Nov 2015, 11:28 AM PST0

Our elected officials in Washington continually fail to grasp the aggressive nature of China’s mercantilism and military expansionism. And so, as China’s President Xi arrives in Washington for two days of meetings with President Obama, I’d like to offer Capitol Hill an unvarnished perspective about the true intent of China’s ruling regime.
by Kevin Kearns24 Sep 2015, 10:32 AM PST0

The disconnect between Obama-Republican TPP propaganda and Chinese economic policy was on full display this week as China, in a surprise move, devalued its currency roughly four percent against the U.S. dollar, sending stock markets around the world into panic selling. Beijing announced its rationale after-the-fact: It was instituting a “new system” in which its currency would float more freely than it had in the past.
by Kevin Kearns15 Aug 2015, 7:01 AM PST0

The President’s claim is dangerous nonsense because it undermines our national security — by minimizing the challenge China presents on all fronts and by downplaying the necessary U.S. response. Trade in the form of the TPP, Mr. Obama apparently thinks, will conquer all. So do most House Republicans.
by Kevin Kearns9 Jun 2015, 10:23 AM PST0

The exchange of favors is unseemly, because the president essentially validated Nike’s highly criticized and dubious corporate outsourcing model, and for a mere pittance.
by Kevin Kearns15 May 2015, 6:44 AM PST0

President Obama’s strategy in pursuing the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has been altogether characteristic of his Administration’s attitude: “My way or the highway.”
by Kevin Kearns1 May 2015, 11:44 AM PST0