Cloaked in secrecy and controversy, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is facing further scrutiny from French Member of European Parliament Jean-Luc Shaffhauser, who claims the deal “is made to diminish the influence of the European Countries”. The massive.
The text of the controversial Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment (TTIP) is to be held in a guarded reading room in Brussels so as not to have core elements leaked in advance of the final negotations between Brussels and Washington D.C.
As Donald Trump continues to surge in the polls, a staple of Trump’s campaign rhetoric remains his emphasis on bringing manufacturing jobs back to the United States and confronting foreign competitors like China and Mexico over their unfair trading practices.
Greece’s former Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, has opened up another front on which to fight the bureaucrats of the European Union. He has revealed himself to be one of those helping WikiLeaks crowd-source €100,000 for the release of the secretive Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment
Julian Assange’s Wikileaks organisation has issued a whopping €100,000 bounty for the release of the secretive Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) documents, with a further €100,000 aimed at securing the release of the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal. The deals –
Hackers from the amorphous cyber-crime collective Anonymous claim to have leaked the data from 4,200 United States Census Bureau files.
Several high-ranking Chinese officials met with President Barack Obama at the White House on Wednesday—right as Congress saw its final hurdle, final Senate passage, of Obamatrade’s Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) met.
(AP) — The Senate has handed President Barack Obama a major victory by approving “fast track” authority to negotiate trade agreements in Asia and elsewhere.
Vermont Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders criticized Hillary Clinton for not taking a position on the Trans-Pacific Partnership on Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” Sanders said, “You can be for the TPP. You can be against the TPP.
Talk radio host Rush Limbaugh argued that the secrecy of various trade deals shows “donors are running the game here” on Tuesday. Rush said that what the procedure around deals such as TPP “demonstrates is that the group of people
Kentucky Senator and GOP presidential candidate Rand Paul argued that TPA is giving the president power on trade bills, some of which he says seem like “more of an outline of the bill” on Tuesday’s broadcast of “The Kuhner Report” on Boston’s
Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) declared TPA’s “entire purpose” is “for Congress to surrender its power to the executive branch” and said TPP was a “nascent European Union” in a speech on the Senate floor Monday. Sessions wondered, “Why do we
In a “Dear Colleague” letter addressed to congressional Republicans, Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions warns against rushing to deliver disastrous trade bills to President Obama’s desk by voting for cloture on Tuesday morning.
Last week’s collapse of a potentially critical trade package deal in the House raised questions as to how two-time congressional candidate Ro Khanna’s view on the deal might differ from that of his rival, incumbent Rep. Mike Honda (D-San Jose).
On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Ed Show,” PBS’ “Ralston Live” host Jon Ralston said that Hillary Clinton was caught off guard and uneasy after being asked for her position on TPA in an interview she did with him. When asked
NBC’s “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd declared that Hillary Clinton is “trying to have it both ways” on trade on Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Rundown with Jose Diaz-Balart.” Todd said, “she’s trying to have it both ways. She’s
“I always like to preface all of this with, I’m a free trader, I’m for selling American products everywhere,” said Perry. “I’m a very strong proponent of economic development and trade. America can compete with anybody in the world…you give us a level playing field, and American workers will compete anywhere in the world. And we make good products, and our agricultural products are the best in the world.”
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) has issued yet another clarion call to House Republicans urging them to abandon GOP leadership’s desperate ploys to bring Obamatrade back to life and instead vote against Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) and stop President Obama from getting even more power in his final years in office.
The decision to split up the bills comes as House Republicans and the White House attempt to figure out a way to pass “fast-track” in the face of diverse opposition. It would require reconsideration in the Senate as well.
Despite the lengthy amount of time available to the White House and House Republicans, the task of to coaxing more members to vote yes remains a tall order after it failed 302 – 126, hence the consideration to move the TPA alone.
Spokesman Josh Earnest continued to describe Pelosi’s rebellion against President Obama on trade as a “procedural snafu” that would be addressed. He confirmed that Obama had been speaking with Speaker John Boehner on the phone about trade in recent days, but not Pelosi.
Passage of TAA is necessarily in order to get the controversial Trade Promotion Authority, or “fast-track,” to the president’s desk. After their effort thwarted was last week, House Republicans and the White House are seeking to move TAA before the summer, to get the back that would grant Obama the authority to expedite consideration of trade deals over the finish line.
Rep. Rene Ellmers insists she suppoorts trade deals, even if she doesn’t understand them. “I will tell you I’m not sure exactly the process, but the fact of the matter is if we don’t have the trade promotion authority, we literally give up our ability to have that oversight and that final say,” she told a radio interviewer.
Former Obama Senior Adviser David Axelrod stated that Hillary Clinton “owned” the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) “to some degree” in 2012 on Monday’s “Hardball” on MSNBC. After watching a clip of Bill Clinton “finessing” NAFTA, Axelrod said, “It was a little
A panel on MSNBC’s “NOW with Alex Wagner” and “Ed Show” host Ed Schultz said that Hillary Clinton’s trade position is unclear and accused her of “political positioning” and a lack of transparency on Monday. Huffington Post Political Editor and
