The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement has been available for more than a month now. While analysts are still sorting through the 30 chapters and more than 100 side letters, many are now weighing in with assessments of the agreement, including whether U.S. industries–and the public–will benefit or lose as a result. For instance,… Continue Reading
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United States Concludes 12-Nation Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement
Posted in TPP, UncategorizedAfter eight years of negotiations, the United States and 11 other nations concluded the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement on Monday in Atlanta. The 12 nations announced their agreement at a press conference hosted by U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman on Monday morning. The agreement is the largest ever free trade agreement, covering approximately 40… Continue Reading
As Chief Negotiators Meet, Assessing TPP and Other Free Trade Agreements
Posted in TPA, TPP, Trade Negotiations, Trade PolicyWith chief negotiators for 12 nations meeting in Hawaii this week to try and finalize the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, trade experts and lawmakers are watching to see if the largest-ever U.S. free trade agreement will be concluded. But a more important question will remain—is TPP a good free trade agreement (FTA)? Free trade agreements… Continue Reading
President Obama Signs Into Law Trade Promotion Authority, Including Significant New Changes to Strengthen U.S. Trade Remedy Laws
Posted in TPA, TPP, Trade Negotiations, Trade Policy, Trade RemediesToday, June 29, 2015, President Obama signed into law trade promotion authority (TPA), giving his administration the ability to negotiate international trade agreements subject to approval by Congress without amendment. This is the first time TPA, which last expired in 2007, has been approved for the Obama Administration. The White House announcement is here. Today’s… Continue Reading
United States Asks WTO to Examine “Pervasive” AD/CVD Duty Evasion
Posted in Dumping and Subsidies, Manufacturing, TPA, TPP, Trade Agreement Compliance, Trade Policy, Uncategorized, World Trade OrganizationThe United States took another step this week to turn up the heat on companies who evade antidumping and countervailing duties, by asking a World Trade Organization committee to investigate the growing problem of antidumping duty “evasion services.” In a March 16 submission to the WTO Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices Informal Group on Anti-Circumvention, the… Continue Reading
Using Stronger Trade Laws to Build Support for TPA, TPP
Posted in Dumping and Subsidies, TPA, TPP, Trade Agreement Compliance, Trade Negotiations, Trade Policy, World Trade OrganizationThe Obama Administration and Congress have what many experts view as a critically important opportunity to create jobs, expand trade and manufacturing, and improve the global rules of international trade. This opportunity comes by way of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade negotiations, which are now drawing to a close. If approved, TPP would be… Continue Reading
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