Trade Promotion Authority in the Current Session of Congress
President Obama came back from his week of foreign policy meetings in Asia saying he was enthusiastic about promoting the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free t...
Obama Administration
TPP on Track but Moving Slower Than Hoped
Many policy analysts and members of the media had oversized expectations for progress on negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreemen...
Slowing Down the Trade Policy Negotiating Process
The Obama Administration is pursuing an aggressive trade policy agenda by simultaneously trying to complete a twelve nation Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agre...
President Obamas Trade Policy Agenda
Section 163 of the Trade Act of 1974 requires the President to report yearly to Congress on his trade policy agenda. These are usually rather boring reading of ...
Seeking a Regulatory Solution to Country-of-Origin Labeling Ruling
The Obama Administration appears to be pursuing a regulatory approach to addressing a WTO ruling that the U.S. country-of-origin labeling (COOL) law for meat di...
Trans-Pacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement Talks at Critical Stage
The 12th round of negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Free Trade Agreement began on May 8th in Dallas, Texas. The goal is to have an agreement ...
China WTO Chicken Meat Case is Complicated
The recent decision by the U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk to file a WTO case against China over its antidumping and countervailing duties placed on U.S. ...
Buy American Provisions in the American Jobs Act
President Obama’s recently proposed American Jobs Act sent to Congress includes the same “Buy American” provisions that were included in hi...
Trade Adjustment Assistance
Just when expectations were raised that the U.S. Congress would finally consider free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea, the Obama Admin...
Almost a U.S. Free Trade Agreement with Colombia
The U.S.-Colombia free trade agreement completed in November of 2006 has been withheld from the U.S. Congressional approval process because of concerns over ...