Not if our corporations produce their goods in countries with lower wages than the Chinese.
USMCA
Posted inEconomic Policy
Will Katherine Tai Prevail Over the Corporate Undertow?
The U.S. trade representative is one of Biden’s most inspired appointees. She faces fierce resistance as she tries to carry out her president’s trade agenda.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Big Tech Lobbyists Explain How They Took Over Washington
An amazing research paper unearths how the tech industry invented the concept of digital trade and sold it to government officials.
Posted inTrade
Corporations Dominate Trade Advisory Panels
Trade advisers get special access to agreements and can comment on them before they are made public. More than 4 out of 5 advisers represent corporations.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Breaking Up (With China) Is Hard to Do
In the absence of more attention to the supply chain, the U.S. is becoming even more reliant on Beijing—and ‘friendshoring’ often increases that dependence.
Posted inTAP
When Global Trade Bureaucrats Earn Our Contempt
Today on TAP: A panel ruling undermines the USMCA agreement on North American content. Biden should ignore it.
Posted inWorking in America
Union Leader: Stellantis Will Send Electric-Vehicle Jobs to Mexico
1,350 union workers are losing their jobs at an Illinois plant, an early signal about the staying power of green manufacturing jobs in the United States.
Posted inTAP
A Big Win for Mexican Workers—and a Model for the U.S.
Today on TAP: Using USMCA in support of labor rights
Posted inEconomic Policy
Biden’s 180-Degree Shift on Trade Policy
Thanks to the Rapid Response mechanism in the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, trade is now being used as leverage to protect workers’ rights.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Man Bites Dog: Government Helps American Workers in Trade Dispute
For the first time ever, the U.S. trade representative has initiated a trade complaint against a foreign factory (which makes GM cars and pickups).