Agribusiness giant Bayer/Monsanto claims that Mexico’s proposed restrictions on the active ingredient in its Roundup herbicide violate the country’s trade agreement with the U.S. Will the Biden administration agree?
USMCA
Posted inCabinet Watch
Will Big Tech Take Over Trade Policy?
Katherine Tai is the leading candidate to head USTR. Will she be undermined by the appointment of industry lobbyists to key jobs just below her?
Posted inEconomic Policy
Where Does Joe Biden Really Stand on Trade?
His ambitious commitments to revive domestic industry are only as good as his policies on globalization.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Right Way to Revoke Big Tech’s Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card
It’s time to pare back liability waivers for dominant tech platforms.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Deeply Entrenched Corruption Will Hinder USMCA
The case of an imprisoned and then exiled labor attorney in Mexico speaks to the continued oppression of workers by multinational corporations.
Posted inCoronavirus
Unsanitized: Labor Repression in Mexico and Dangers in the COVID Workplace
Also, the testing problem. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for July 10, 2020.
Posted inWorking in America
Union Busting Under the New NAFTA
Mexican workers are still at the mercy of phony labor organizations and anti-union local police. Can Mexico’s progressive president Andrés Manuel López Obrador gain control?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Section 230 Fight Ended Six Months Ago
Lawmakers demanding an end to the liability shield for Big Tech should have thought about that when they enshrined it in the new version of NAFTA.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Trade War: An After-Action Report
What was accomplished by two years of trade chaos and the subsequent ‘deals’? Not much.
Posted inTAP
Fake News: Trump’s Trade Deals
Today on TAP: Democrats, not Trump, should be winning on trade