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Archive for Category: "Kleckner Speaks Out"
Mr. President: It’s Time to Ask For (and Receive) Trade Promotion Authority
In its just-released 2012 Trade Policy Agenda, the Obama administration took credit for recent accomplishments, such as completing a free-trade agreement with South Korea, which went into force last week. It also looked forward to future possibilities, such as finishing the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a pact that would improve the economic ties of the Pacific [...]
Take the President’s China Trade Enforcement Unit Back to the Drawing Board
“I will go anywhere in the world to open new markets for American products,” said President Obama last week, in his State of the Union address. He also indicated that he’s willing to risk a trade war with China, possibly leading to a result that’s the exact opposite of his stated goal: the swift closure [...]
Don’t Mess With the Single-Focused USTR
I have a message for President Obama: Don’t mess with the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. Earlier this month, the President spoke of the need to improve the government’s performance–and he amplified this theme on Tuesday night, in his State of the Union address. “The executive branch also needs to change,” he said. “Too [...]
Transatlantic Zero: A Winning US-EU Trade Proposal
It’s time for America to zero out its relationship with Europe. No, I don’t mean we should cut ties. Quite the contrary: We should cut tariffs, zeroing them out so that no artificial barriers stand between the United States and the members of the European Union as they exchange goods and services. The only thing [...]
Request for Consideration: A FTA with Egypt
The next time you pay for something with a dollar bill, think of Congressman David Dreier’s new proposal involving Egypt. Last year, Americans and Egyptians traded dollar bills 9 billion times. At least that was the value of two-way trade between our countries: $9 billion. A lot of this value started out on American [...]
TPP Needs TPA
In Australia last week, President Obama sounded like a gambler: “Let there be no doubt,” he said. “In the Asia-Pacific in the 21st century, the United States of America is all in.” Who can blame him for using a poker term? A couple of years ago, he placed a big bet, promising that American [...]
Shutting A Port: Occupy Oakland Oversteps
The Occupy protestors claim to speak for “the 99 percent.” Yet their recent hooliganism hurts the 9 percent who are unemployed as well as many others who are simply trying to earn a living. That’s what happens when you force one of the busiest ports in the country to shut down: You make it [...]
At Last
At last! After five years of exhausting struggle, Congress finally has approved a trio of free-trade agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea. They’ll create thousands of jobs in the United States, lower prices for consumers, and generate billions of dollars in business opportunities for American-made products and commodities. All told, the agreements will [...]
Send The Free Trade Agreements to Congress….Right Away!
In his jobs speech last week, President Obama demanded that Congress pass his new stimulus proposals “right away.” This was his constant refrain: right away, right away, right away. Here’s something Obama can do “right away” to create jobs: submit to Congress three free-trade agreements that have languished for years. It’s hard to believe [...]
Trade, Not Just Words, Builds Jobs
“Now we start onto all 50 states,” said Michele Bachmann, after winning the Iowa Straw Poll on Saturday. Having proven herself popular among Republicans in the Hawkeye State who attended that event, Bachmann has a remarkable opportunity to introduce herself to the rest of the country. Voters will want to hear what she says [...]
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