May 11, 2017Trump wants to "renegotiate" trade deals like NAFTA. But there's no evidence he wants to fix their corrosive impact on labor protections or environmental standards.
February 14, 2017The fact that Trump killed the trade deal doesn't mean progressives should mourn its passing.
October 31, 2016Trump's argument that the system is rigged makes sense to economically vulnerable people who have long felt that policy ignores their interests.
October 27, 2016The Trans-Pacific Partnership is a protectionist pact for those at the top worried that free trade will undermine them as it did the middle and the bottom.
August 16, 2016In response to a reader's question, we tackle "free trade” and “fair trade” and take a quick look at the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a trade pact that President Obama is energetically pushing.
April 13, 2016As much as President Clinton and President Obama like to talk about "free trade" deals, the truth is that the working class ends up paying.
April 1, 2016The 2016 presidential race is fraying the Washington consensus, exposing the downside of trade deals like the TPP. It’s time for a new way forward on trade.
March 15, 2016American job opportunities transferring overseas to "open new markets" hinders our democracy and middle class.
June 29, 2015Our movement for democracy, shared prosperity, transparency, honesty, dignity, respect and humanity can only grow.
June 3, 2015Trade agreements claim to protect labor, but when the government fails at enforcement, Americans end up in competition with child laborers, underpaid foreign workers and victims of human trafficking.
