tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post1432531321777040525..comments2024-01-17T00:45:37.075-08:00Comments on Bud Meyers: Wikileaks Releases Obama's Secret Plan for Trade AgreementBud Meyershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-10577182188465184252013-11-14T12:53:32.423-08:002013-11-14T12:53:32.423-08:00Who says the Chinese don't know that the TPP w...Who says the Chinese don't know that the TPP would finish off the U.S. more quickly than China can accomplish on its own?<br /><br />"U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services -- September 2013" --- www.census.gov/foreign-trade<br /><br />"The Nation's international trade deficit in goods and services increased to $41.8 billion in September from $38.7 billion in August (revised), as exports decreased and imports increased. September imports of automotive vehicles, parts, and engines ($27.1 billion) were the highest on record. The goods deficit with China increased from $ 29,890,800,000 in August to $ 30,471,400,000 in September. The goods deficit with China was the highest in the history of Planet Earth and represented 49% of our total goods deficit, including oil."<br /><br />Related ---<br /><br />"List of Foreign-Trade Zones by State"<br /><br />http://enforcement.trade.gov/ftzpage/letters/ftzlist-map.html <br /><br />"Operational Advantages of Foreign-Trade Zones"<br /><br />www.people.hofstra.edu/geotrans/eng/ch4en/appl4en/table_foreigntradezones.html <br />Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-53863557045958749582013-11-13T13:19:25.309-08:002013-11-13T13:19:25.309-08:00"House Stalls Trade Pact Momentum"
Two ...<br />"House Stalls Trade Pact Momentum"<br /><br />Two new House letters with about 170 [151 Democrat, 22 Republican] signatories in total -- the latest and strongest iteration of long-simmering opposition to fast-track authority and to the trade deal more broadly -- have been disclosed just a week before international negotiators are to meet in Salt Lake City for another round of talks. "Some of us have opposed past trade deals and some have supported them, but when it comes to fast track, members of Congress from across the political spectrum are united," said Representative Walter B. Jones Jr. of North Carolina, who circulated the Republican letter. <br /><br />www.nytimes.com/2013/11/13/business/international/house-stalls-trade-pact-momentum.html<br /><br />"PayPal Is a Huge Weapon for the Powerful"<br /><br />I find it very intriguing that other voices are challenging [Glenn] Greenwald and [Pierre] Omidyar with regard to the PayPal blockade of WikiLeaks.<br /><br />www.powerofnarrative.blogspot.com/2013/11/paypal-is-huge-weapon-for-powerful.html<br />Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.com