Reposted from Foreign Policy ********* Down with subsidies Clyde Prestowitz | May 16, 2013 | Foreign Policy Over the past five years, the issue of global currencies and unfair currency manipulation has received much attention as countries like China, Brazil, Switzerland, and the United States have been accused of distorting...

We did not learn our lesson from the Oakland Bay Bridge.  Now, massively subsidized steel from the Chinese state-owned steel companies is going into a New York bridge reconstruction. Next to seeing the starting point of the New York City Marathon, the best reason to drive across the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge...

Reposted from Industry Week ***** Where’s the Applause? Explaining the Lack of Industry Enthusiasm for NNMI Robert Atkinson  |  May 17, 2013  |  Industry Week Last week the Obama Administration announced a commitment of $200 million to create three new manufacturing innovation institutes focused on digital manufacturing and design innovation,...

Reposted from Bloomberg News ***** To Help Worker Safety, Bring Back Managed Trade Alan Tonelson  |  May 16yh, 2013  |  Bloomberg News If all it took were official cajoling, public shaming, technical assistance or corporate promises, factory jobs in Bangladesh and other developing countries wouldn’t be so deadly. Their failure to make...

Reposted from Bloomberg Business Week ***** Why U.S. Manufacturing Can’t Get Off the Mat Mathew Philips  |  May 16, 2013  | Bloomberg Business Week In December, I wrote a piece pointing out that despite all the hype surrounding America’s supposed Manufacturing Renaissance, the data painted a starker picture. Hardly a renaissance, U.S. manufacturing seemed...

Reposted from Bloomberg.com ***** Coup d’Etat to Trade Seen in Billionaire Toxic Lead Fight Andrew Martin  |  May 10, 2013  |  Bloomberg News Across the river from Belinda Elida Barja’s two-room apartment, the lead and zinc smelters of Doe Run Peru spread smoke and dust in the mountain town of...

Reposted from The New York Times ********* Chinese Hackers Resume Attacks on U.S. Targets David E. Sanger and Nicole Perlroth | May 19, 2013 | NY Times WASHINGTON — Three months after hackers working for a cyberunit of China’s People’s Liberation Army went silent amid evidence that they had stolen...

Reposted from The New York Times ******** ‘Cadmium Rice’ Is China’s Latest Food Scandal Didi Kirsten Tatlow |May 20, 2013 | NY Times BEIJING — “Cadmium rice,” as it’s dubbed, or rice laced with levels of the metal cadmium that exceed national safety standards, has become the latest food scare...

Reposted from The New York Times ******* Japan’s Economy Growing at 3.5% Annualized Rate Hiroko Tabuchi | May 15, 2013 | NY Times TOKYO — Japan’s economy grew at a robust annualized pace of 3.5 percent in the first quarter, preliminary data showed, the first sign that the bold monetary...

Unlike the naive U.S., Taiwan understands that dealing with China is a security and strategy issue. Not a free market issue.  Reposted from The American Foreign Policy Council ********* Joshua Eisenman | May 2, 2013 | AFPC In opening Taiwan’s service industry to China, Taipei should guard against Beijing’s attempts to...

News Release Contact: Sara Haimowitz, sara@prosperousamerica.org, 202.688.5145 Manufacturers Association of Central New York Joins the Coalition for a Prosperous America The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) is honored to announce that the Manufacturers Association of Central New York (MACNY) has become a member of CPA.  MACNY represents 330 manufacturers...

Reposted from the Campaign for America’s Future blog ***** Upcoming Trans-Pacific Partnership Looks Like Corporate Takeover Dave Johnson  |  May 14th, 2013  |  Campaign for America’s Future You will be hearing a lot about the upcoming Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement. TPP’s negotiations are being held in secret with details kept secret even...

Sen. Johanns of Nebraska introduced an amendment to the farm bill to eliminate COOL. CPA opposed this anti consumer amendment which multinational meat packers are pushing. We sent the following letter to the senate AG committee. Dear Senate Agriculture Committee Members: The Coalition for  Prosperous America represents the interests of...

Reposted from the National Farmers Union website ******* NFU and JA Zenchu Statement on the Lima Round of TPP FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE     May 14, 2013               Contact:               Melisa Augusto, 202-314-3191, maugusto@nfudc.org Dan McEvily, 202-314-3104,  dmcevily@nfudc.org WASHINGTON (May 14, 2013) – In advance of the Lima round of...

Reposted from The Huffington Post ******* Obama’s Economic Vision: The U.S. as a Third World Nation Curtis Ellis | May 14, 2013 | Huffington Post The Obama Administration’s economic vision for America is coming into focus and it’s not pretty — the United States as a third-world nation. Third world...

There have been many opinions expounded via TV news shows, radio talk shows, newspapers, and magazines over the last four years as to why our economy has struggled to create jobs after the recession of 2007-2009 more than any other recession since WWII. The economic collapse of the real estate...

Reposted from the National Retail Federation ******** Study Finds Imports Lower Consumer Prices While Creating U.S. Jobs For Immediate Release Contact: J. Craig Shearman (202) 626-8134 shearmanc@nrf.com Download study Study Finds Imports Lower Consumer Prices While Creating U.S. Jobs WASHINGTON, May 6, 2013 – A new study commissioned by the...