Executive Council Statement
What Is Wrong With U.S. Trade Policy?
… Nobody needs to tell America’s workers that the economy is sliding into a second recession in seven years, since they never really … and flexibility of mobile capital combined to send a powerful signal to businesses that moving jobs offshore was the right response to tightening global competition. Wall Street encouraged this mind-set by balking at financing any expansion … rights and environmental standards into some trade agreements, much remains to be done. Now we have to do the hard work not only of enforcing those provisions but also expanding upon them. We also need to ensure that strong workers’ rights …