The Obama Trade Agenda: Five Things for Progressives to Like
In his recent State of the Union address, President Obama went all in on international trade. The Administration has already been aggressively pursuing the most ambitious set of trade agreements in...
View ArticleThe Hill: How the Obama trade agenda can advance progressive goals
In the last month, protesters have camped out in the Washington office of Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and have even flown a 30-foot blimp over his town halls in Oregon. The senator’s offense? As the...
View ArticleThe Digital Opportunity: Democratizing Trade for the 99 Percent
Trade critics often charge that proposed trade agreements like the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) essentially serve the one percent—while harming virtually everyone else. But new trade pacts actually...
View ArticleGerwin for Republic 3.0: The Digital Economy, Trade Agreements and the 99...
Who benefits from trade deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)? Critics—like Joseph Stiglitz and Senator Elizabeth Warren—charge that these agreements would primarily help the world’s one...
View ArticlePPI Statement on Senate Trade Vote: Don’t Misread Vote as Repudiation of TPA
It would be a huge mistake to misread today’s Senate trade vote as a repudiation of Trade Promotion Authority and the U.S. trade agenda. The pro-trade Democrats who provided the decisive votes today...
View ArticlePPI Applauds Senate Passage of TPA
PPI applauds the Senate for passing Trade Promotion Authority and taking a key step in assuring that America continues to be a global leader in crafting strong, progressive trade rules that will help...
View ArticlePRESS RELEASE: A Moment of Truth for Pro-Growth Progressives on Trade
WASHINGTON–Ed Gerwin, Senior Fellow for Trade and Opportunity at the Progressive Policy Institute, today released the following statement prior to a vote on Trade Promotion Authority in the House of...
View ArticleLeBron James and the Do-Something Democrats: Support for Democrats “In the...
In this year’s NBA Finals, LeBron James cemented his reputation as one of the greatest basketball players of all time—becoming the first player in Finals history to lead both teams in points,...
View ArticlePRESS RELEASE: PPI Applauds Congress on Trade Votes
Ed Gerwin, Senior Fellow for Trade and Global Opportunity at the Progressive Policy Institute, today released the following statement after passage of Trade Promotion Authority and Trade Adjustment...
View ArticlePRESS RELEASE: PPI Statement On Significant Progress of TPP Negotiations
WASHINGTON— Ed Gerwin, Senior Fellow for Trade and Global Opportunity at the Progressive Policy Institute, today released the following statement after top trade officials from the 12 Trans-Pacific...
View ArticleTPP and the Benefits of Freer Trade for Vietnam: Some Lessons from U.S. Free...
Countries trade because trade delivers mutual benefits. New market-opening trade agreements like the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) can enhance the shared benefits of trade by eliminating barriers to...
View ArticlePRESS RELEASE: PPI Statement on Announcement of TPP Deal
WASHINGTON– Ed Gerwin, Senior Fellow for Trade and Global Opportunity at the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI), today released the following statement in response to Monday’s announcement that top...
View ArticleHow the Ex-Im Bank Serves Main Street
On real Main Streets across America, from Idaho to California to Maine, the Ex-Im Bank supports U.S. jobs. On Main Streets across America, small businesses are a critical source of economic growth and...
View ArticleThe Trans-Pacific Partnership and Small Business: Boosting Exports and...
With the release of the full text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), America now has an important—and extensive—opportunity to review the agreement’s actual terms. Critics are certain to reprise...
View ArticleWSJ: Small Businesses With a Big Stake in the Pacific Trade Deal
During the seven years that the Trans-Pacific Partnership was being negotiated, critics repeatedly claimed that the trade agreement wouldn’t be about trade or cutting tariffs but, instead, would...
View ArticleThe Hill: In TPP review, focus on small business and digital trade
With the release of the full text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement last November, the American people and their representatives now have an extensive opportunity to analyze the...
View ArticleThe Daily Beast: Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders Are Delusional on Trade Policy
In this campaign season of populist anger and demagoguery, bad ideas are bubbling to the surface like marsh gas. Among the worst is protectionism, which would wreak havoc on a U.S. economy that’s...
View ArticlePress Release: PPI Statement on USITC Report Concerning the Trans-Pacific...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 19, 2016 Contact: Cody Tucker, ctucker@ppionline.org, 202-775-0106; Steven Chlapecka, schlapecka@ppionline.org, 202-525-3931 WASHINGTON—Ed Gerwin, senior fellow for trade and...
View ArticleRealClearPolicy: Trump’s Wrong on Trade Policy & Maybe Trade Politics, Too
The Washington Post’s Catherine Rampell recently detailed the economic carnage that would result from Donald Trump’s reckless approach to trade — including likely recessions, millions of lost jobs, and...
View ArticleMarshall & Gerwin for The Hill, “Facing the future on trade: Democrats must...
Anti-trade populists are hell-bent on locking Democrats into a future of rigid opposition to trade deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership. They recently failed in efforts to include a plank in the...
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