Negotiations over the new Trans-Pacific Partnership are secret — not even members of Congress get to see the drafts.
Tag: Trade
The Ingredient Haunting our Candy
Milk protein concentrate is in thousands of the things we eat, but there's no government oversight ensuring that this ingredient is safe for consumers.
Fracking Exports
Selling liquefied natural gas to foreign markets doesn't serve U.S. interests.
Keystone XL’s Dirty Little Secret
The people and companies pushing the tar-sands pipeline don't want you to know that most of this oil won't be made into gasoline for our vehicles.
Big Agriculture’s Latin American Exploits
Without any tariffs padding the price of our exports, cheap U.S. grain would flood Colombia.
Haiti, the Caribbean Sweatshop
The country's economy leans on underpaid workers and remittances from its startlingly enterprising emigrants.
Enough Free Trade Nonsense
A limitless world of sweatshops isn't good for anyone.
America Shouldn’t Scrimp on Food Safety
Gambling with the nation's food safety isn't a sound way to rein in government spending.