Category Archives: Free trade

MADE IN THE USA – NOT MADE IN THE USA

Posted on January 10, 2010 by

Free trade agreements by both Democratic and Republican administrations have had a devastating effect on American workers and American jobs.  Let’s face it, if outsourcing was not profitable, it wouldn’t be done.   Corporations continue to make tremendous profits from … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Free trade, Home Improvement, Outsourcing | Tagged , , , | 7 Comments

LEVELING THE TRADE PLAYING FIELD

Posted on July 27, 2009 by

Outsourcing corporate entities would have us believe that changing or modifying free trade agreements to effect a more level playing field for American workers is – gasp – unAmerican.  What those corporate powers don’t want you to know is the … Continue reading →

Posted in Fair trade, Free trade, Globalization, Labor | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

A NATION OF CHINESE JUNK

Posted on April 19, 2009 by

I ventured out last week to the new Gordman’s located in yet another new mall constructed along Illinois Road.  It is located in the same mall as the new Target store.  All these stores sell pretty much the same thing … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Free trade | Tagged , , , | 18 Comments

J.C. PENNEY – AMERICAN LIVING MADE IN CHINA

Posted on June 24, 2008 by

Just a brief note to share with you consumers. For quite some time now, I have been receiving ads about J.C. Penney’s new line of clothing and household items labeled “American Living.” I kept wondering each time I got an … Continue reading →

Posted in China, Consumer Affairs, Free trade | 8 Comments

U.S. – COLUMBIA TRADE PROMOTION AGREEMENT – CONGRESS GETS SOME GUTS

Posted on April 13, 2008 by

Finally, Congress exhibited its long absent intestinal fortitude – guts – to stand up to the administration’s incessant scare tactics surrounding free trade agreements, notably the U.S. – Columbia Trade Promotion Agreement. Congress or should I say the Democrats – … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Consumer Affairs, Economics, Free trade, Globalization | 8 Comments

AMERICAN WORKERS – TAKE A BACK SEAT TO DEMOCRACY-BUILDING

Posted on March 24, 2008 by

The United States spent two years in negotiations with Peru to settle terms of yet another free-trade agreement. These agreements have consistently been pro-corporation and pro-big business and anti-American worker. Yet our government – the President and the Congress – … Continue reading →

Posted in Barack Obama, Free trade, Government, Hillary Clinton | 3 Comments

GE TO CLOSE BLOOMINGTON PLANT

Posted on February 3, 2008 by

The Indianapolis Business Journal reports that General Electric Company will close its massive refrigerator plant in Bloomington by the end of 2009, displacing about 900 employees. Apparently, the Bloomington operation lost about $45 million last year, thanks to declining side-by-side … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Consumer Affairs, Free trade, Labor, Outsourcing

THE NAFTA SUPERHIGHWAY – THE ROAD TO A NORTH AMERICAN UNION

Posted on January 23, 2008 by

On January 15, 2008, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) formally began a massive public reeducation and public relations effort in an aggressive and expensive attempt to stem the chorus of objections voiced thus far over the Trans Texas Corridor … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Consumer Affairs, Free trade, Globalization, Government, Highways, NAFTA, Outsourcing, Republican Party | 6 Comments

VERA BRADLEY – THE ULTIMATE OUTSOURCER TO CHINA

Posted on January 20, 2008 by

A big thank you to TDW for a blurb about Vera Bardley and her outsourcing to China. I was absolutely amazed when I read the post. And, not one to believe things without checking them out, I researched and found … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, China, Economics, Free trade, Globalization, Mitch Daniels, Outsourcing | 56 Comments

A WOLF IN WOLF’S CLOTHING – FREE TRADE AND CORPORATE GLOBALIZATION

Posted on July 15, 2007 by

The interests of powerful nations and corporations are shaping the terms of world trade through free trade agreements. Pursuing and entering into free trade agreements is a disastrous policy which has had the effect of enriching large corporations while not … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Economics, Environment, Fair trade, Free trade | 3 Comments