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Cohen Proposes a Citizens Tribunal to Settle Trade Disputes
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February 12, 2015
CWA President Cohen warns the nation to be vigilant, to fight back and to write to their Members of Congress to tell them to vote No on Fast Track for the TPP.
Seeking to Fast Track a Bad Deal
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February 5, 2015
CWA members and activists in every district and sector have been generating calls and writing letters to members of Congress to stop Fast Track and the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal.
Currency Manipulation Nowhere in TPP Negotiations
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February 5, 2015
In a new report, the Economic Policy Institute said Japanese currency practices have cost the United States as many as 900,000 jobs. But ask U.S. Trade Rep. Michael Froman how his team is handling notorious currency manipulators in the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations and he couldn't dance away fast enough from the question.
Congressional Progressives Meet with CWA President Cohen to Discuss TPP Strategy
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February 5, 2015
CWA President Larry Cohen met with about 25 members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus to talk strategy to defeat Fast Track authority for the Trans-Pacific Partnership and other trade deals.
U.S. Trade Deficit Hits New High in 2014, More Proof of Trade Deals' Broken Promises
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February 5, 2015
The U.S. trade deficit grew by 6 percent to $505 billion in 2014, the U.S. Commerce Dept. reported, with a record high of $2.9 trillion imports.