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For Amazon, Now Comes the Hard Part
Keywords: Amazon, Whole Foods,
Wal-mart and the competition with Amazon for online sales - 2014-2015
05/06/2014
Grouped Articles
Wal-Mart Notches Web Win Against Rival Amazon
Wall Street Journal 05/06/2014
Wal-Mart Looks to Grow by Embracing Smaller Stores
Wall Street Journal 07/08/2014
Wal-Mart Warns of Rough Patch for Sales, Profits
Wall Street Journal 10/16/2014
After a Bump in Sales, Walmart Braces for a Competitive Holiday Season
New York Times 11/13/2014
Walmart, Lagging in Online Sales, Is Strengthening E-Commerce
New York Times 06/05/2015
Wal-Mart’s Outlook Cut Shows Struggle to Grow Sales
Wall Street Journal 08/19/2015
Amazon's acquisition of Whole Foods in 2017
06/19/2017
Grouped Articles
For Amazon, Now Comes the Hard Part
WSJ 06/18/2017
Wal-Mart to Vendors: Get Off Amazon’s Cloud
WSJ 06/21/2017
Robert Lighthizer and other experts call for trade and globalization practices that work for the U.S.
01/06/2010
The failure of the establishment of both parties in the USA to take action in the face of the loss of 5.6 million jobs in the last decade, with $4.3 trillion in trade imbalances. An issue which resonates with voters in the US and could lead to a fundamental realignent of American attitudes to globalization and free trade. The feeling that the free-trade deck is stacked against the USA by Asian countries. China's efforts to keep the yuan dollar exchange rate at levels that favor exports. China's accumulation of over $3 trillion in dollar reserves that are parked mostly in Treasury's that keep U.S. interests low. Distortons in the global economy from the failure to rebalance the world economy hurts China and the U.S.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 10/04/2011
US-China trade relations: Speak less softly, carry a stick
Economist 09/25/2010
New York Times 09/30/2010
Wall Street Journal 10/02/2010
The Engine That Pulled Us Out of Recession
Wall Street Journal 03/19/2015
What’s Our Duty to the People Globalization Leaves Behind?
New York Times 01/26/2016
How Mexico's 40 free trade agreements reaching 60% of world markets helps Mexico win auto manufacturing foreign investment in 2015
03/18/2015
VW Audi decided to use Mexico instead of the U.S. state of Tennessee for a $1.3 billion manufacturing plant investment in 2015, not just because of low manufacturing cost, but also because it can export more easily from Mexico. The U.S. has fewer free trade agreements than Mexico.
Grouped Articles
Why Auto Makers Are Building New Factories in Mexico, not the U.S.
Wall Street Journal 03/18/2015
Mexican Auto Production Sets Record in April
Wall Street Journal 05/07/2015
Wariness as Auto Industry Eyes Mexico for Growth
New York Times 07/22/2015
Ford to More Than Double Mexico Production Capacity in 2018
Wall Street Journal 02/08/2016
After Michigan Loss, Hillary Clinton Sharpens Message on Jobs and Trade
New York Times 03/09/2016
Free Trade Loses Political Favor
Wall Street Journal 03/10/2016
U.S. trade with China in 2000-2011 and the impact on cities and counties in the U.S.
09/25/2010
Three American researchers have completed a study on the impact of U.S. trade in the decade 2000-2011 with China, a period of exceptionally high growth of about 12% in China and a surge in imports into the U.S. The study shows counties in the 75th percentile in import levels experienced a surge in unemployment and government payments to support the unemployed. Nobel Prize winner Michael Spence points out this was an exceptional period and no theory in textbooks can account for the changes taking place because the growth rate in China was unprecedented.
Grouped Articles
Tallying the Toll of U.S.-China Trade
Wall Street Journal 09/27/2011
US-China trade relations: Speak less softly, carry a stick
Economist 09/25/2010
Wall Street Journal 10/02/2010
In Tepid Wage Growth, a Potent Sign of a Still-Fragile Economy
New York Times 05/05/2014
U.S. Trade Gap Widens on Surging Imports
Wall Street Journal 05/06/2015
Campaign Season’s Anti-China Tone Is Likely to Cloud Meeting With Obama
New York Times 03/30/2016
Issues raised in Letters to the Editor of the NYT and the WSJ on the Trans Pacific Partnership Trade Pact (TPP)
02/27/2014
The issues raised cover worker protections, and also include some that are not frequently mentioned. Including the right granted to large corporations in TPP to sue the U.S. and other governments on issues where the governments have acted in the public interest as it relates to the environment, health, safeguards related to poor industry practices. A letter to WSJ says president Obama is doing this to look like a centrist president for his legacy, and not for free trade. Separately Krugman points to the issue of intellectual property rights enforcement that has the potential of making it harder to provide access to modern medicine to people in developing countries, a serious pitfall. Response to criticism by the Obama administration has generally talked about the merits of free trade which are generally accepted, and not the specific provisions, or the context in which most of the gains in free trade have already been made in the seven decades to 2015 and the remaining gains are much smaller coming with some losses. The global economy now benefits more from investments in infrastructure both in developing and advanced economies, which is why China's Infrastructure Investment Bank has received such wide support, including EU countries and India. The Obama administration has failed to make the case for investment in infrastructure to the American public, at a time when large productivity gains can be made here following about 2 decades of neglect. A similiar situation exists in Germany, and is especially true of Latin American countries which have serious infrastructure problems that reduce economic growth.
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In the Heat of the Pacific Trade Battle
New York Times 05/22/2015
New York Times 05/22/2015
New York Times 02/27/2014
No Obama Tears for TPA or the TPP
Wall Street Journal 05/22/2015
Obama Presses Currency Compromise in Trade Pact
Wall Street Journal 05/24/2015
Pelosi Rejects Appeals, Hands Obama a Trade Defeat
Wall Street Journal 06/13/2015
Currency issues and U.S.-China trade.
01/23/2009
Trade between the USA and China and currency issues. Obama administration's efforts to address currency issues and fair trade issues with other countries.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 10/04/2011
Europeâs Debt Crisis Is Casting a Shadow Over China
New York Times 05/17/2010
The Long View of Changes in Chinaâs Currency
New York Times 09/21/2010
An Accord (and Lessons) to Remember
Wall Street Journal 09/21/2010
US-China trade relations: Speak less softly, carry a stick
Economist 09/25/2010
Obama Promotes Benefits of Trade Deals to Workers and Smaller Businesses
New York Times 02/26/2015
2012 U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney's position on trade with China and the misalignment of its currency
09/25/2010
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 10/04/2011
US-China trade relations: Speak less softly, carry a stick
Economist 09/25/2010
Romney: China must respect the free-trade system - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/14/2011
New York Times 10/15/2011
Play of the Week: The Business of America Is....;Job Cuts?
Wall Street Journal 12/24/2011
Romney Ekes Past Santorum to Win Iowa
Wall Street Journal 01/04/2012
Trade between the U.S. and Mexico
08/27/2011
Grouped Articles
Mexico, U.S. Leaders Try To Deepen Economic Ties
Wall Street Journal 05/03/2013
Mexico’s economy: Making the desert bloom
Economist 08/27/2011
'Three Amigos' Outline Trade Goals at Talks
Wall Street Journal 02/20/2014
In Mexico Meeting, a Show of Friendship With Few Results on Immigration and Trade
New York Times 02/19/2014
After Michigan Loss, Hillary Clinton Sharpens Message on Jobs and Trade
New York Times 03/09/2016
How Mexico Creates American Jobs
Wall Street Journal 03/21/2012
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)- An Assessment
10/30/2010
Grouped Articles
Mexico's economy: Bringing NAFTA back home
Economist 10/30/2010
After Michigan Loss, Hillary Clinton Sharpens Message on Jobs and Trade
New York Times 03/09/2016
Twenty Years Later, Nafta Remains a Source of Tension
New York Times 12/07/2012
Donald Trump Lays Out Protectionist Views in Trade Speech
WSJ 06/28/2016
What the New GOP Means for Wall Street
WSJ 07/19/2016
The Trans-Pacific Partnership, Explained
09/23/2016
The Trans Pacific Trade Agreement and trade issues dominating midwestern primaries in Michigan, Ohio and Illinois- loss of manufacturing jobs and Hillary Clinton's response
03/09/2016
Hillary Clinton puts more focus on loss of manufacturing jobs and opposition to trade agreements that hurts American workers following her narrow loss to Sanders in the Michigan primary of March 2016. Three fifths of Democratic voters in the Michigan primary saw this as a major issue, especially younger less educated workers who see their job prospects diminish and wages drop. Hillary Clinton has opposed the Trans Pacific Trade Agreement, yet supported this trade policy as part of the Obama administration. She was attacked on this same issue of trade during the primaries against Obama in 2008, at that time for support of Bill Clinton's NAFTA agreement with Mexico.
Grouped Articles
After Michigan Loss, Hillary Clinton Sharpens Message on Jobs and Trade
New York Times 03/09/2016
Trade and Jobs Key to Victory for Bernie Sanders
New York Times 03/09/2016
In Ohio, John Boehner’s GOP Legacy Crumbles With the Rise of Donald Trump
Wall Street Journal 03/11/2016
Simmering for Decades, Anger About Trade Boils Over in ’16 Election
New York Times 03/29/2016
Why Trade Critics Are Getting Traction
Wall Street Journal 03/30/2016
Barack Obama Endorses Hillary Clinton for President
WSJ 06/10/2016
Mexico and NAFTA
10/30/2010
Grouped Articles
Mexico's economy: Bringing NAFTA back home
Economist 10/30/2010
After Michigan Loss, Hillary Clinton Sharpens Message on Jobs and Trade
New York Times 03/09/2016
Donald Trump Lays Out Protectionist Views in Trade Speech
WSJ 06/28/2016
Forget Trump’s Wall: For Mexico, the Election Is About Nafta
The New York Times 09/23/2016
The Trans-Pacific Partnership, Explained
09/23/2016
Donald Trump Poised to Put Pressure on Nafta
WSJ 11/21/2016
The debate over NAFTA, TPP trade agreements and loss of U.S. jobs in 2016
09/23/2016
Grouped Articles
The Trans-Pacific Partnership, Explained
09/23/2016
More Wealth, More Jobs, but Not for Everyone: What Fuels the Backlash on Trade
The New York Times 09/28/2016
The New York Times 11/08/2016
Donald Trump Poised to Put Pressure on Nafta
WSJ 11/21/2016
Inside Donald Trump’s Economic Team, Two Very Different Views
WSJ 11/21/2016
Trump Nafta Blueprint Raises Concerns in Canada and Mexico
WSJ 03/30/2017
The demise of the Trans Pacific Trade Agreement with the election of Donald Trump
11/26/2016
Grouped Articles
Sieren's China: Trump's opening gambit with Asia | Asia | DW.COM | 26.11.2016
DW.COM 11/26/2016
How Donald Trump May Actually Widen the U.S. Trade Deficit
WSJ 12/12/2016
Aging Population, Stagnant Productivity Challenge Donald Trump’s Growth Plan
WSJ 12/04/2016
Germany's Merkel to warn Trump about dangers of protectionism | News | DW.COM | 14.01.2017
DW.COM 01/14/2017
Xi Jinping signals China will champion free trade if Trump builds barriers
The Guardian 01/17/2017
China’s Xi Jinping Seizes Role as Leader on Globalization
WSJ 01/17/2017
Amazon strategies
07/27/2011
Grouped Articles
Amazon Is Developing Smartphone With 3-D Screen
Wall Street Journal 05/10/2013
Washington Post to be sold to Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/06/2013
Washington Post 08/06/2013
Sales Are Colossal, Shares Are Soaring. All Amazon Is Missing Is a Profit
New York Times 10/21/2013
Amazon's Current Employees Raise the Bar for New Hires
Wall Street Journal 01/08/2014
Amazon's Growth Story Keeps Selling
Wall Street Journal 01/31/2014
Robert Lighthizer, U.S. Trade Representative and renegotiating the NAFTA Treaty in 2017-2018
05/19/2017
Grouped Articles
Trump Sends Nafta Renegotiation Notice to Congress
The New York Times 05/18/2017
For Amazon, Now Comes the Hard Part
WSJ 06/18/2017
U.S., Canada and Mexico Wrap Up Nafta First Round
WSJ 08/21/2017
Lighthizer’s Economics Deficit
WSJ 08/21/2017
How the Trump Administration Is Doing Renegotiating Nafta
The New York Times 09/28/2017
Donald Trump: "We Liberals Looked Away for Far Too Long" | ZEIT ONLINE
ZEIT ONLINE 03/22/2018
U.S. public sentiment towards outsourcing manufacturing and trade issues.
10/02/2010
Big changes in public opinion as the U.S. economy struggles in 2010 to create enough jobs. Compared to ten years ago in 1999, highly educated Americans now have unfavorable opinions on how free trade is impacting the U.S. in the jobs area.
Grouped Articles
China's Export Pain May Be Mexico's Gain
Wall Street Journal 02/06/2012
Why Manufacturing Still Counts in the U.S. Economy
Wall Street Journal 01/14/2015
Trans-Pacific Partnership Puts Harvard Law School Rivals on Opposite Sides, Again
New York Times 04/27/2015
Pink Slips at Disney. But First, Training Foreign Replacements.
New York Times 06/03/2015
After Michigan Loss, Hillary Clinton Sharpens Message on Jobs and Trade
New York Times 03/09/2016
Free Trade Loses Political Favor
Wall Street Journal 03/10/2016
U.S. and China- Trade Wars.
12/30/2009
American action against products from China that are dumped on the U.S. market. The unervalued Chinese currency and subsidized exports.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 10/04/2011
Economist 03/31/2010
Europeâs Debt Crisis Is Casting a Shadow Over China
New York Times 05/17/2010
How China Lost Its Mojo: One Town's Story
Wall Street Journal 09/16/2013
An Accord (and Lessons) to Remember
Wall Street Journal 09/21/2010
US-China trade relations: Speak less softly, carry a stick
Economist 09/25/2010
American public opinion on China, jobs and U.S.-China trade.
09/25/2010
Grouped Articles
US-China trade relations: Speak less softly, carry a stick
Economist 09/25/2010
Wall Street Journal 10/02/2010
China Pumps Up the Volume Against Japan
Wall Street Journal 02/08/2014
Xi Gives America Inc. a Reality Check
Wall Street Journal 09/22/2015
After Michigan Loss, Hillary Clinton Sharpens Message on Jobs and Trade
New York Times 03/09/2016
Campaign Season’s Anti-China Tone Is Likely to Cloud Meeting With Obama
New York Times 03/30/2016
The U.S. election campaigns in 2016 and U.S.-China relations
03/30/2016
The U.S. election campaign with Clinton and Trump taking strong positions on China, is affecting the outlook for U.S.- China relations. In the background are other issues in addition to the trade deficit- the South China Sea, and cyber espionage which have led to a tense relationship.
Grouped Articles
Campaign Season’s Anti-China Tone Is Likely to Cloud Meeting With Obama
New York Times 03/30/2016
How China’s fishermen are fighting a covert war in the South China Sea - The Washington Post
Washington Post 04/13/2016
More Wealth, More Jobs, but Not for Everyone: What Fuels the Backlash on Trade
The New York Times 09/28/2016
Why the US fears Russia is hacking its presidential election - BBC News
BBC News 10/11/2016
Bob Dole Worked Behind the Scenes on Trump-Taiwan Call
The New York Times 12/06/2016
Trump Suggests Using Bedrock China Policy as Bargaining Chip
The New York Times 12/11/2016
U.S. president Trump and trade relations with China
12/12/2016
Grouped Articles
Trump Suggests Using Bedrock China Policy as Bargaining Chip
The New York Times 12/11/2016
How Donald Trump May Actually Widen the U.S. Trade Deficit
WSJ 12/12/2016
Donald Trump Chooses Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State
WSJ 12/13/2016
Taiwan Is Both Exhilarated and Unnerved by Trump’s China Remarks
The New York Times 12/15/2016
Aging Population, Stagnant Productivity Challenge Donald Trump’s Growth Plan
WSJ 12/04/2016
Germany's Merkel to warn Trump about dangers of protectionism | News | DW.COM | 14.01.2017
DW.COM 01/14/2017
Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement- winners and losers
04/07/2011
A study by Prof. Petri of Brandeis University, shows economic output going up by 0.4% by 2025 or $77 billion for the U.S. as a result of the TPP agreement. Biologic drugs, with long term patent protection, software engineering services, high tech industry are the winners, losers are the Detroit auto industry facing higher imports, light manufacturing in textiles and paper, and some heavy manufacturing sectors. Douglas Irwin of Datmouth and other experts say it is not clear how much of the benefit will affect consumers and businesses in the U.S. Most of the tariff cut gains are already made and import duties as a percentage of total imports are down to 1.4% today. Experts say 4/5th of the benefits for the U.S. are not from tariff cuts but from new rules for trade in services, and new rules for investment and commerce. The agreement brings together Pacific area countries, including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, and Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam. Agriculture is protected in Canada especially in Quebec, and in Japan, which means tough negotiations to open up this sector. Politically the TPP is a response by the U.S. and Japan to the Infrastructure Investment Bank set up by China with support from Europe and India.
Grouped Articles
Pacific Trade Deal Likely to Have Narrow Reach
Wall Street Journal 08/01/2015
Auto-Parts Dispute Taps the Brakes on Pacific Trade Deal
Wall Street Journal 09/04/2015
Why You May Soon See More Goods Labeled ‘Made in Vietnam’
Wall Street Journal 10/19/2015
Utah Senator, Crucial Ally for the Pacific Rim Trade Deal, Is Now Its Main Hurdle
New York Times 11/12/2015
McConnell warns that trade deal can’t pass Congress before 2016 elections - The Washington Post
Washington Post 12/11/2015
Trans-Pacific Trade Pact Would Lift U.S. Incomes, but Not Jobs Overall, Study Says
New York Times 01/25/2016
Canada and the renegotiation of the NAFTA agreement
04/28/2017
Grouped Articles
Why Donald Trump Decided to Back Off Nafta Threat
WSJ 04/27/2017
Trump Sends Nafta Renegotiation Notice to Congress
The New York Times 05/18/2017
For Amazon, Now Comes the Hard Part
WSJ 06/18/2017
Canada’s Trump Strategy: Go Around Him
The New York Times 06/22/2017
U.S., Canada and Mexico Wrap Up Nafta First Round
WSJ 08/21/2017
Lighthizer’s Economics Deficit
WSJ 08/21/2017
The Trump administration's plans for renegotiating the NAFTA Treaty
11/21/2016
Grouped Articles
Donald Trump Poised to Put Pressure on Nafta
WSJ 11/21/2016
Inside Donald Trump’s Economic Team, Two Very Different Views
WSJ 11/21/2016
Donald Trump’s Recent Policy Reversals Reflect Business Influence
WSJ 04/14/2017
Why Donald Trump Decided to Back Off Nafta Threat
WSJ 04/27/2017
Trump Sends Nafta Renegotiation Notice to Congress
The New York Times 05/18/2017
For Amazon, Now Comes the Hard Part
WSJ 06/18/2017
NAFTA, Trans Pacific Trade Agreement, and free trade- shifting sentiment of the working class in America against trade that leads to loss of manufacturing jobs
03/09/2016
The sentiment against loss of manufacturing jobs as a result of trade agreements and free trade is strongest in midwestern states such as Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, which have seen the loss of manufacturing jobs hurt their economy. Especially hurt are younger less educated workers who see their job prospects diminish and wages drop. Bernie Sanders narrowly won the Michigan primary against Hillary Clinton by bringing up this issue in a barrage of ads.
Grouped Articles
After Michigan Loss, Hillary Clinton Sharpens Message on Jobs and Trade
New York Times 03/09/2016
Trade and Jobs Key to Victory for Bernie Sanders
New York Times 03/09/2016
Simmering for Decades, Anger About Trade Boils Over in ’16 Election
New York Times 03/29/2016
Why Trade Critics Are Getting Traction
Wall Street Journal 03/30/2016
Donald Trump Lays Out Protectionist Views in Trade Speech
WSJ 06/28/2016
Bernie Sanders: Democrats Need to Wake Up
The New York Times 06/28/2016
The Trump administration's proposal in 2017 for changes to the NAFTA treaty with Mexico and Canada
03/31/2017
Grouped Articles
Trump Nafta Blueprint Raises Concerns in Canada and Mexico
WSJ 03/30/2017
Donald Trump’s Recent Policy Reversals Reflect Business Influence
WSJ 04/14/2017
Why Donald Trump Decided to Back Off Nafta Threat
WSJ 04/27/2017
Trump Sends Nafta Renegotiation Notice to Congress
The New York Times 05/18/2017
For Amazon, Now Comes the Hard Part
WSJ 06/18/2017
Canada’s Trump Strategy: Go Around Him
The New York Times 06/22/2017
NAFTA and the 2016 U.S. presidential election
09/23/2016
Grouped Articles
Forget Trump’s Wall: For Mexico, the Election Is About Nafta
The New York Times 09/23/2016
The Trans-Pacific Partnership, Explained
09/23/2016
Clinton’s Substantial Popular-Vote Win
The New York Times 11/11/2016
Donald Trump Poised to Put Pressure on Nafta
WSJ 11/21/2016
Inside Donald Trump’s Economic Team, Two Very Different Views
WSJ 11/21/2016
Donald Trump’s Recent Policy Reversals Reflect Business Influence
WSJ 04/14/2017
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