Donald Trump Opposes Korea FTA, Supports Fair Trade

Today on MSNBC's Morning Joe, Donald Trump launched into a tirade about the Korea FTA, unprompted.

“Have you seen what’s happened recently with the trade pact with South Korea?” said Trump. “They ask us to sign something that only a moron would sign.”

Trump went on to say, “I think that fair trade is a much better word than ‘free trade.’ I listen to these people saying, ‘Oh, that’s going to hurt free trade.’ What’s ‘free trade’ when a country has imbalances of hundreds and hundreds of billions of dollars…?”

We think The Donald has a clear message to USTR: Fix the deal, or YOU’RE FIRED!

FAIR's "CounterSpin" and The Thom Hartmann Program Feature Our FTA Export Penalty Report

CounterSpin, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting's (FAIR) nationally-syndicated radio show, airs its interview with our research director, Todd Tucker, today. It sets the record straight about our new report, "Lies, Damn Lies, and Export Statistics." You can listen below; the segment begins at 18:19.

TNT on FAIR's CounterSpin, 9.24.10

Todd was also on the Thom Hartmann Program last week talking about the report. Check it out; the segment begins 1/3 of the way through.

TNT on Thom Hartmann, 9.17.10

 

Your Tax Dollars Going to Foreign Banks? Lori Wallach Comments on CNN.

The Congressional Oversight Panel issued a report last week that showed much of the bailout money ended up going to foreign banks. Does that strike you as odd - or maybe even bad? If so, you should know that, under WTO rules, the U.S. has to give equal treatment to foreign and domestic banks.

As Lori Wallach put it, "Under the current World Trade Organization rules, the United States is pretty much required to take our tax dollars and, on the down side, bail out things that don't work. But the U.S. taxpayers don't get the profit for those risks on the upside when that globalization finance is profitable for the banks."

Click here to see Lori Wallach's comments on CNN's "The Situation Room."

Lori Wallach discusses Obama's National Export Initiative on PBS

Click here to watch Lori Wallach, director of Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch, on the PBS show Ideas in Action. She discusses President Obama's National Export Initiative.

VIDEO: Lori Wallach Explains TPP

Lori Wallach, director of Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch, sets the scene for the Trans-Pacific Partnership and briefly details what's at stake:

GTW Director Lori Wallach Appears on Bloomberg TV

Check out Lori's interview on Bloomberg Television about January's trade deficit numbers and President Obama's National Export Initiative:

 

Watch Lori Wallach LIVE on Bloomberg TV at 2pm

Go here and click on "Launch Video Player" and "U.S."  She'll be talking about trade deficit numbers and President Obama's National Export Initiative.