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  • iMail , News July 26, 2022

    100+ Civil Society Groups Ask White House for Transparency in IPEF Deal

    Ahead of today’s high-level meeting between the U.S. and 13 Indo-Pacific nations, more than 100 civil society organizations urged the Biden administration to increase transparency and public participation in the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) as talks heat up.  IPEF is expected to be the most consequential trade initiative of the Biden administration and is being proposed at

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  • iMail , News August 20, 2019

    Join in Today’s ‘No Vote on NAFTA 2.0 Until It’s Fixed Call-in’ Day

    We need your help on this one, Brothers and Sisters! Please join us in today’s National “No Vote on NAFTA 2.0 Until It’s Fixed” Call-In Day. We are urging you to call 1-855-973-4213 to leave a message for your member of Congress to promise not to support the Trump administration’s revised NAFTA trade deal unless it addresses some

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  • News August 8, 2011

    Korea Trade Agreement Would Subsidize North Korea Government

    via Huffington Post WASHINGTON — In 2004, Hyundai inked one of the best land deals in history. For a mere $12 million, the South Korean car company secured the rights to 50 years of use on over 41,000 square miles of industrial space — $292 per square mile, only about 10 percent higher than the

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  • iMail , News January 20, 2011

    GE Joint Venture Sends Aerospace Technology to China

    GE’s recent announcement that it would be finalizing plans for a joint venture with  China-owned AVIC to produce avionics systems is another example of how other countries demand the transfer of technology and production from Western companies. For years, the IAM has sounded the alarm about giving away our jobs and leading-edge technology to other

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  • iMail , News July 15, 2010

    IAM Calls for National Manufacturing Strategy

    IAM Director of Trade and Globalization, Owen Herrnstadt, renewed the IAM’s call for a national manufacturing strategy this week before the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection. “U.S. manufacturing serves as the bedrock for our nation’s economy,” said Herrnstadt. “In spite the importance of manufacturing to our nation’s economy, the sector is in serious

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