Reposted from Gallup Economy ********** Patriotism, Jobs Primary Motivations for ‘Buying American’ Six in 10 say they would pay more to buy U.S.-made products Jeffrey M. Jones | April 30, 2013 | Gallup Economy PRINCETON, NJ — Forty-five percent of Americans say they recently made a special effort to buy…

Reposted from Foreign Policy ********* The most misleading presidential cliche Clyde Prestowitz |May 7, 2013 | Foreign Policy At the height of the U.S.-Japan trade frictions of the 1980s, the Treasury Department proposed a set of negotiations under the rubric, Market Oriented Sector Specific. The acronym MOSS led to these…

Reposted from The New York Times ********* U.S. Directly Blames China’s Military for Cyberattacks David E. Sanger | May 6, 2013 | NY Times WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Monday explicitly accused China’s military of mounting attacks on American government computer systems and defense contractors, saying one motive could be…

Reposted from the National Farmers Union’s website ********* NFU to USDA: Stand Strong on COOL     FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 2, 2013Contact: Melisa Augusto, 202-314-3191 [email protected] Dan McEvily, 202-314-3104 [email protected] WASHINGTON (May 2, 2013) – With the May 23 deadline looming for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to…

Reposted from The New York Times ********* Obama Picks Nominees for Commerce Dept. and Trade Representative Jackie Calmes | April 2, 2013 | NY Times WASHINGTON — President Obama rounded out his second-term cabinet choices on Thursday, nominating Penny Pritzker, his longtime financial backer and an heir to the Hyatt Hotel fortune, to…

Reposted from Naked Capitalism ******** Bill Greider on Why Paul Krugman Was So Wrong  Yves Smith | May 2, 2013 | Naked Capitalism I know I often give Paul Krugman a hard time. The big reason is he does not always seem to take the responsibilities that come along with…

Reposted from The New York Times ****** Rat Meat Sold as Lamb Highlights Food Fears in China Chris Buckley | May 3, 2013 | NY Times HONG KONG — Even for China’s scandal-numbed diners, news that the lamb simmering in the pot may actually be rat took the country’s endless…

Reposted from King & Spalding’s Trade & Manufacturing Alert ******** Commerce Declares No “Free Pass” To Commit Fraud In Trade Cases Daniel Schneiderman| May 2013 | Trade & Mfg Alert Trade remedies provide much needed relief to domestic industries battered by unfairly traded imports. But their effectiveness can be gravely…

Reposted from Wired ******** Pentagon Paying China — Yes, China — To Carry Data Noah Schachtman | April 29, 2013 | Wired The Pentagon is so starved for bandwidth that it’s paying a Chinese satellite firm to help it communicate and share data. U.S. troops operating on the African continent…

(Ed. Note: Steve Bennish is one of the best reporters in the country covering the aftermath of our stupid trade policies and resulting deindustrialization. ) Reposted from the Wall Street Journal ********* Scrappers: Scrounging Metal to Make Ends Meet Timothy Aeppel |April 28, 2013 | WSJ Blogs One of America’s…