Trans-Pacific Partnership: The Biggest Trade Deal You’ve Never Heard Of
A huge but little-known trade agreement could transform America’s foreign relations. What it is and why it matters.
Entries by The Made in America Movement Team
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) – No to Fast Track
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) would off-shore more jobs, flood us with unsafe imported food, expand fracking, hike up medicine prices, roll back Wall Street reforms, threaten Internet freedom and much more. The key to stopping this terrible “free trade” deal is to stop Fast Track. Join the movement.
Trending Products Made in USA
In a recent study conducted by Consumer Reports, more than 60 percent of people interviewed claimed they would gladly shell out more money for American made products—even if those products cost an average of 10 percent more than products sourced internationally.
The Biggest Chicken Seller in the U.S. Is Eliminating Antibiotics
Tyson Foods will no longer use human antibiotics in chickens. The Arkansas-based company, the nation’s largest seller of chicken, is announcing today that it plans to eliminate the use of medically important antibiotics in its flocks by September 2017.
The Lowdown on Shrimp Labels
Shopping for shrimp is confusing. Packages can have so many labels that it’s hard to know which ones to trust. One way to separate the best from the rest is to buy sustainably farmed or responsibly caught. We believe that your best choice is wild shrimp, especially those that have been responsibly caught in the U.S.
National Pork Producers Council on COOL Law: U.S. Must Avoid Retaliation
In congressional testimony Thursday, the National Pork Producers Council said the United States must address its mandatory Country-of-Origin Labeling (COOL) law to avoid trade retaliation from Canada and Mexico.
Reshoring: Companies Tiptoe Back Toward ‘Made in U.S.A.’
PITTSBURGH—Thorley Industries LLC began planning several years ago to launch a baby car seat with a set of electronic controls and a potential novelty: The Pittsburgh-based firm considered making the seats in the U.S.
Made in USA, From Sheep to Shelf: Zady’s Feel-Good Sweater
When Maxine Bedat and Soraya Darabi set out to make a wool sweater entirely in the U.S., their first challenge was finding sheep.
21 Million People Are Trapped in Forced Labor
Forced labor takes different forms, including debt bondage, trafficking and other forms of modern slavery. The victims are the most vulnerable – women and girls forced into prostitution, migrants trapped in debt bondage, and sweatshop or farm workers kept there by clearly illegal tactics and paid little or nothing.
Forced Labor Generates $150 Billion in Annual Profits
(ILO News) – Forced labor in the private economy generates US$ 150 billion in illegal profits per year, about three times more than previously estimated, according to a new report from the International Labor Organization (ILO).
