USMCA’s Timid Opposition A coalition of 600 business groups wrote a letter urging the U.S. Congress to quickly pass the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). The demand is unsurprising but what is notable is the lack of a choreographed campaign of opposition to the USMCA. Over 1,500 civil society groups ran an organized opposition campaign against the TPP. While some of these groups also oppose USMCA and all other trade agreements, they are making at best a low-key effort to stop it. This has left Congressional Democrats and organized labor freer to focus on just a few fixes in the agreement, and left USMCA less bruised than some predecessor agreements. India’s Gift to Trump The Trump Administration has withdrawn GSP pr...
What You Need to Know Today: Russia rejected calls for a ceasefire in the Black Sea, including a proposal to halt attacks on civilian shipping that could help restore grain flows from Ukrainian ports. Tyson Foods announced plans to permanently close its Joslin, Illinois, beef processing facili...
The big news in the cattle markets yesterday was Tyson Foods’ move to close two more beef plants. One of them, the Joslin, Illinois, plant was shuttered immediately after the announcement. The other, in Eagle Mountain, Utah, is a case-ready plant that does not slaughter cattle. Tyson also...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the Consumer Price Index (CPI) on Wednesday. In July, the CPI rose 0.1 percent, seasonally adjusted, and rose 3.4 percent over the last 12 months, not seasonally adjusted. The index for all items less food and energy, or the “core” infla...
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