March 18 , 2004 Volume 4 Number 2
Will the Byrd Fly the
Coop?
At a time when Congress is struggling with huge budget deficits and competing
national goals to reduce taxes and support our troops overseas hundreds of
millions of tax dollars are being funneled out of the general treasury and
into the bank accounts of a few wealthy corporations. Early last week, however,
two Congressmen introduced a bill that might reverse this corporate welfare.
Read more…
Globalization: The
Future Is Here
To hear some government officials tell it, you'd think manning a sewing machine
was more important than offering a service, such as medical care, or accounting
expertise. The increasing globalization of the world's economy has tended
to create new jobs in the service industry in the United States while low-skill
manufacturing jobs move to countries where unskilled labor is less expensive.
Is this as bad a thing as some would have us believe? Read
more…
The Environment Pays
the Price for Shrimp
Most American shrimpers trawl for shrimp by dragging nets across the ocean
floor, catching and killing tons of other marine life at the same time. Wasted
"bycatch" is an environmental travesty, yet these shrimpers are
asking for duties on shrimp imports in an effort to preserve their way of
catching shrimp. To learn more about the shrimp industry's collateral damage
click here…
CWT in the News
- On June 16th, CWT will
host its Annual Awards Dinner in honor of Don Fisher, Chairman of Gap, Inc.
In addition, CWT will be recognizing retiring Congressional free trade leaders
Cal Dooley and Jennifer Dunn, and Senators Don Nickles and Phil Graham.
Click here to register for the Annual Dinner.
- On April 2nd, CWT will
host a breakfast seminar on the U.S.-Australia Free Trade Agreement discussing
its benefits and shortfalls. Register for the event here.
- On March 26th, CWT
will host a breakfast seminar on U.S. tariff policy with guest speaker Congressman
Phil Crane and at the same time roll out its study on the cost of tariffs
to the American consumer. Register for the event here and download a PDF
version of the CWT tariff study.
- On March 17th, CWT
board member and former U.S. Congressman Sam Gibbons testified at a hearing
of the interagency Trade Policy Staff Committee (TPSC) on the upcoming U.S.-Andean
Free Trade Agreement and its benefits to consumers. Read
our written testimony.
- On March 4th, CWT sent
a letter to the Senate discouraging senators from supporting S. 219, an
amendment to a corporate tax bill that might double countervailing duties
and drive up the price of Canadian softwood lumber imports. Read
the letter.
- On Feb. 13th, CWT hosted
a breakfast event on the U.S. sugar program and its impact on American sugar
producers, consumers, and foreign exporters. Click
here to read the summary.