Posts Tagged 'U.S. exports'

Made in America Panel Proposes that Businesses Could Save $2 Trillion if Regulations are Reduced

Made in America Panel Proposes that Businesses Could Save $2 Trillion if Regulations are Reduced

Host Neal Asbury opened his nationally syndicated “Neal Asbury’s Made in America” show on Radio America (now on 69 stations) by suggesting that the biggest stimulus for our economy would be to reduce the $2 trillion that companies pay to conform to an ever growing assortment of government regulations.

“I was hoping that when Obama traveled to Asia that he would try and reduce the regulations that impede U.S. exports. Instead, he signed a non-binding agreement to control climate change.  That ...

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In Defense of the Ex-Im Bank

In Defense of the Ex-Im Bank
The good news is that it looks like the Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank will be reauthorized for the short term. The bad news is that it is widely misunderstood, to the detriment of small businesses and entrepreneurs.

To complicate things the Ex-Im Bank is a misnomer. It has nothing to do with imports and is not a bank. It provides loan guarantees to private banking institutions on behalf of American exporters. It also provides credit insurance. Everything it does, it does ...

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Job Creation Stymied as Obama Strikes Out on Asian Trade Negotiations

Job Creation Stymied as Obama Strikes Out on Asian Trade Negotiations

A metaphor for President Obama’s recent trip to Asia was the widely aired game of soccer he had with a Japanese robot. In essence, Japan made Obama kick the impending Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) — which unites 12 economies around the Pacific Rim — down the road as trade talks stalled.

How important is TPP to American trade? The Peterson Institute for International Economics projects that it could cause American exports to rise by $123.5 billion per year by 2025. With it ...

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American Trade Policy Stuck in Neutral

American Trade Policy Stuck in Neutral

For a president who vowed to double exports in five years, you have to wonder why President Obama has been unable to make any progress in expanding U.S. trade.

This week, Obama met with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to reaffirm their support for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) estimates has grown the U.S. economy from roughly $290 billion in 1993 to more than $1.1 trillion ...

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