The news is full of efforts to read the tea leaves of incoming President Trump’s startling and somewhat erratic pronouncements on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). NAFTA was a bad deal, he says, and as a consummate dealmaker, he will tear up the...
In retrospect, it sounds like a dream come true: a mobilized population, intercontinental organizing, cooperative left-wing governments — all culminating in the downfall of a major corporate-friendly trade agreement that would have covered a large chunk of the global...
It may be difficult to appreciate from afar just how significant Jeremy Corbyn’s election as leader of the Labor Party, the main opposition party in Britain, really is. After all, Corbyn as yet holds no state office — only a North London parliamentary seat — and any...
This article is a joint publication of Foreign Policy In Focus and TheNation.com. There's an international awakening afoot about a radical expansion of corporate power — one that sits at the center of two historic global trade deals nearing completion. One focuses...
The Obama administration has never been one for grand State of the Union addresses. And once the commentariat has had its fun picking apart the subtle jabs, the applause lines, the body language, and whatever else, there's often not a whole lot of oxygen left to dig...
This article is a joint publication of Foreign Policy In Focus and TheNation.com. With Republicans winning big in the midterm elections, the debate over so-called "free-trade" agreements could again take center stage in Washington. President Barack Obama has been...
Who ever heard of a flock of hawks? After the sweeping Republican midterm victories, that’s what will descend on Washington come January for the 114th Congress. What does this mean for the future of the United States and its much debated role overseas? Though a few...
U.S. and EU negotiators recently began a new round of negotiations on the Transatlantic Free Trade Agreement. Because the talks are happening behind closed doors, the public is left largely in the dark about the nature of the discussions over a deal also known as the...
The United States is not really a democracy. That’s the (simplified) conclusion of a recent study from Princeton University. Instead, economic elites and special interest groups enjoy tremendous sway in Washington, while “the preferences of the average American appear...
This article is a joint publication of Foreign Policy In Focus and TheNation.com. Earlier this month in Brussels, U.S. and EU negotiators held a fourth round of secret talks on the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). The agreement would...