U.S. President Donald Trump could sign an executive order as early as Monday intended to renegotiate the free trade agreement between the United States, Canada and Mexico, NBC News reported, citing an unidentified White House official.
In addition to wanting to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the new Republican president also intends to sign an executive order pulling out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), NBC reported.
Trump, who was sworn in as the 45th U.S. president on Friday, targeted both trade pacts during his White House campaign.
Officials were not immediately available to confirm the report to Reuters. Trump's official schedule includes a 10:30 a.m. EST (1530 GMT) signing of executive orders in the Oval Office.
The president said on Sunday he planned talks soon with the leaders of Canada and Mexico to begin renegotiating NAFTA.
"We will be starting negotiations having to do with NAFTA," Trump said at a swearing-in ceremony for his top White House advisers. "We are going to start renegotiating on NAFTA, on immigration and on security at the border."
Trump said during the campaign he wanted to secure more favorable terms for the United States in the NAFTA pact.
NAFTA, which took effect in 1994, and other trade deals became lightning rods for voter anger in the U.S. industrial heartland states that swept Trump to victory.
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CNN reported the first executive action Trump intended to sign was to pull out of the TPP, the trade agreement among 11 Pacific Rim countries that Democratic President Barack Obama strongly backed but was never ratified by the Republican-controlled Congress.(source: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-nafta-idUSKBN1571O6)
Trump will sign an executive order to renegotiate NAFTA
President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order as early as Monday to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with Canada and Mexico, NBC News’ Kristen Welker reports, citing a White House official.
Additionally, CNN’s Jake Tapper tweeted that Trump’s “first executive action on Monday will be to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership” (TPP), citing a senior White House official.
On Friday after the president’s inauguration, the Trump administration laid out its plans for trade on the White House website. It stated that it will tackle trade deals including the North American Free Trade Agreement and the Trans-Pacific Partnership and will push for trade policies that “will be implemented by and for the people and will put America first.”
“Blue-collar towns and cities have watched their factories close and good-paying jobs move overseas, while Americans face a mounting trade deficit and a devastated manufacturing base,” the plan says. “With tough and fair agreements, international trade can be used to grow our economy, return millions of jobs to America’s shores, and revitalize our nation’s suffering communities.”
“This strategy starts by withdrawing from the Trans-Pacific Partnership and making certain that any new trade deals are in the interests of American workers,” the statement continued. “President Trump is committed to renegotiating NAFTA. If our partners refuse a renegotiation that gives American workers a fair deal, then the president will give notice of the United States’ intent to withdraw from NAFTA.”
The administration added that it would “crack down on those nations that violate trade agreements and harm American workers in the process.”
Additionally, last Wednesday, Wilbur Ross, the nominee for commerce secretary, said at his confirmation hearing that NAFTA would be an early priority for his department. He said he was “pro-trade,” but only as long as it is “sensible trade.”
Trump made the debate over free trade one of the central topics of his campaign after criticizing China, Mexico, and Japan. He argued in favor of ripping up trade deals, said NAFTA was “the worst trade deal in the history of the country,” and called the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, “a rape of our country.”
Protectionism has become more popular as American workers worry about losing jobs to other countries. And politicians across the political spectrum zeroed in on these anxieties during the 2016 campaign as they vied for the top job in the White House. About 89% of Americans said they thought that the loss of US jobs to China was a somewhat or very serious issue, according to Pew Research statistics cited by Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Ethan Harris and Lisa Berlin. Moreover, only 46% of Americans said they thought NAFTA was good for the economy.
There is some empirical evidence to back up those grievances. In January 2016, labor economists David Autor, David Dorn, and Gordon Hanson published a paper showing that increased trade with China did, in fact, cause some problems for US workers.
However, trade is not the only factor that has affected American jobs in general and the manufacturing sector in particular. Automation has also been a contributor.
In a recent note to clients, Capital Economics’ Andrew Hunter included a chart comparing manufacturing output with manufacturing employment. Manufacturing employment has been falling since the mid-1980s and started dropping at a faster rate around 2001 — which coincides with China entering the World Trade Organization. Meanwhile, manufacturing output has been increasing since the mid-1980s and is now near its pre-crisis high.
In other words, firms have overall been able to increase output with fewer workers over the years, which is likely at least partially because of automation.
Additionally, CNN’s Jake Tapper tweeted that Trump’s “first executive action on Monday will be to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership” (TPP), citing a senior White House official.
On Friday after the president’s inauguration, the Trump administration laid out its plans for trade on the White House website. It stated that it will tackle trade deals including the North American Free Trade Agreement and the Trans-Pacific Partnership and will push for trade policies that “will be implemented by and for the people and will put America first.”
“Blue-collar towns and cities have watched their factories close and good-paying jobs move overseas, while Americans face a mounting trade deficit and a devastated manufacturing base,” the plan says. “With tough and fair agreements, international trade can be used to grow our economy, return millions of jobs to America’s shores, and revitalize our nation’s suffering communities.”
“This strategy starts by withdrawing from the Trans-Pacific Partnership and making certain that any new trade deals are in the interests of American workers,” the statement continued. “President Trump is committed to renegotiating NAFTA. If our partners refuse a renegotiation that gives American workers a fair deal, then the president will give notice of the United States’ intent to withdraw from NAFTA.”
The administration added that it would “crack down on those nations that violate trade agreements and harm American workers in the process.”
Additionally, last Wednesday, Wilbur Ross, the nominee for commerce secretary, said at his confirmation hearing that NAFTA would be an early priority for his department. He said he was “pro-trade,” but only as long as it is “sensible trade.”
Trump made the debate over free trade one of the central topics of his campaign after criticizing China, Mexico, and Japan. He argued in favor of ripping up trade deals, said NAFTA was “the worst trade deal in the history of the country,” and called the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, “a rape of our country.”
Protectionism has become more popular as American workers worry about losing jobs to other countries. And politicians across the political spectrum zeroed in on these anxieties during the 2016 campaign as they vied for the top job in the White House. About 89% of Americans said they thought that the loss of US jobs to China was a somewhat or very serious issue, according to Pew Research statistics cited by Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Ethan Harris and Lisa Berlin. Moreover, only 46% of Americans said they thought NAFTA was good for the economy.
There is some empirical evidence to back up those grievances. In January 2016, labor economists David Autor, David Dorn, and Gordon Hanson published a paper showing that increased trade with China did, in fact, cause some problems for US workers.
However, trade is not the only factor that has affected American jobs in general and the manufacturing sector in particular. Automation has also been a contributor.
In a recent note to clients, Capital Economics’ Andrew Hunter included a chart comparing manufacturing output with manufacturing employment. Manufacturing employment has been falling since the mid-1980s and started dropping at a faster rate around 2001 — which coincides with China entering the World Trade Organization. Meanwhile, manufacturing output has been increasing since the mid-1980s and is now near its pre-crisis high.
In other words, firms have overall been able to increase output with fewer workers over the years, which is likely at least partially because of automation.
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ISU SARA belakangan menjadi hal yang paling sensitif di masyarakat. Saling Bully di media sosial mulai menyasar hingga ke masalah-masalah yang paling sensitif seperti agama dan suku, semua tak bisa menghindar, dari masyarakat biasa, pejabat hingga para selebritis. Terbaru, salah postingan artis cantik, Prisia Nasution beredar di medsos yang ikut mengkritik sikap Kearab-araban masyarakat saat ini.
“Semua orang berpakaian seperti orang Arab, bendera ditulisakan tulisan arab, adat istiadat arab, kenapa ngga pada pindah aja ya?” tulis akun pribadi @itsPrisia Sabtu (21/1).
Postingan tersebut sontak memancing kemarahan Nitizen, karean merasa tulisan itu menyerang Islam. Akun fanpage populer, Jonru bahkan ikut membalas ciutan sang artis dengan sindiran yang cukup keras.
“Dear mbak Prisia Nasution @itsprisia …
Engkau sering pakai baju ala barat, makan makanan ala barat, nonton film Hollywood, ngetweet pake tulisan aksara latin. Semua itu bukan asli Indonesia. Mbak Prisia mau disuruh pindah ke Yunani?
Engkau sering pakai baju ala barat, makan makanan ala barat, nonton film Hollywood, ngetweet pake tulisan aksara latin. Semua itu bukan asli Indonesia. Mbak Prisia mau disuruh pindah ke Yunani?
Kenapa ya, kebencian kalian terhadap Arab sangat CACAT LOGIKA? Kalian bilang cintailah budaya Indonesia, jangan kearab-araban.
Kalo gitu, mbak Prisia coba pakai pakaian adat Mandailing setiap hari, jangan pakai gaun ala barat.
Cintailah budaya Indonesia, jangan kebarat-baratan. Bisa?”
Postingan Jonru itu langsung mendapat komentar pedas dari para penginkutnya,
Akun @Rafi Junaifi menulis “Hehe..anda pake pakaian ala eropah, berbudaya ala eropa, pemikiran ala eropa, pindah aja ke eropah…….hahaha…kl ndak salah anda juga pakaian suka pakai bulu hewan, tingkah jingkrak jingkrak gak karuan ala hewan, rasa malu dah tipis kayak hewan, knapa anda ndak sekalian jadi anggota jebun binatang aja haha, goblok dipiara,”.
Akun @Elma BaeLah juga membalas “Kalau die pindah ke eropa miskin dia…tak dapat job…nggak laku.di sini aja bisa jd artis di sono…siape yang mau liat…kesian dech lo mbak..”. (sumber: http://seleb.fajar.co.id/2017/01/22/bikin-postingan-menyinggung-sara-prisia-nasution-dikecam-nitizen-goblok-dipiara/)
Popular pastor Jeffress compares Trump to Nehemiah, who God called to build wall around Jerusalem
Pastor Dr. Robert Jeffress dismissed criticism over his sermon at President Donald Trump’s private service on Friday, saying God placed the new president in power.
Following his sermon at St. John’s Episcopal Church near Washington, D.C. before the inauguration ceremony, Jeffress was targeted by the media and critics as anti-Muslim, anti-gay and called the “inflammatory pastor” by CNN, Martha MacCallum reported on Fox News.
Jeffress, pastor of First Baptist Church of Dallas, delivered a sermon called “When God Chooses a Leader,” and compared Trump’s candidacy to the Biblical story of Nehemiah who was called by God 2,500 years ago to build a wall around Jerusalem to protect Israel.
Trump “got a big kick out of that” similarity, Jeffress noted.
The pastor of the Dallas megachurch backed Trump early on in the campaign because he felt he was the only one with leadership skills to “reverse the downward spiral of the country” and he was the only candidate who could defeat Hillary Clinton.
“I believe that you’re going to be the next president of the United States,” Jeffress recalled telling Trump. “And if that happens, it’s because God has placed you in this position of leadership.”
The pastor reacted to criticism of Trump’s inaugural speech and his own remarks and beliefs, arguing that part of the Left’s agenda is “demonizing” conservative Christians because they are the “last speed bump on the way to a liberal society.”
Jeffress believes Trump will not live up to the fearful expectations of his critics, and the new president is interested in preserving the rights and freedoms of all Americans.
“People are going to be surprised at how inclusionary he is,” Jeffress said.
(Source: http://www.bizpacreview.com/2017/01/21/popular-pastor-jeffress-compares-trump-nehemiah-god-called-build-wall-around-jerusalem-438430)
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