Democratic Leadership Council: Trade & Global Markets

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About the Democratic Leadership Council's Global Economy Project

About the Democratic Leadership Council's Trade Project

Edward Gresser, director, Trade and Global Markets Project

Where We Stand on Trade & Global Markets:

New Democrats believe in managing globalization to reflect our interests and values, through a combination of open trade, international rules to protect the environment and promote labor standards, and efforts to prepare Americans with the resources they need to compete and succeed.

	Trade & Global Markets

More Growth, Less Gridlock: Toward a New Trade Agenda
By Edward Gresser
As the Obama administration works to pull the nation out of its economic crisis, trade policy should accordingly work to spur growth by promoting innovative new industries and clean technologies at home, and by supporting the globe's poorest citizens and reconciliation with the Muslim world.

Regional Issues

Congress: Give Haiti HOPE

The Emerging Asian Union?
By Edward Gresser

Blank Spot on the Map: How Trade Policy is Working Against the War on Terror
By Edward Gresser

Sixty percent of developing-country workers are "informal."

One country in every seven is a European Union member.

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The Globalization Debate

Imports as Inputs
By Doug Karmin

Winning in the World Economy II

Confessions of a Pro-Trade Democrat
By Al From

Freedom From Want
By Edward Gresser

Trade, Technology, and Middle-Class Jobs

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World Trade Organization

Fighting the Pirate Boom
By Edward Gresser

Farm Policy and Doha
By Edward Gresser

Testimony of Edward Gresser Before the Senate Subcommittee on International Trade

New World Order
By Robert J. Shapiro

A View From Outside: Russia and the Case for the WTO
By Edward Gresser

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U.S. Trade Policy

More Growth, Less Gridlock: Toward a New Trade Agenda
By Edward Gresser

Toughest on the Poor: Tariffs, Taxes, and the Single Mom
By Edward Gresser

US Tariff System Hits the Poor Hardest
By Edward Gresser

World refugee population: 10.5 million.

Obama: Right on 'Buy American'
By Edward Gresser

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Trade Facts

Counterfeit goods: 2.5 percent of trade?

Scandinavia has the world's highest union-membership rates.

The dollar's share of world reserves has dropped.

World cyber population 2010: 1.73 billion.

U.S. imports fell by $700 billion last year.

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Finance & Investment

Idea of the Week: Connecting the Poor

Race to the .... Top?
By Edward Gresser

Putting the U.S. Trade Deficit in Perspective
By Jenny Bates

Trade Deficit Review Commission

International Capital Flows, Foreign Investment, and Trade
By Jenny Bates

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