By Glynn Wilson – This might be a good time for Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin to sit down for lunch with President Donald J. Trump at the White House, or maybe play a round of golf with him, to explain how tariffs actually work and brief him on the history of how trade…
By Glynn Wilson – On Day 27 of Trump’s government shutdown, U.S. Senator Doug Jones of Alabama held a conference call with reporters on Thursday and compared the failing negotiations to a “hostage crisis.” He said his colleagues in the Senate are more than willing to debate and fund border security measures, but only “if…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – It has truly been the Year of the Dog, according to the Chinese Zodiac calendar, a year characterized by “Action,” especially if you are a Twitter follower. You may be suffering from an overdose of adrenaline and dopamine. You might want to take a break during the…
Doug Jones joins bipartisan group of Senators standing up to Trump tariffs on aluminum and steel – Sample banner ad: Your company could have an ad on this site like this. Click here to see how — > By Glynn Wilson – Trump’s Twitter Trade policies are already costing jobs and plant closures in the…
Sample banner ad: Your company could have an ad on this site like this. Click here to see how — > By Glynn Wilson – MOBILE, Ala. – Nowhere in the country are people more supportive of the president than Alabama, yet they may be the first people hardest hit by Donald Trump’s Twitter trade…
ANALYSIS – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald J. Trump’s insistence on fighting a trade war against the entire world all at once for political purposes is on the verge of casting a pall over the global economy that could depress global economic growth and result in the loss of American jobs…
Guest Column – By Doug Jones – WASHINGTON, D.C. — From Florence to Dothan, Mobile to Huntsville, and every stop in between, Alabama is a proud producer and exporter of goods to countries around the world. In fact, according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, more than 567,000 Alabama jobs are supported by global trade.…
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — You would have to go back to the 1920s and early ’30s to find a President of the United States willing to fight trade wars with other countries and express hostility to international trade agreements as Donald Trump seems intent on doing, it seems for domestic political points…
