international trade
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Lafayette gains new aerospace startup ThinkOrbital’s headquarters
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Colorado’s aerospace industry just grew Thursday with the announcement of a new company that will create new jobs around the greater Denver area with economic development incentives from the state. Space infrastructure startup ThinkOrbital chose Lafayette for its headquarters, according to a news release from Gov. Jared Polis and the Global Business Development Division of…
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Bennet says Colorado farmers, ranchers expect Trump to improve trade deals, not junk them
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As President Donald Trump departed on Friday for Asia, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet said Colorado’s agricultural community is relying on the president to keep his campaign promises and negotiate better trade agreements rather than scrap deals he’s called “horrible” and “so bad” for the United States. Noting that Colorado farmers export the vast majority of…
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MacKay: Congress considers signing away own sovereignty with TPP
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President Barack Obama has made passing the Trans-Pacific Partnership his top priority. He wants a vote in a lame-duck session of Congress after the election when retired and fired representatives could come back to Washington to approve it. If passed the TPP could continue to weaken the United States. Entire industries and professions could be sent…
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Down in Colorado, other swing states, Great Lakes no help for a struggling Trump
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The numbers are stark for Donald Trump. Down in Colorado, Virginia and North Carolina. Hillary Clinton is starting to spend a little money in Georgia and Arizona, states that any Republican running for president ought to be able to count on. The road to 270 electoral votes – the threshold to clinch the presidency –…
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Letter: Export-Import bank helps small businesses expand
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Editor: I read the guest commentary by Michael Fields posted on May 9 related to U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet and crony capitalism. I do not agree with the assertion that Sen. Bennet’s vote on the Export Import Bank is crony capitalism. This is a program that has returned $1.7 billion dollars to the U.S. Treasury…
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Colorado AFL-CIO won’t endorse Bennet in U.S. Senate race
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The state’s largest coalition of labor unions voted on Saturday to sit out Colorado’s U.S. Senate race rather than endorse U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet because of the Democrat’s position on a controversial international trade agreement. “The Trans-Pacific Partnership weighed heavily on our affiliates’ decision to remain neutral in the U.S. Senate race,” said Sam Gilchrist, executive…
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Jackson and Wasden: Presidential candidates should follow Denver’s leadership overseas
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Now that both parties have decided on the presumptive nominees for the 2016 presidential election and Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump make their case to Coloradoans, it is easy to find the stark differences between them on any number of issues – from terrorism to trade to taxes. In a highly partisan campaign environment, it…
