The Portland Business Alliance and Value of Jobs Coalition released a new study completed by The Trade Partnership on the importance of trade to Oregon and the Portland metro area. An earlier version of this report was part of a communications campaign that won a grand award from the American Chamber of Commerce executives.
A summary can be accessed here and the original report can be downloaded here.
TPP: Every State’s Opportunity. The Trade Partnership created state-specific reports on the benefits of trade with Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries.
Prepared for the latest addition to the Trade Benefits America site, copies may be downloaded here.
In this groundbreaking study, Trade Partnership Worldwide quantifies the positive contribution of imports to the U.S. economy. The report shows how imports improve U.S. manufacturing competitiveness, raise standards of living, and support more than 16 million net American jobs. Imports have a net positive job impacts in every state.
Published to coincide with “Imports Work for America Week” and “World Trade Month,” the report was sponsored by the Consumer Electronics Association, the National Retail Federation, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the American Apparel & Footwear Association.
Laura Baughman, Joseph Francois, and Christine McDaniel of Trade Partnership Worldwide, LLC along with Charles Schwartz of Commercial Legal Environment Advancement and Reform, LLC authored a study that found a positive correlation between technical assistance programs involving intellectual property rights and U.S. business activity.
The study, conducted for the International Intellectual Property Institute (IIPI), may be downloaded here. A press release for the study may be found on the IIPI website here.
The Trade Partnership examined sector-specific export growth to China for each of the 435 U.S. congressional districts for the US-China Business Council’s annual report.
The Trade Partnership released a report that highlights Congressional District level exports of goods and services. The report utilizes data from The Trade Partnership’s 2012 CDx databases.
The Trade Partnership created state-by-state reports on the top exports to Russia – and how they compete against exports from China, the EU, and others in the Russia market – to show the importance of granting permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) for Russia.
The reports, completed for the Business Roundtable, can be found here or through the Business Roundtable’s interactive site here. Copies may be downloaded here.
This study examines the effects the TRIPS-Plus provisions of 14 free trade agreements have had in the partner countries. It uses empirical analysis coupled with in-country interviews to conclude that, overall, improved IPR protection and enforcement are associated with increases in FTA partner trade.
The TRIPS-Plus provisions of the FTAs, however, have had varying impacts and the study suggests that future negotiations must consider the individual partner countries institutions, needs, and capabilities in considering IPR provisions. The study was prepared for the International Intellectual Property Institute and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and can be downloaded here.
Laura Baughman, President of The Trade Partnership, provides a detailed analysis of the U.S. preference program and offers recommendations to EU policy makers as they consider how implementing the Treaty of Lisbon will work in practice on trade matters. Among other changes, the Lisbon Treaty gives the European Parliament the power to approve or reject trade policy decisions. These changes may bring the European trade policy process closer to the highly political American model, where Congress drafts and regularly changes the details of U.S. trade preference programs.
The report, prepared for The German Marshall Fund, can be downloaded here.
The Trade Partnership examines the impact of international trade on the Portland/Vancouver area and Oregon. The report reveals the importance of trade in job creation and growth facilitation in the region – noting that international trade supports 268,000 jobs in the Portland metro area and 470,000 jobs in the state of Oregon.
A summary of the report, prepared by The Portland Business Alliance, can be accessed here. The full report can be downloaded here.
