“If the EPA continues unabated, jobs will be shipped to China and India as energy costs skyrocket. Most of the media attention has focused on the EPA's efforts to regulate climate-change emissions, but that is just the beginning.” IfsJobsEnergyEffortAttentionMediaCostIndiaClimateClimate ChangeChinaFocusedEmissionsEpaChina And India Author:Fred Upton
“One has to understand China correctly. Our management there consists of native Chinese, we produce locally and our suppliers also come from China. In this way, we too can also enjoy the cost advantages.” WayEnjoyProduceCostAdvantageManagementChinaChineseNativeSuppliers Author:Tulsi Tanti
“Our failure to properly deal with Germany and Japan early cost the world dearly later on. We dare not make the same mistake with China.” WorldDealsMistakeEconomyCostDareChinaGermanyJapanSame Mistakes Author:Steve Forbes
“The TPP is another corporate-backed agreement that is the latest in a series of trade policies which have cost us millions of decent-paying jobs, pushed down wages for American workers and led to the decline of our middle class. We want American companies to create decent-paying jobs in America, not just low-wage countries like Vietnam, Malaysia or China. The TPP must be defeated.” WantCountryJobsAmericaCompanyClassMillionsMiddlePolicyCostLowsTradeSeriesWorkersChinaCorporateDecentMiddle ClassAgreementVietnamDeclineDefeatedWagesMalaysiaAmerican WorkersJobs In America Author:Bernie Sanders
“NAFTA, supported by the Secretary cost, us 800,000 jobs nationwide, tens of thousands of jobs in the Midwest. Permanent normal trade relations with China cost us millions of jobs. Look, I was on a picket line in early 1990's against NFATA because you didn't need a PhD in economics to understand that American workers should not be forced to compete against people in Mexico making 25 cents an hour.” PeopleNeedsShouldLooksJobsHoursLinesMillionsCostNormalEconomicsRelationTradeWorkersChinaPermanentMexicoCentsSecretaryMidwestAmerican WorkersPhdsNafta Author:Bernie Sanders
“China is now urging citizens to eat less meat. Factory farming comes with immense costs to a society, and Chinese leaders are starting to recognize its implications for water use, the efficient use of grains and other food resources, and human health concerns.” HumansUseWaterLeaderCitizensCostResourcesConcernStartingChinaChineseMeatFactoriesEfficientGrainImmenseFarmingImplicationsFactory FarmingHuman Health Author:Wayne Pacelle
“Specifically in reference to Iran, Donald Trump will not be able to renegotiate the nuclear arms pact. His attempt to do so will alienate all the European powers involved and will cost a number of US companies some very lucrative contracts. It is a losing proposition for him and for the US. Much more so than for Iran, who will turn more and more to Russia and China as trading partners.” AbleTurnsNumbersCompanyArmsTrumpInvolvedCostLosingChinaNuclearPartnersRussiaIranContractsPropositionsTradingPactNuclear ArmsTrading Partners Author:Lawrence Davidson
“Why does an iPhone cost only a couple hundred dollars? Because, as the stage performer Mike Daisey depicted in an arresting one-man show called 'The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs,' Apple's shiniest products are made by a shadowy company in China called Foxconn.” MenDoeMadeShowsJobsCompanyStageProductsCoupleCostHundredDollarsChinaApplesOne ManEcstasyPerformersAgonyMikeIphoneArresting Author:Eric Liu
“China is investing in factories in Eastern Europe, not because their labor costs are lower, but because they want to be closer to their markets.” WantCostEuropeLaborInvestingChinaFactoriesEasternEastern Europe Author:Michael Bloomberg