Not so fast, says Stewart Mills, who swiftly defended his stance on the Trans-Pacific Partnership on Wednesday, less than 24 hours after a union rally in Keewatin accused the District 8 congressional candidate of flip-flopping on the issue.
The TPP is widely-regarding among the mining industry as a trade agreement that could hurt workers and jobs. Opposition for it has also reached across aisles, though the deal has become a point of political fodder in national and local elections.
Congressman Rick Nolan, D-Minn., who is running against Mills in November’s General Election, stands opposed. On Wednesday, Mills said a nine-second clip of him talking was used as the basis for a claim by Nolan and the United Steelworkers Local 2660 to say he supports the TPP. Instead, he said he supports negotiation with Asia on tougher trade deals.
Mills, responding to the rally in a visit to the Mesabi Daily News, said Nolan’s campaign is in “panic mode” and called on his opponent and USW to release the full audio.
“The TPP is not the trade agreement we need,” he said. “Waiving the white flag and not negotiating with Asia will produce much of the same, and much of the same will put our part of Minnesota out of business.”
Local 2660 members, who work out of U.S. Steel’s currently idle Keetac plant in Keewatin, endorsed Nolan on Tuesday hours after he received the Steel Champion award from the American Iron and Steel Institute.
While the accolades and union endorsement roll in for Nolan, Mills sticks to his guns that the action was too little, too late.
Case in point, he says, is that Nolan waited until 2,000 Iron Range miners were out of work until seeking tariffs. Mills also referenced the newest AISI report that says steel imports are up and production is down despite 500 percent tariffs on illegally imported steel. Nolan and Cliffs Natural Resources CEO Lourenco Goncalves responded to the report Tuesday saying the turnaround will take time as illegal steel is flushed out of the system.
Mills counters that the capacity for mining is down in 2016 as a result of slow reaction to the 2015 downturn, and bad trade deals resulting in less demand for steel from a slower national economy.
“It has gone from bad to worse,” Mills said, referencing the report. “You can’t just put a Band-Aid on it.”
Basis for Investment Litigation; Suing the Global Corporate Economy.
The 'harmless' Canadian non-shareholders, et al, both; Native & non Native v. The SHAREHOLDERS & Corporations of AMERICA, the EU, Canada, Trans-Pacific Partnership nations, et al.
1) The most vulnerable Aboriginal Canadian community members (95% - 99% of Aboriginal Canadians) are being deprived of the due diligence information regarding the criteria for ascertaining the health & robustness of an Native Canadian community's economy.
2) A psychologist agreed that there is a relationship between the DEPRIVATION of the aforementioned information and the unconscionably high rates of SUICIDES, etc. that are found in many of the Aboriginal communities across Canada.
3) As a consequence of being deprived of the aforementioned information the most vulnerable Aboriginal Canadian community members are entitled to be Compensated as per The W.A.D. Accord.
4) The most vulnerable NON Aboriginal Canadian community members (95% - 99% of NON Aboriginal Canadians) are being deprived of the information regarding the most vulnerable Aboriginal community members' deprivation the aforementioned criteria and are forced to pay billions for the NON criteria based Native enterprises that are unhealthy & which prevent the most vulnerable Native community members from obtaining the benefits of their robust economies.
5) As a means of avoiding, &/or, diluting any, &/or, all of corporate Canada's contribution to the aforementioned Compensation, corporate Canada is, & will continue, to pay considerations (lobbying) to the government of Canada via the executives of the political parties operating in Canada, et al, to promote the development of the superseding secret Tribunals of the present treaty 'arrangements' which have been designed to punitively punish the harmless Canadians non-shareholders, both; Native & non Native, for allegedly encumbering corporate Canada, its associates and their shareholders (ie. The Global Corporate Economy) from the potential profits that might be derived from the development of the natural resources that are continuing to be found in Canada.
6) As corporate Canada & its shareholders, the government of Canada, the executives of the political parties that are operating in Canada, et al, are; A) depriving the harmless non-shareholders of Canada, the USA, the EU, the Trans Pacific nations, et al, of the risks associates with the treaty 'arrangements', such as; being forced to pay any & all of the punitive damages of the trade Tribunals, &/or, B) depriving the harmless shareholders & corporate leaders of the USA, the EU, the Trans-Pacific nations, et al, of the risks associates with the treaty 'arrangements', such as; being forced to pay any & all of the punitive damages of the trade Tribunals, &/or, C) have not conducted their due diligence investigations of the risks involved with development of the superseding tribunals in order that corporate Canada, et al, can share their information with the non-shareholders, et al, &/or, D) are preventing the RCMP, et al, from conducting investigations of the aforementioned risks by way of more political interference, & E) et al,
corporate Canada & its shareholders, et al, are liable.
To Access the Relevant Reference Material: A) The W.A.D. Accord (aka; The Australian Question), see; davidehsmith.wordpress.com or, Google. B) 'The MERKEL (Chancellor of Germany) Letter', see; davidehsmith.wordpress.com or, Google. C) More Excerpts from 'The Submission' to The Supreme Court of Canada: 'The harmless Canadian NON shareholders, et al, both; Native & non Native v. The SHAREHOLDERS & Corporations of AMERICA, the EU, Canada, et al'. see; davidehsmith.wordpress.com or, Google. For the FULL 'Submission', see; The Supreme Court of Canada. & D) More about the political Interference of RCMP investigations; see; 'Dispersing the Fog', Paul Palango.
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Basis for Investment Litigation; Suing the Global Corporate Economy.
The 'harmless' Canadian non-shareholders, et al, both; Native & non Native
v.
The SHAREHOLDERS & Corporations of AMERICA, the EU, Canada, Trans-Pacific Partnership nations, et al.
1) The most vulnerable Aboriginal Canadian community members (95% - 99% of Aboriginal Canadians) are being deprived of the due diligence information regarding the criteria for ascertaining the health & robustness of an Native Canadian community's economy.
2) A psychologist agreed that there is a relationship between the DEPRIVATION of the aforementioned information
and
the unconscionably high rates of SUICIDES, etc. that are found in many of the Aboriginal communities across Canada.
3) As a consequence of being deprived of the aforementioned information the most vulnerable Aboriginal Canadian community members are entitled to be Compensated as per The W.A.D. Accord.
4) The most vulnerable NON Aboriginal Canadian community members (95% - 99% of NON Aboriginal Canadians) are being deprived of the information regarding the most vulnerable Aboriginal community members' deprivation the aforementioned criteria
and
are forced to pay billions for the NON criteria based Native enterprises that are unhealthy & which prevent the most vulnerable Native community members from obtaining the benefits of their robust economies.
5) As a means of avoiding, &/or, diluting any, &/or, all of corporate Canada's contribution to the aforementioned Compensation, corporate Canada is, & will continue, to pay considerations (lobbying) to the government of Canada via the executives of the political parties operating in Canada, et al, to promote the development of the superseding secret Tribunals of the present treaty 'arrangements' which have been designed to punitively punish the harmless Canadians non-shareholders, both; Native & non Native, for allegedly encumbering corporate Canada, its associates and their shareholders (ie. The Global Corporate Economy) from the potential profits that might be derived from the development of the natural resources that are continuing to be found in Canada.
6) As corporate Canada & its shareholders, the government of Canada, the executives of the political parties that are operating in Canada, et al, are;
A) depriving the harmless non-shareholders of Canada, the USA, the EU, the Trans Pacific nations, et al, of the risks associates with the treaty 'arrangements', such as; being forced to pay any & all of the punitive damages of the trade Tribunals,
&/or,
B) depriving the harmless shareholders & corporate leaders of the USA, the EU, the Trans-Pacific nations, et al, of the risks associates with the treaty 'arrangements', such as; being forced to pay any & all of the punitive damages of the trade Tribunals,
&/or,
C) have not conducted their due diligence investigations of the risks involved with development of the superseding tribunals in order that corporate Canada, et al, can share their information with the non-shareholders, et al,
&/or,
D) are preventing the RCMP, et al, from conducting investigations of the aforementioned risks by way of more political interference,
&
E) et al,
corporate Canada & its shareholders, et al, are liable.
To Access the Relevant Reference Material:
A) The W.A.D. Accord (aka; The Australian Question),
see; davidehsmith.wordpress.com
or,
Google.
B) 'The MERKEL (Chancellor of Germany) Letter',
see; davidehsmith.wordpress.com
or,
Google.
C) More Excerpts from 'The Submission' to The Supreme Court of Canada:
'The harmless Canadian NON shareholders, et al, both; Native & non Native
v.
The SHAREHOLDERS & Corporations of AMERICA, the EU, Canada, et al'.
see; davidehsmith.wordpress.com
or,
Google.
For the FULL 'Submission',
see; The Supreme Court of Canada.
&
D) More about the political Interference of RCMP investigations;
see; 'Dispersing the Fog', Paul Palango.
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