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Hey Congress: Want to create American jobs? Pass the FTAs. »

September 8, 2011

This morning, the Labor Department reported that initial jobless claims rose by 2,000 to 414,000 in the week ending September 3. And tonight, President Obama will unveil his highly-anticipated jobs plan to the nation.  It’s certainly no exaggeration to say that the number one topic right now in both business and political circles is how are we going to get Americans back to work?

Believe it or not, there is one relatively simple solution that has been pending on Capitol Hill now for months: proposed free trade agreements (FTAs) with Korea, Colombia and Panama.

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Guest Post: Truth in Labeling – Voluntarism Unmasked »

July 26, 2011

Dan Jaffe, EVP of Government Relations, Association of National Advertisers

GMA is pleased to welcome Dan Jaffe, Executive Vice President of Government Relations at the Association of National Advertisers (ANA), as a special guest blogger to Across the Aisle. At the ANA, Mr. Jaffe is responsible for monitoring and responding to all federal state government, and legal initiatives that threaten national advertisers’ freedom of commercial speech. He is a frequent speaker on a wide range of advertising issues in the government relations arena, and shares GMA’s opposition to the Interagency Working Group’s proposed food marketing restrictions.

On July 14, the FTC ended its comment period on the Interagency Working Group’s (IWG) proposed principles for Food Marketing to Children.  Comments flooded in from virtually every segment of the food, beverage, restaurant and advertising communities. They forcefully pierced the façade that these “proposals” are anything other than thinly disguised government ultimatums, despite being labeled “voluntary” by the IWG.

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GMA’s Pamela Bailey: Selling American Grown Food Globally Supports Jobs »

July 6, 2011

Pamela G. Bailey is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Grocery Manufacturers Association.  She is also a member of President Obama’s Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations. Bailey recently shared how American agriculture exports support American jobs, both on and off the farm, in a post on the Office of the United State Trade Representative’s blog.



Foodies v Techies »

May 17, 2011

Are foodies simply Luddites with a food fetish? Virginia Heffernan’s recent blog suggests that might be the case.

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Is there safe food in your future? »

May 11, 2011

The “future of food” conference recently held at Georgetown University managed the miss the biggest “food” policy problem of all — too  many people still don’t have enough of it.

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Moms Critical to Fight to End Obesity »

May 9, 2011

On Mother’s Day, it’s important to remembers the critical role moms (and other caregivers) play in the fight to end childhood obesity.

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