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Obama making 4th visit to Oregon as president
2015-05-07 22:25:16| Footwear - Topix.net
President Barack Obama is making his fourth visit to Oregon as president. Obama was last in Oregon in July 2012 while campaigning for re-election.
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Obama faces trade protests at Nike: "Just don't do it"
2015-05-07 19:11:34| Footwear - Topix.net
"Just don't do it," said Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., a critic of the trade pact who announced his bid this week for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination. "Nike epitomizes why disastrous unfettered free-trade policies during the past four decades have failed American workers, eroded our manufacturing base and increased income and wealth inequality in this country," Sanders wrote to Obama urging him to cancel the visit.
Obama Portland Visit Will Impact Highways to Oregon Coast
2015-05-07 16:06:20| Footwear - Topix.net
President Obama's visit to Portland is expected to create numerous traffic issues around the area, but these will spill out into traffic heading to and from the Oregon coast at least a little on Thursday and Friday. The vast majority of traffic headaches will be experienced by those crossing Portland through downtown and I-84 on Thursday.
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Obama puts Nike in trade spotlight despite sweatshop stigma of past
2015-05-07 05:08:50| Apparel - Topix.net
President Barack Obama will make a high-profile pitch for a Pacific trade deal he promises will protect workers on Friday at Nike Inc, a company once reviled for using Asian sweatshops to make its famous sneakers. In choosing the company's Oregon headquarters as the backdrop for his message, Obama risks reminding people of global trade's downside just when he needs to convince nervous Democrats to back the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership , a key plank of the administration's strategic pivot to Asia.
Obama and Nike: Is company a model on trade -- or a cautionary tale?
2015-05-06 15:03:06| Footwear - Topix.net
When President Barack Obama visits Nike on Friday he will see the epitome of what free trade is supposed to bring to American business in the 21st century. Nike is the largest seller of sports footwear and apparel in the world, with $27.8 billion in sales.
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