Shoemaker New Balance Challenges Obama On Trans-Pacific Partnership

[insta8er]

Shoemaker New Balance is criticizing the Obama administration over the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The company is trying to make a running shoe with 100 percent American parts and feel the trade deal will doom shoes made in the U.S.

http://www.npr.org/2016/04/22/475311897/shoemaker-new-balance-challenges-obama-on-trans-pacific-partnership

[peacebird]

1. The only tennis shoe I will buy, New Balance

[senz]

2. Bravo New Balance, standing up for American workers and the environment!

I hope more American corporations will have a conscience and follow suit.

Thanks for the OP, insta8er.

[madokie]

3. NB are the best shoes made

according to my nurse wife. She's on her feet a lot and won't even consider any other brand of shoe.
Back in my working days it was redwings for me. I've got a pair of Dr marten dress shoes that I've been wearing for 20 or so years now. Admittedly its only a few times a year but they're some mighty fine wearing shoes.

[senz]

4. K & R

[Fuddnik]

5. I buy ONLY New Balance.

Fuck TPP. And Obama and Hillary to boot.

[840high]

6. K/R

[BeanMusical]

7. Kick and R

[meow2u3]

8. New Balance is my brand of sneakers

And not just because they're made in the USA. I have a hard-to-find shoe size and these canoes fit me. You can't get a women's 12N just about anywhere.

[Johnyawl]

9. I've worn only New Balance athletic shoes for almost 30 years.

Back in the late '80s I read an article in "Runners World" that rated athletic shoes, and they said that NB made the best athletic shoes for big guys. I'm a big guy, 6'2" 225 at the time, and in my late 30s starting to have foot problems due to serious pronation.

I love that my shoe company is still producing shoes in this country and fighting for American jobs.

[Soxfan58]

10. Thank you DU readers.

I have been a employee of New Balance in Maine for 30 yrs. I am proud of the management team who are always looking for ways to make shoes in the US. And I am proud of my coworkers who have the skill to make quality American Made shoes.

[surrealAmerican]

11. Welcome to DU.

I'm glad your employer is doing the right thing.