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Roadblock to free trade
Los Angeles Times January 15, 2012 Nearly 20 years after President Clinton signed the North American Free Trade Agreement, a key provision that grants Mexican trucks access to U.S. highways remains stalled. Staunch opposition from unions and consumer groups in this country, which argue that unsafe foreign trucks and inexperienced drivers put U.S. jobs and lives at risk, [...]
At Last
At last! After five years of exhausting struggle, Congress finally has approved a trio of free-trade agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea. They’ll create thousands of jobs in the United States, lower prices for consumers, and generate billions of dollars in business opportunities for American-made products and commodities. All told, the agreements will [...]
GMO crop critics fear USDA will ease regulations
Reuters.com November 21, 2008KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) – Critics of biotech crops were trying to head off rule changes by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in the waning days of the Bush Administration that the critics said would ease restrictions on the controversial crops. "USDA is laying the statutory groundwork to eliminate a lot of [...]
Obama’s Asia focus faces early scrutiny
The Australian November 20, 2008SOUTH Korea’s President Lee Myung-bak says he doesn’t mind if Barack Obama, who will be sworn in as president of the US on January 20, goes to North Korea to meet the hermit kingdom’s reclusive dictator, Kim Jong-il. Phew, thinks Obama, that’s just what I wanted to do. Actually, it’s not [...]
Obama to usher in major shift in trade policy
AP November 19, 2008WASHINGTON (AP) — The election of Barack Obama has delivered a decisive victory to "fair traders," mainly Democrats and their allies who for years have contended that the free-trade policies of past administrations were recipes for American job losses and environmental degradation. Obama’s win marks the first time in modern American history [...]
Africans’ hopes surge with Obama’s win
Los Angeles Times November 7, 2008Reporting from Johannesburg, South Africa — When Barack Obama visited South Africa as an Illinois senator in 2006, the reaction from the government was one big shrug. Only one Cabinet minister took the time to meet him. The local newspapers barely noticed. What a difference a few years, and a [...]
Obama trade policy expected to focus on home front
Reuters.com November 5, 2008WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President-elect Barack Obama is expected to make preserving jobs and restoring U.S. economic health the focus of his trade policy after promising to get tough on China and renegotiate trade pacts. "Starting at home will be the key to unlocking any forward movement on the trade agenda," said Thea [...]
China-Trade Issue Thrust Into Races as Vote Nears
The Wall Street Journal October 30, 2008WASHINGTON — Trade with China is re-emerging as an issue in the final days of the 2008 campaign, as politicians on both sides of the aisle push for a toughened U.S. policy toward the Asian economic titan. Democratic Sen. Barack Obama is the latest candidate to ratchet up the [...]
Obama, McCain Largely Mum on International Trade
The CalTrade Report October 30, 2008WASHINGTON, DC – 10/30/08 – John McCain and Barack Obama have said little during their debates about international trade. "That’s too bad, because there are significant differences between the two," writes Philip Brasher, a Washington, DC-based economics and agricultural reporter in a recent analysis piece for the Des Moines Register. [...]
Bush vows big push for Doha deal before leaving
Reuters India October 22, 2008WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President George W. Bush vowed on Tuesday to press hard for a successful conclusion of the nearly 7-year-old round of world trade talks during his last few months in office. "The recent impasse in the Doha Round of trade talks is disappointing, but that doesn’t have to be [...]
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