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Entries by Lori Wallach from 08/2010

CAFTA Attack on Green Policy: Did Obama Need More Reasons to Renegotiate Bush's NAFTA-Style Trade Deals?

| Posted 08.04.2010 | World
Read More: El Salvador, Free Trade Agreements, Nafta, Gold Mining, South Korea, Mining, Cafta, Environment, Free Trade, Barack Obama, Korea, World News

Wait, weren't we told that those outrageous NAFTA-style foreign investor special privileges had been fixed in CAFTA? So, what's up with the Obama folks now?

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Does the U.S. Trade Rep. Secretly Love Higher Tariffs?

| Posted 08.20.2010 | Business
Read More: Ustr, Ron Kirk, Auto Safety, Mexican Trucks, Tariffs, Nafta Mexico, Mexico, Nafta, Business News

For a guy who loves "free trade" and is supposed to represent U.S. workers and businesses, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk seems way too comfy with tariffs being slapped on American exports.

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