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Chutzpah and cheaters partner to keep American tire workers unemployed

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 07.02.2009 | Business


Leo W. Gerard

A group of tire importers that should be competitors banded together recently to ally themselves with China in a trade case. Doesn't sound like th...

China Trade Promises All Snake Oil -- Fair Trade Crucial

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 08.12.2008 | Business


Leo W. Gerard

We need fair trade. And so do Chinese workers and families, who are being abused by this so-called free trade system that benefits only CEOs and major shareholders of global corporations.

Producer Of "Date Rape Drug" Toy Apologizes

New York Times | Keith Bradshure | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


The Hong Kong company that manufactured millions of poisonous toy beads in mainland China issued a public apology today, with the chairman saying that...

U.S. Pulls Toy Containing "Date-Rape" Drug

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Millions of Chinese-made toys have been pulled from shelves in North America and Australia after scientists found they contain a chemical that convert...