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Free Trade Run Amok: The 'TPP'

Leo Hindery, Jr. | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: President Obama, South Korea, Nafta, Trade, Cafta, Colombia, Pacific Rim, Panama, China, Japan, Politics News
Leo Hindery, Jr.

Bilateral and thoughtfully constructed 'smallish' regional agreements are always preferable to massive multilateral agreements among widely disparate trading partners.

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Banana Republic Legacy Thrives in Today's Latin America

Michelle Chen | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Women, Gender Discrimination, Del Monte, Latin America, Central America, Agriculture, Globalization, Free Trade, Bananas, Labor Unions, Civil Rights, Chiquita, Labor, Human Rights, Banana Republic, Nafta, Cafta, Guatemala, Unions, World News
Michelle Chen

The term "banana republic" has become a cliche to describe economic imperialism throughout history, but the legacy of colonialism persists in Latin America today.

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Mining Ban: Good for the Grand Canyon, but Not for El Salvador?

Sarah Anderson | Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: Grand Canyon, Free Trade, Peru, Nafta, Mining, Cafta, Investors, Green News
Sarah Anderson

We should urge the Obama administration to take an important stand in support of social and environmental stewardship by rewriting our trade rules to put people and the planet first.

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Mining for Profits

Sarah Anderson | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Environment, El Salvador, Free Trade, Labor Unions, Investment, Mining, Cafta, Unions, World News
Sarah Anderson

The small country of El Salvador has dared to stand up against powerful international gold mining companies. And now they're dealing with the blowback.

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Is Herman Cain Any Good on Trade? You Try Figuring It Out

Ian Fletcher | Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: Free Trade Agreements, Free Trade, Nafta, Cafta, Herman Cain, Trade Deficit, Trade, Economic Crisis, Chinese Economy, Herman Cain Presidential Campaign, China Currency, Recession, Politics News
Ian Fletcher

Maybe Herman Cain, the latest boomlet in the GOP presidential race, will be elected president. Or maybe his 15 minutes of fame have just arrived. Either way, it behooves us to see what he thinks about America's trade mess.

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Weekly Diaspora: How Bad U.S.-Latin American Policy Fuels Unauthorized Immigration

The Media Consortium | Posted 06.21.2011

Read More: Democracy Now!, Cafta, Central American Free Trade Agreement, Cartels, Wells Fargo, Mexico, Free Trade, Obama, Immigration, North American Free Trade Agreement, Chiquita, Nafta, Wachovia, Barack Obama, El Salvador, Immigration Reform, Colorlines, Colombia, New America Media, Panama, In These Times, Inter Press Service, Politics News
The Media Consortium

By Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger Too often, the immigration debate in this country ignores the role U.S. foreign policy plays in fue...

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Oh Well, What's a Poor Canadian Corporation to Do?

Carl Pope | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: El Salvador, Tax Evasions, Mining, Obama El Salvador, Central American Free Trade Agreement, Cafta, Green News
Carl Pope

After allowing foreign mining, logging, and agribusiness companies to devastate its landscape for decades, the Salvadorean government has finally put its foot down.

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Colombia's Anti-Union Violence Rules out Free Trade Agreement

Ross Eisenbrey | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Guatemala, Chamber of Commerce, Labor Unions, Unions, Colombia Free Trade, Cafta, Obama Chamber of Commerce, Colombia Unions, Obama Colombia, Obama Free Trade, Business News
Ross Eisenbrey

Obama is currently being pressed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and corporate interests to advance a free trade agreement with Colombia that he campaigned against when he ran for president.

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Drug War Trumps Free Trade in Colombia

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: France, Cafta, Juan Manuel Santos, Alvaro Uribe, Obama, Colombia, Hillary Clinton, China, Brazil, Crack, Cocaine, Nicholas Sarcozy, Aftdea, War on Drugs, Dilma Rouseff, Farc, Marijuana, World News
Eric Ehrmann

Renewal of the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act is critical if the Obama administration is to maintain its strategic alliance with the world's largest grower of coca leaves.

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Let's Have a Red-White-and-Blue Friday

James P. Hoffa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nafta, Thom Hartmann, Black Friday, Cafta, Free Trade, Labor Unions, Fair Trade, China, Alexander Hamilton, Protectionism, Business News
James P. Hoffa

Something to think about if you're out shopping on Black Friday is that many of the products sold at retail stores were made in China.

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Corporate Rewards: Controlling U.S. Trade Policy

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fair Trade, Cafta, Fta, Central American Free Trade Agreement, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Dmitri A. Medvedev, Free Trade, North American Free Trade Agreement, Nafta, Colombia Free Trade Agreement, U.S. Supreme Court, Panama Free Trade Agreement, Gettysburg, Myron Brilliant, Lee Myunk-Bak, Thomas J. Donohue, Angela Merkel, Abraham Lincoln, New York Times, Korea Free Trade Agreement, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

The Economic Policy Institute estimates that the proposed U.S.-South Korea Free Trade Agreement would cost America 159,000 jobs and enlarge its trade deficit by $16.7 billion in its first seven years.

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Melissa Bean, Corporate Voice, Instead of Elizabeth Warren? No Way.

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: William Jefferson, Cafta, Elizabeth Warren, Wall Street, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Free Trade, Wages, Corporate Greed, Melissa Bean, Business News
Jonathan Tasini

War is peace. Lies are truth. And, now, Melissa Bean is like Elizabeth Warren. That is the instant thought I had when reading about the rumors that th...

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Big Insurance, Pharma, Wall Street and John Boehner

Richard Trumka | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cafta, Social Security, Central American Free Trade Agreement, House, Lobbying, John Boehner, Economy, Jobless, Jobs, Afl-Cio, Outsourcing, Goldman Sachs, Labor, Unemployment, Wall Street, Nancy Pelosi, Tax Cuts, Unions, Corporate Cash, Richard Trumka, Campaign Contributions, Politics News
Richard Trumka

The man Wall Street wants to make speaker of the House supports raising the retirement age for Social Security. This is just one of the extreme positions John Boehner holds.

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

Lori Wallach | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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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A Progressive Candidate Ignored By the Democratic Party

Pearl Korn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pnhp, Tim Johnson, Congress, 2006 Election, Afghanistan, 2010 Elections, President Obama, Illinois, Medicare, Iraq, Democrats, Democratic Party, Single Payer, Unions, Progressive Democrats of America, Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC), Employee Free Choice Act, Immigration, Human Rights Campaign, Nafta, Cafta, Energy Debates, Elections 2010, Politics News
Pearl Korn

Perhaps it is quixotic to pursue a seat in Congress these days if you are a progressive. I think not. Candidate Dr. David Gill has been chasing that d...

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Immigration Is a NAFTA Problem. This Is Not Big News

Ellen R. Shaffer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cafta, Immigration, Nafta, Arizona Immigration Law, Politics News
Ellen R. Shaffer

We hear very little about one law that has played a key role in exacerbating illegal immigration, and the controversies surrounding it, the North American Free Trade Act of 1994.

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China Lassoes Its Neighbors

Walden Bello | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Free Trade, Philippines, China, Asean, Cafta, World News
Walden Bello

Touted as the world's biggest Free Trade Area, CAFTA will bring together 1.7 million consumers with a combined gross domestic product of $5.9 trillion and total trade of $1.3 trillion.

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Martin Luther King Would Have Loved the Teabaggers, Not Called Them Racists

Mike Elk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Teabaggers, Martin Luther King, Rush Limbaugh, Bailout, Nafta, Cafta, Glenn Beck, Obama, Democratic Party, Tea Party, Politics News
Mike Elk

Very few of us have made any attempt to really reach out to the teabaggers on the issues that we share with them. We could lock arms with them and form a powerful alliance; but instead we attack each other.

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A Panel of Pros

Jonathan Tisch | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: J.P. Morgan Chase, Penny Pritzker, Cafta, Marty Lipton, Bill Daley, Regulation, Free Trade, Economic Recovery, Nafta, Alternative Investment Management, Recession, New York News
Jonathan Tisch

Where will we end up in a new regulated environment? Jonathan Tisch asks some of those closest to President Obama: Bill Daley, lawyer Marty Lipton and Penny Pritzker.

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Specter-Sestak Attack Each Other From The Left on Free Trade

Mike Elk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Free Trade Agreements, Sestak, Netroots Nation, Specter, Nafta, Peru Free Trade Agreement, Arlen Specter, Obama and NAFTA, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Jobs, Specter Sestak, Manufacturing Job Losses, Pennsylvania, Congressman-Joe-Sestak, Cafta, International Trade Commission, Pittsburgh, Arlen Specter Democrat, Politics News
Mike Elk

Manufacturing is essential to rebuilding our economy and moving away from the debt-driven boom bust cycles of the past.

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Rob Portman = George W. Bush

Senate Guru | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Cafta, Rob Portman, Ohio, George W. Bush, Republicans, 2010 Senate Races, Senate, Oh-Sen, Politics News
Senate Guru

Rob Portman was one of the chief architects of the Bush economy of which Ohioans so overwhelmingly disapproved, and Ohio voters will have the opportunity to thank Portman for his role.

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Mr. Obama, Start Walking Your Bottom Up Talk

Rob Kall | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Globalization, Automaker Bailout, Bottom-Up, Bailout, Potus, Barack Obama, Walmart, Poverty, Hank Paulson, Obama Stimulus, President Obama, Clintons, Stimulus, Obama NAFTA, Obama Stimulus Plan, Economic Stimulus Package, Nafta, Stimulus Package, Tim Geithner, Cafta, Poverty and Health, Henry Paulson, Economic Stimulus, Timothy Geithner, Minority, Minorities, Politics News
Rob Kall

Bottom up approaches work because they do something different than usual, or because they support bottom up community, cooperation, sharing and community.

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Obama Raises Costa Rican Hopes of Renegotiating CAFTA

Tony Avirgan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Central American Free Trade Agreement, Latin America, Oscar Arias, Central America, Foreign Affairs, Cafta, Costa Rica, Costa Rica Cafta, Central American Politics, Barack Obama, Obama Foreign Policy, Foreign Policy, World News
Tony Avirgan

An astounding 76.5% of Costa Ricans said that with an Obama administration in Washington it would be a positive move to renegotiate the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA).

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Do Globalist GOP Traitors Intend to Flat Out Kill the USA's Auto Industry?

Rob Kall | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Auto Bailout, Automaker Bailout, World Trade Organization, Wto, Nafta, Starbucks Globaliztion, Traitor, Cafta, GOP Senators, Globalism, Politics News
Rob Kall

What do you call someone who unnecessarily puts one of America's biggest industries at serious risk and sells out millions of his country's workers abilities to make an honest living?

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Demand for New Globalization Model Goes Mainstream as Fair-Trade Election Pick-Ups Move Congress' Views Closer to Public's

Lori Wallach | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cafta, Larry Kissell, Kay Hagan, Public Citizen, Trade, Free Trade, Globalization, Jeff Merkley, Wto, Nafta, Global Trade Watch, Barack Obama, Election, Politics News
Lori Wallach

From the presidential race to both chambers of Congress, successful candidates in 2008 election races ran on a platform of fundamental overhaul of U.S. trade and globalization policies.

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