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Dan Froomkin

Auction 2012: 'NAFTA With Asia' Is Big Money's Next Goal

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 02.02.2012 | Politics

Read More: Outsourcing, Tpp, U.S. Trade Representative, Video, Lori Wallach, Auction 2012, Public Citizen, Trade, Nafta, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Manufacturing, Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, Trade Agreements, Job Creation, Politics News

Auction 2012 is a weeklong series in collaboration with "The Dylan Ratigan Show" and United Republic. The 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement ...

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How, Exactly, Does Trade Bring Prosperity?

Stan Sorscher | Posted 01.11.2012 | Business

Read More: Free Trade Agreements, De-Industrialization, Trade Deficit Agreements, Trade, Industrial Policy, Wto, Trade Policy, Civil Society, Nafta, Business News
Stan Sorscher

I work for a labor union in the aerospace industry. We are 100% in favor of trade. We make products the rest of the world wants to buy. With increas...

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

Sarah Anderson | Posted 01.11.2012 | Green

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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The American Spring

Ronald Ricker | Posted 01.28.2012 | Politics

Read More: Equality, Tyranny, Alexander Hamilton, Bill of Rights, Politicians, Lobbying, Middle Class, Majority Rule, U.S. Constitution, Tyranny of the Minority, Federalist Papers, 1st Amendment, John Stuart Mill, Mob Rule, Nafta, Tyranny of the Masses, Patrick Henry, Right to Vote, Voting, Politics News
Ronald Ricker

Somewhere, sometime, accelerating rapidly recently, we Americans have lost it--the American Dream. We were the land of opportunity, the land of equa...

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Why Free Trade Isn't Trade

Ian Fletcher | Posted 01.19.2012 | Politics

Read More: Free Trade Agreements, Free Trade, Panama Free Trade Agreement, Korea Free Trade Agreement, Colombia Free Trade, Trade, Nafta, Video, Politics News
Ian Fletcher

The U.S. continues to lurch down the rubble-strewn path of free-trade fantasy economics, signing yet more trade agreements when the ones we already have haven't delivered as promised.

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NAFTA Is Starving Mexico

Laura Carlsen | Posted 12.31.2011 | World

Read More: Trade, Nafta, Agriculture, Occupy Wall Street, Ows, Mexico, Free Trade, Food Security, World News
Laura Carlsen

Corporate control of the food system locked in by NAFTA not only starves people in Mexico. It locks in a profoundly unhealthy food system for the entire region. No one expects the situation to get better by itself.

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Yolanda Gonzalez Gomez

NAFTA’s Long, Bumpy Road: Nearly 20 Years Later, First Mexican Truck Reaches U.S. Interior

HuffingtonPost.com | Yolanda Gonzalez Gomez | Posted 12.24.2011 | Latino Voices

Read More: Free Trade, North American Free Trade Agreement, Nafta, Mexican Trucks, Video, Latino Voices News

DALLAS -- Nearly two decades after the passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement, the first Mexican truck ventured into the U.S. under provis...

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Gov. Buddy Roemer Calls for Withdrawal From NAFTA, WTO

Ian Fletcher | Posted 12.21.2011 | Politics

Read More: Buddy Roemer, Republican Primary, Wto, Nafta, Buddy Roemer 2012, Free Trade, Protectionism, 2012 Gop Candidates, Politics News
Ian Fletcher

I have found one candidate whom I believe is genuinely serious about fixing America's trade mess. He's an undeniable long shot, as Herman Cain was until recently. But it's not my aim here to handicap a horse race.

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A New Approach to Immigration: It's Time to Stop Blaming Immigrants

Hector E. Sanchez | Posted 12.21.2011 | Latino Voices

Read More: Immigration Reform, Free Trade, Labor, Immigration, Lclaa, Cheap Labor, Nafta, Latino Voices News
Hector E. Sanchez

It is hypocritical to keep blaming immigrants for complex problems while we consume produce harvested by immigrants, occupy buildings and homes erected by them, and drive on roads made possible by their labor.

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Occupy Philadelphia: The Birth of "Peopleism"

Joan E. Dowlin | Posted 12.19.2011 | Politics

Read More: Politicsnation, Greatest Commandment, Michael Moore, Al Sharpton, John Lennon, Occupy Philadelphia, Nafta, Sermon on the Mount, Herman Cain, Politics News
Joan E. Dowlin

Having attended Occupy Philadelphia for a second visit Tuesday, October 18, this time with my friend, Carolyn, I was honored to hear two gifted orator...

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It's NAFTA x3 as Free Trade Deals Sweep Through Congress

Michelle Chen | Posted 12.20.2011 | World

Read More: Korea, Fair Trade, Free Trade, Labor, Human Rights, Panama, Nafta, Colombia, World News
Michelle Chen

Free trade deals have always been less about creating jobs than exporting neoliberal ideology to the Global South, thereby accelerating poor nations' cascade toward low labor standards, environmental exploitation and deregulation.

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Free Trade Agreements Mean Job Losses in the Other Country as Well

Bill Ong Hing | Posted 12.17.2011 | Politics

Read More: Mexico, Free Trade Agreements, Undocumented Immigration, Panama Free Trade Agreement, South Korea, U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement, Nafta, Corn Subsidies, Free Trade, Politics News
Bill Ong Hing

Labor groups argue that the FTAs will result in more U.S. job losses. Obscured by the the debate, however, is the potential for negative economic effects in the partner countries as well.

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Job-Killing Trade Deals Pass Congress Amidst Record Democratic Opposition

Lori Wallach | Posted 12.13.2011 | Politics

Read More: Free Trade Agreements, Trade Deficit, Colombia, Trade, Panama, Korea, Korea Free Trade Agreement, Nafta, Politics News
Lori Wallach

With 9 percent unemployment and Americans desperate for job creation, it is unconscionable that President Obama and House Republicans just shoved through a trio of NAFTA-style job-killing trade agreements.

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Free Trade Deals Will Export American Jobs, Not American Products

Rep. Ted Deutch | Posted 12.12.2011 | Politics

Read More: Fair Trade, Politics News, Congress, Trade Deficit, Nafta, South Korea, Trade, Panama, Exports, Globalization, Manufacturing, Free Trade, Jobs, Florida, Democrats, China, Politics News
Rep. Ted Deutch

In the midst of unprecedented long-term unemployment, I cannot support trade agreements that repeat the mistakes of previous trade deals that shipped millions of American jobs overseas.

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Chicago to Wall Street: Pay Us Back!

Mary Bottari | Posted 12.12.2011 | Business

Read More: Occupy Chicago, Wall Street, Nafta, Rahm Emanuel, Occupy Wall Street, Ron Suskind New Book, Finanical Crisis, Big Banks, Ron Suskind Confidence Men, Business News
Mary Bottari

Chicagoans took to the streets this week to hold the big banks accountable for crashing the economy and to demand city, state and federal policies that work for working families.

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Colombia FTA: Blood Won't Easily Be Washed Away

Rep. Luis Gutierrez | Posted 12.11.2011 | Politics

Read More: Latin America, Trade, Nafta, Colombia Free Trade, Colombia, Environment, 112th Congress, Free Trade, U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement, Unions, Politics News
Rep. Luis Gutierrez

Voting for the Colombia Free Trade Agreement is a vote for violent union-busting, for driving people from their land, and setting the American working man and woman up to compete on an uneven playing field that will cost jobs and livelihoods.

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

Ian Fletcher | Posted 12.07.2011 | Politics

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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Zach Carter

Big Pharma Wins, AIDS Patients Lose In New Trade Deal

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 12.05.2011 | Politics

Read More: Tpp, Trading Our Future, Pepfar, Economy, Hiv, Bill Daley, Obama, Aids Relief, Dylan Ratigan, Pharma, Video, William Daley, Ustr, Trans-Pacific, Nafta, Trade, Aids, Vietnam, Abbott Laboratories, Politics News

This piece is a continuation of The Huffington Post's collaboration on trade issues with The Dylan Ratigan Show, called Trading Our Future. WASHING...

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Labor Unions To Rally At Grant Park

ABC 7 Chicago | ABC 7 Chicago | Posted 11.05.2011 | Chicago

Read More: Workers' Rights, Labor Day Rally Chicago, Labor Day Rally, Nafta, Unions, Labor Unions, Citizens Trade Campaign, Chicago News

Hundreds- possibly thousands- of labor union members are expected to gather in Grant Park for a rally and march Monday morning. Organizers say they wa...

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Labor Day Showdown: Can Advocates Stop 'NAFTA of the Pacific'?

Michelle Chen | Posted 11.05.2011 | Politics

Read More: Free Trade Agreements, Global Economy, Free Trade, Globalization, Trans-Pacific Partnership, North American Free Trade Agreement, Nafta, Tpp, Politics News
Michelle Chen

The provisions of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) are still under wraps, but the general outline seems to mimic NAFTA and similar pacts that have brought political and economic turmoil to rich and poor countries alike.

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Time for Canada To Find New Trading Partners

Jeffrey Rubin | Posted 10.18.2011 | Business

Read More: Oil, Nafta, Brazil, Canada, Business News
Jeffrey Rubin

It is time Canada started looking for new export markets. And it might want to begin that process with its most important export of all: oil.

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Why Obama's Top Economic Adviser Should Be Missed

The Atlantic | MEGAN MCARDLE | Posted 10.10.2011 | Business

Read More: Austan Goolsbee, Council of Economic Advisers, Aol, Economic Recovery Advisory Board, The Economist, University of Chicago, Nafta, International Monetary Fund, President Barack Obama, Jeff Immelt, Business News

Why the White House—and Washington—should miss departing economic adviser Austan Goolsbee....

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How Free Trade Agreements Lead to Job Loss and Wealth Gaps

Michele Nash-Hoff | Posted 10.05.2011 | Business

Read More: Free Trade Agreements, Free Trade, China, Income Inequality, Nafta, U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement, Colombia Free Trade, Wealth Disparity, Business News
Michele Nash-Hoff

It's time for us to review our unilateral free trade agreement with China that only seems to benefit China at the cost of jobs and even whole industries in the United States.

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Dave Jamieson

WATCH: Violence, Potential Job Losses Hang Over Colombia Free Trade Agreement

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 09.19.2011 | Business

Read More: Outsourcing, Free Trade Agreements, U.S. Trade Deficit, Trade Deficit, Nafta, Ron Kirk, Free Trade, Robert Scott, US Chamber of Commerce, U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement, Barack Obama, Video, Business News

WASHINGTON -- As U.S. lawmakers inch closer to enacting a long-stalled free trade agreement with Colombia, the deal's proponents have cited the safer ...

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Trading Our Future: Tax Cheating and the Panama Free Trade Agreement

Dylan Ratigan | Posted 09.18.2011 | Politics

Read More: Wikileaks, Tax, Panama, Free Trade, Nafta, Panama Free Trade Agreement, Free Trade Panama, Offshore Banking Panama, Panama Offshore Banking, Politics News
Dylan Ratigan

If you want to know why politicians are so eager to pass a free trade agreement with Panama this month, type "Panama offshore banks" into Google and look at the paid ads.

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