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"Free Trade" Fakery

Alan Grayson | Posted 12.11.2011

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Alan Grayson

This week, we'll see Congress vote on three so-called "trade agreements." Did you ever wonder why they call them "trade agreements"? So that they don't have to call them what they actually are -- treaties.

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Get Money Out to Bring Jobs In

Dylan Ratigan | Posted 12.07.2011

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Dylan Ratigan

How, exactly, is this working? How is this system depriving us of what we need? It's simple -- the cash speaks, the people don't.

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Obama Flip-Flops Off Trade Cliff

Lori Wallach | Posted 12.04.2011

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Lori Wallach

At this point, that Obama did a total flip-flop on very specific, written, repeated campaign promises -- in this instance to replace the old damaging trade model starting with fixing these three deals -- is not news.

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Trade Pacts Obama Is Flacking in Jobs Plan Would Increase Trade Deficit Say Government Studies

Lori Wallach | Posted 11.07.2011

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Lori Wallach

Whatever one thinks about the idea of "free trade," the federal government's own studies predict that FTAs with Korea, Colombia and Panama would increase the U.S. trade deficit.

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The Elephant in the Room: New York Times Misses the Blindingly Obvious in GOP's Nostalgia for Bill Clinton

Jonathan Weiler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jonathan Weiler

"Many Republicans with a deep animus for President Obama find their hearts aflutter with the memory of a former leader," wrote the New York Times. Of course, the memo is referring to Bill Clinton.

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Be Thankful It's British, not Canadian, Petroleum

Carl Pope | Posted 05.25.2011

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Carl Pope

Under NAFTA the so-called "investor-protection clauses" would allow a Canadian or Mexican oil company that caused a gusher on the floor of the Gulf to appeal any change in the liability or responsibility it faces to a trade tribunal.

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Thinking the Unthinkable: Could America Repeal NAFTA?

Ian Fletcher | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ian Fletcher

Unbeknownst to most Americans inside and outside the Washington Beltway, free trade is inexorably losing its base of support on Capitol Hill. A new bill to repeal NAFTA is the latest hint.

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Mexican Exceptionalism

Vanessa Carmichael | Posted 05.25.2011

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Vanessa Carmichael

To fix illegal immigration, we need to concern ourselves with Mexico's domestic policies and U.S. foreign policy. No fence can stop a flood of people risking their lives to feed their families.

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Is President Obama Serious About a New Relationship with the Americas?

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sarah van Gelder

Will Obama rebuild our relationship with the south on a foundation of respect for democracy? Or will it be more of the same superpower policies cloaked in collaborative and intelligent rhetoric?

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Obama In Mexico: Drug Violence To Top List Of Issues (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama travels to Mexico Thursday morning as the first stop in his Latin America trip, after which he will join other regional leaders in Tri...

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On Canada Trip, Obama Floats a Discredited NAFTA Canard

David Sirota | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Sirota

Obama looks like he's starting to prioritize the Washington status quo on trade over real change.

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Canadian Interview With Obama

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation | PETER MANSBRIDGE | Posted 05.25.2011

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Below is an interview with President Obama by Peter Mansbridge, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Q Mr. President, thank you for doing this -- Ca...

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Mr. Obama, Start Walking Your Bottom Up Talk

Rob Kall | Posted 05.25.2011

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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 Reaffirms Promise to Renegotiate NAFTA

Laura Carlsen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Laura Carlsen

A war of words has raged over whether President-elect Barack Obama will hold to his campaign promise of opening up the North American Free Trade Agreement for renegotiation.

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Obama May Delay Nafta Overhaul In Victory For Caterpillar, GE

Bloomberg News | Posted 05.25.2011

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Barack Obama, who threatened during the presidential campaign to withdraw from the North American Free Trade Agreement unless he could renegotiate it,...

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Is the GOP Really the Party of Free Trade?

William Bernstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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William Bernstein

Obama is highly intelligent, highly trained -- and he knows full well that the nation as a whole benefits from free trade, even if substantial minorities are harmed by it.

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Jason Linkins

Fortune Article Selectively Quotes Obama, Misleads On NAFTA Position

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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An article from Fortune Magazine, entitled "Obama: NAFTA not so bad after all," captures the Democratic candidate walking back his previously stated p...

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The (Bill) Clinton Legacy

Jim Goldgeier and Derek Chollet | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Goldgeier and Derek Chollet

Free trade, democracy promotion, and use of force comprised the core of Clinton's foreign policy -- and Obama falls squarely within this tradition. Yet these positions will be even harder for him to maintain.

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A Trade Proposal Even the Teamsters Can Support

James P. Hoffa | Posted 05.25.2011

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James P. Hoffa

For the past 15 years, anyone who opposed a so-called "free trade agreement" was labeled a protectionist. And that was the end of the story. The TRADE Act allows us to present an alternative.

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Obama Supporter: Goolsbee Should Clarify NAFTA Comments To Canada

Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

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A bit of a veer off topic on the Obama conference call to press Clinton to drop Mark Penn. Teamsters President James Hoffa, asked about Austan Goolsb...

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Report: Clinton's Private Objections To NAFTA "Ludicrous"

ABC's Political Punch | Jake Tapper | Posted 05.25.2011

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I have now talked to three former Clinton Administration officials whom I trust who tell me that then-First Lady Hillary Clinton opposed the idea of i...

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Obama Camp: Clinton Owes Apology Over NAFTA Comments

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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*** NEW UPDATES BELOW *** Yesterday, with the release of Sen. Clinton's schedule as the former first lady, ABC reported: One interesting event in Se...

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Clinton's NAFTA Attack Against Obama Is Unfounded

Lecia Shorter | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lecia Shorter

Why then did Senator Clinton, an attorney with so much "experience," resort to using statements, the veracity of which are highly questionable, and amount to double hearsay to boot?

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Conflicting Obama Answers On NAFTA Meeting

Politico | Posted 05.25.2011

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For four days after a news report alleged that Sen. Barack Obama's economic adviser had told Canadian officials to ignore the Democrat's tough talk on...

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Canadian PM: Clinton Camp Never Talked To Us About NAFTA

Globe and Mail | Posted 05.25.2011

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Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton never gave Canada any secret assurances about the future of NAFTA such as those allegedly offered by B...

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