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Get Out of Iraq and Afghanistan and Into the Trade War

Sen. Fritz Hollings | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Tariffs, Vat-Tax, Value-Added-Tax, War in Afghanistan, War in Iraq, Trade War, Politics News

The political luxury of being against government has got to stop. Government, not productivity, is the comparative advantage in the Trade War.

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Fifth Column: The Enemy Within the Trade War

Sen. Fritz Hollings | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tariffs, Free Trade, Value-Added-Tax, Barack Obama, Politics News

The financial and business leadership that I worked with for years to protect their U. S. investments, production, and jobs, have now joined the other side in the trade war.

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China Tariffs: Beijing Takes Aim At U.S. Auto Parts And Chicken Products

L.A. Times | David Pierson | Posted 11.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Importing, Tires From China, Chicken Products, Auto Parts, Tax Imports, Trade, Trade Deficit, Protectionism, Tariffs, China, Chinese Tires, Economy, Business News

China fired back against proposed tariffs on Chinese tires imported to the United States by announcing Sunday that an anti-dumping and anti-subsidies ...

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Obama Imposes Tariffs On Chinese Tires

AP | JENNIFER LOVEN | Posted 11.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Tire Tariffs, Trade, Tires, China-US Trade, Tariffs, China, Us, Barack Obama, Business News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Friday slapped punitive tariffs on all car and light truck tires entering the United States from China in...

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The U.S. Climate Change Bill: International Trade Implications & China

Elizabeth Lynch | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Wto, American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, Copenhagen 2009, China-Tariffs, Boarder Adjustment Measures, Tariffs, Climate Change, Congress, Climate Change Bill, Senate, Jake Caldwell, Special Interests, Green News

Will additions to the Climate Change Bill maintain the competitiveness of U.S. industries, or are they attempts by certain industries to protect their profits?

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Should Mexican Trucks Be Allowed Throughout U.S.?

Steve Parker | Posted 10.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Inspector General, Congress, San Ysidro, Nafta, Mexican Trucks, Tariffs, Teamsters Union, Laredo, Cars, James Hoffa, Mexico, Calexico, Department of Transportation, Business News

The recent release of a Transportation Departments inspector general's office government audit has brought to a head, once again, an issue which ignites deep feelings and loyalties in the best people.

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Obama Opposes Tariffs On Nations That Don't Limit Greenhouse Gas Emissions

treehugger.com | Posted 08.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Evolving Energy Tech, Green House, Climate Change, Gas Emissions, Green House Gas Emissions, President Obama, Tariffs, Climate Bill, Nations, Globa Warming, Green News

President Obama commented to the Washington Post that he's opposed to one provision in the bill which would impose tariffs on goods produced in nation...

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To Govern or to Campaign

Sen. Fritz Hollings | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tariffs, Taxes, Free Trade, Corporate Taxes, Trade, Global Markets, Politics News

Obama can't perpetuate four more years of the fraud of "free trade." He can't spend trillions for bail outs to create jobs and not plug the hole of offshoring jobs.

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Don't Turn the Recession into a Depression

Alan Schram | Posted 05.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Dollar, Interest Rates, Taxes, Housing Bubble, Business News, Federal Reserve, Obama, Tariffs, Financial Crisis, Great Depression, Business News

Many compare the current economic crisis to the Great Depression of the 1930's. While their origins were similar, the denouement should not be.

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Leaving Cards on the Counter-Terror Table: Ways to Better Wage the "War on Terror"

Shahid Buttar | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tariffs, Free Trade, Military, War on Terror, Counterterrorism, Foreign Policy, Agriculture, Corporate Welfare, Civil Liberties, Liberty, National Security, Obama Administration, Subsidies, Military Contractors, War on Drugs, Politics News

We need not sacrifice our nation's fundamental constitutional freedoms to address extremist violence. Rather, we need merely stop pursuing corporate subsidies that inadvertently encourage it.

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Moscow Riot Police Flown In To Smash Protests Against Car Tariffs In Vladivostok

Times Online | Times Online | Posted 01.21.2009 | World

Read More: Russia Free Speech, Russia Opposition, Kremlin, Russia, Tariffs, Russia Unrest, Moscow, Car Tariff, Russia Protests, Russia Economy, World News

Riot police flown in from Moscow clubbed, kicked and arrested dozens of people in Russia's Far East today as hundreds across the country demonstrated ...

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Protectionism Means Protecting Ourselves

Dave Johnson | Posted 12.31.2008 | Business

Read More: Protectionism, Trade, International Trade, Fair Trade, Tariffs, Fair Wages, Wages, Business News

Some people make a lot of money for themselves by undermining our wage, safety and pollution standards. So they tell us that protecting ourselves is wrong.

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Journalist to GOP: You're 100 Percent Wrong About U.S. Automakers

Diane Tucker | Posted 12.19.2008 | Business

Read More: Chapter 11, George Bush, Harley-Davidson, Toyota, Alan Mulally, Rick Wagoner, Honda, Diane Tucker, Recession, Barack Obama, Ford Motor Co, Detroit Automakers, Chevrolet Volt, Bailout, General Motors, Economic Recession, Recession Fears, Tariffs, Financial Crisis, Peter De Lorenzo, Richard Shelby, Auto Industry, John McCain, GM Bankruptcy, Fuel Efficiency, Green Cars, Foreign Car Industry, Foreign Cars, Fuel Efficient Cars, Imported Cars, Gm Chapter 11, Congressional Bailout, Business News

"People who say the U.S. doesn't innovate are woefully out of touch with Detroit's standing in this business."

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