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There Will Be No Trade War

Gilbert B. Kaplan | Posted 10.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Smoot-Hawley, International Trade, Free Trade, Obama Administration, The Great Depression, Protectionism, China, Tires, Dorkings, Wto, China Tire Tariff Wto, Business News
Gilbert B. Kaplan

If you were going to start a trade war against the United States, it is unlikely that your first salvo would be on chicken parts, or as the Chinese rather charmingly first announced, on dorkings.

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Enforcing the Rule of Trade Law

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 11.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Fair Trade, NewPage Corp., Appleton Coated LLC, Protectionist, President Obama, Mark Gardner, Coated Paper, Goodyear, U.S. Department of Commerce, Free Trade, Usw, United Steelworkers, Automotive Trade Policy Council, China, Wall Street Journal, Rick Willett, Charles Uthus, G-20 Summit, World Trade Organization, Indonesia, Sappi Fine Paper North America, Tires, John Cappy, New York Times, Cooper Tire, Section 421, International Trade Commission, Chicago Tribune, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

The USW is in solidarity with Chinese and Indonesian workers who suffer abuse at the hands of their employers. It is governmental policies that injure us both and that we oppose. China cheats.

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Washington Post Spreads Myths That Trade Enforcement Will Hurt Climate Change Agreements

Mike Elk | Posted 11.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, Washington Post, Wto, Barack Obama, Tires, Green News
Mike Elk

If we don't enforce certain sections of trade agreements related to export, why would countries uphold their end of the deal when it comes to issues like climate change?

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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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Who Would Be Against American Manufacturing?

Dave Johnson | Posted 10.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Manufacturing, Foreign Agents, Tires, Lobbyists, Unions, Business News
Dave Johnson

We are used to this kind of bad, antisocial, economically destructive behavior from self-interested American companies, organizations and people. And for some reason we seem to tolerate it.

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Lobbyists Paid Off by China vs. 30,000 U.S. Workers: Which Side Will Obama Choose?

Mike Elk | Posted 09.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Outsourcing, General Electric, Tires, Rob Portman, International Trade Commission, Leo Gerard, China, Barack Obama, Bush, Business News
Mike Elk

So far over 8,000 people have lost their jobs, and over 20,000 more jobs are at risk if the Chinese are allowed to continue with this strategy of not obeying trade laws.

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Sam Stein

Obama Touts Tire Inflation In Symbolic Pushback To Partisan Critics

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Iowa Speech, Tires, Tire Inflation, Partisan Critics, Obama, Obama Tire, Energy Policy, Obama Tire Inflation, Politics News

Unrestrained by the sensitivities of campaign season, Barack Obama returned to an energy policy statement that got him in a bit of hyper-partisan heat...

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