Trade

Blame the USA's Energy Disaster, Including the Collapsing US Auto Industry, on Congress

Rob Kall | Posted 07.16.2008 | Green

Read More: Congress, Gas Prices, Democratic Congress, US Auto Industry, Trade, Exports, Environment, Cars, US Exports, Auto Industry, Green News
Rob Kall

If we invest in giving consumers rebates for buying new US-made cars that have drastically improved mileage, that will help the auto manufacturers, help consumers and help our balance of trade.

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America's Economic Edge -- and the Olympics

Jeremy Haft | Posted 07.15.2008 | Business

Read More: Energy, US Exports, Exports, Politcal Economy, Trade, Beijing Olympics, Olympics, Business News
Jeremy Haft

In enumerating China's many strengths, we tend to downplay, or completely overlook, ours. China can't produce most of the modern goods and services it needs to grow its economy.

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Taiwan Declares Peace on China

Robert Scheer | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Robert Scheer, Taiwan, Bush, Mccain, Trade, Military Spending, Pornography of Power, Obama, Gorbachev, China, Politics News
Robert Scheer

To the Chinese, irrespective of past allegiances, the prospect of war has come to be viewed as counterproductive, and they now have the confidence to show it.

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US Exports To Iran Skyrocketed During Bush's Presidency

AP | SHARON THEIMER | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iran, Trade, US Iran Trade, US Shipping to Iran, US Exports to Iran, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Nuclear weapons? No way. But there are plenty of items on Iran's shopping list the United States is more than happy to supply: ciga...

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Our Enduring Competitive Edge

Jeremy Haft | Posted 07.07.2008 | Business

Read More: Recalls, Competitiveness, Trade, Supply Chain, Heparin Recall, US Exports, China, Chinese Imports, Chinese Consumers, China Products, China Economy, U.S. China Economy, Business News
Jeremy Haft

The rash of product recalls reveals that China is not the manufacturing juggernaut we fear -- and that America has an edge we tend to overlook.

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Obama to Represent the Uprising on Trade?

David Sirota | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Trade, Colombia Free Trade, Colombia, Free Trade, Barack Obama, Politics News
David Sirota

Politicians supporting the Colombian trade deal have blood on their hands - there's no other way to put it.

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McCain's Lobbyist Loophole

David Donnelly | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, John McCain, Trade, Colombia, Lobbyists, 2008 Presidential Race, Fire the Lobbyists, Charlie Black, Campaign Money Watch, Politics News
David Donnelly

McCain's policy ignores the problem with having a campaign run by corporate and foreign lobbyists: they are happy to abandon their lobbying work temporarily to get valuable chits with the potential future president.

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McCain Pledges Allegiance to NAFTA

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: U.S. Economy, John McCain, Obama, Mccain, 2008 Election, Trade, Economy, Free Trade, Politics News
Robert L. Borosage

Across the world, the revolt against the corporate trade model is growing. In the US, a majority polled in a January 2008 agreed that globalization has been bad. McCain simply doesn't get it.

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Robert Rubin: A VP Choice that Signals "We Will Fix the Economy" for the Middle Class

Paul Abrams | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Robert Rubin, Bill Clinton, Wall Street, Trade, Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, Bill Richardson, Barack Obama, Treasury Secretary, Economy, Politics News
Paul Abrams

In an election focused on the economy, and, more precisely, an ailing economy that needs major surgery, selecting Bob Rubin powerfully sends that message.

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A New US Strategy in the Global Economy?

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Election 2008, Trade, Barack Obama, Economy, U.S. China Trade, China, Politics News
Robert L. Borosage

Neither the Bush administration nor John McCain shows any sign of having ever thought seriously about this fundamental challenge to US security.

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Trade deficit jumps to highest level in 13 months

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 06.10.2008 | Business

Read More: US Economy, Trade Deficit, Trade, Business News

WASHINGTON — The trade deficit soared to the highest level in more than a year as an improvement in exports was swamped by record-high levels of...

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China and the Elections

John Feffer | Posted 06.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama, Wto, China, Mccain, Clinton, Trade, Robert Cassidy, Politics News
John Feffer

Although Iraq is the defining foreign policy issue so far in the race, China will no doubt be smuggled into the election through rather stark contrasts between the the candidates over trade.

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Destroying African Agriculture

Walden Bello | Posted 06.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Biofuels, Trade, Food Crisis, Malawi, World Bank, Agriculture, Africa, Imf, Wto, Structural Adjustment, Politics News
Walden Bello

African agriculture is a case study of how doctrinaire economics serving corporate interests can destroy a whole continent's productive base.

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Graduates: End the War and Help Get America Back on Track

Rep. Charles Rangel | Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Voters, Back on Track, Martin Luther King, Millenials, Trade, Change, Iraq War, Pride, College, Healthcare, Energy, Graduating Class, Accomplisment, Graduating, Politics News
Rep. Charles Rangel

You will be the leaders in making certain that never again in your lifetime would you allow this great country to enter into a war that is so unjust, so immoral, or to allow a Congress to allow a president to do that.

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My Conversation with Susan Schwab

Charlie Rose | Posted 05.12.2008 | Business

Read More: Charlie Rose, Susan Schwab, Panama, China, Nafta, South Korea, Trade, Business News
Charlie Rose

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After the Primaries, A United Progressive America

Bill Scher | Posted 05.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Gas Prices, Education, Trade, Mccain, Obama, Iraq, Health Care, Global Warming, Politics News
Bill Scher

The public is united on issues. The mandate for progressive change is being built. Conservative dead-enders are increasingly marginalized. Pity the poor candidate that can't deal with that reality.

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Just. Doesn't. Get It

John Sweeney | Posted 04.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Efca, Unemployment, Employee Free Choice Act, Martin Luther King, Trade, Hewlett-Packard, Civil Rights, Mccain, Afl-Cio, Unions, Politics News
John Sweeney

If McCain is going to continue trying to gain political points by talking about working family issues, it's time for him to put his votes and policies where his rhetoric is.

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What Really Went Down in Pittsburgh

Scott Paul | Posted 04.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pennsylvania Primary, Manufacturing, Free Trade Agreements, Free Trade, Obama Bitter, China, Trade, Breaking Political News, Politics News
Scott Paul

The important news for Pennsylvanians on Monday was that both candidates committed to a new direction on trade -- one that won't encourage further outsourcing of manufacturing jobs.

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A Country that Trades Us Down: We Deserve Better

Richard Trumka | Posted 04.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Yuan, Economy, United Nations, Beef Recall, Jobs, Congress, Afl-Cio, China, Food Recalls, Elections, Labor, Human Rights, Tax Policy, Trade, International Labor Organization, Workers' Rights, Working Families, Unions, Toxic Toys, Ilo, Politics News
Richard Trumka

Killer candy from Mexico and toxic toys from Chinese factories should be part of a B grade horror film. Instead, recalls involving 20 million toys and...

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The Democrats and Trade

Robert Schlesinger | Posted 04.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Free Trade, Franklin Roosevelt, Trade, Fdr, Politics News
Robert Schlesinger

The trade debate calls to mind a much earlier presidential campaign, and a classical moment in presidential speechwriting.

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Brain Dead Trade Debate

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama, Colombia, Clinton, Presidential Campaign, Trade, Economy, Bush, Cafta, Free Trade Agreements, Colombia Free Trade, Economic Crisis, Free Trade, Recession, Politics News
Robert L. Borosage

The entire debate over the Colombia Free Trade Agreement is taking place as if Ronald Reagan were president and it was still "morning in America."

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A Test for Democrats on Foreign Policy

John Fund | Posted 04.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Chavez, Latin America, Trade, Politics, Mark Penn Fired, Free Trade Agreements, Hillary Clinton Mark Penn, Colombia Free Trade, Colombia, Free Trade, Farc, Mark Penn, Mark Penn Colombia, Politics News
John Fund

The simple truth is that the opposition to the Colombian trade agreement -- from the Democratic presidential contenders to Nancy Pelosi -- has nothing to do with reality.

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It's Time for Obama and Clinton to Step up to the Plate on China

Scott Paul | Posted 03.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Chinese Trade Deficit, China Tibet Crackdown, John McCain, Obama China, John Edwards China, Hillary Clinton China, Indiana, US China, Tibet, Barack Obama, China Products, US China Relations, Great Firewall, Pennsylvania, Trade Deficit, Chinese Goods, Trade, Tibet Protests, North Carolina Primary, McCain China, Pennsylvania Primary, John Edwards, China Exports, Hillary Clinton, China Tibet, China Economy, China, Indiana Primary, North Carolina, Politics News
Scott Paul

The recent crackdown in Tibet shows just how wrong those pundits and politicians really are who claimed that trade will open China.

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The Limits of Hope: Getting Real about the American Economy

Steve Clemons | Posted 03.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Debt, Austan Goolsbee, Washington Consensus, Hale Stewart, Trade, Kenneth Rogoff, Leo Hindery, Hillary Clinton, It Takes a CEO, Barack Obama, Politics News
Steve Clemons

There won't be a squeaky clean ending to the Democratic battle for the 2008 presidential nomination. The knife fight has begun already -- and I onl...

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Some Super-delegates Are Using Their Noggins

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 03.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Economic Issues 2008, Superdelegates, 2008 Elections, Labor, Hillary Clinton, Trade, Barack Obama, Politics News
Jonathan Tasini

Earlier this week, I suggested that, the uncommitted super-delegates should actually seek a clarification on where candidates stood on issues. Well, Brown and Kaptur are doing just that.

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