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Obama's Asian Angst

Scott Paul | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: U.S. China Trade, U.S. Manufacturing, Alliance for American Manufacturing, Fair Trade, President Obama, Politics News
Scott Paul

I like that President Obama accords his Asian peers with respect, bowing if tradition calls for it, even though it raises the hackles of some wingnuts. But bowing to the wishes of China is another matter altogether.

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National Association of Manufacturers Blasts ... American Manufacturing?

Dave Johnson | Posted 09.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Manufacturing, Free Trade, Cato Institute, Trade, Libertarians, National Association of Manufacturers, US Economy, Us Tax System, Us-Manufacturing, Harold Meyerson, Washington Post, Gross Domestic Product, American Manufacturing, Manufacturing Jobs, Business News
Dave Johnson

Why is America's National Association of Manufacturers echoing the Cato Institute's views against American manufacturing? Has this organization lost its way? Do NAM members know about this?

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Obama Struggles To Resurrect American Manufacturing

nytimes.com | LOUIS UCHITELLE | Posted 08.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, Buy America, Manufacturing, U.S. Manufacturing, Obama Administration, Michigan, Business News

If the Obama administration has a strategy for reviving manufacturing, Douglas Bartlett would like to know what it is. Buffeted by foreign competiti...

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U.S. Job Market May Take 5 Years To Recover

Reuters | Emily Kaiser | Posted 06.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Job Market, Unemployment, Housing Crisis, U.S. Manufacturing, Detroit Bailout, Unemployment Rate, Auto Industry, Construction Jobs, Business News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. housing bust and auto sector upheaval have left hundreds of thousands of workers looking for jobs in the same sectors,...

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'Late Show' Economics 101

Scott Paul | Posted 03.29.2009 | Business

Read More: U.S. Manufacturing, Enforcing Trade Laws, Made in America, David Letterman, Business News
Scott Paul

Leave it to David Letterman to make the most critical economic point this year in one of his Top Ten lists.

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Time to End the Inquisition against Buy America Advocates

Scott Paul | Posted 03.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Fair Trade, Free Trade, U.S. Manufacturing, Buy America, Buy American, Umass Amherst, Business News
Scott Paul

It's time to end the intolerant theocracy of free trade and usher in a responsible dialogue about what works and what doesn't work. Get out of the gutter and into the debate.

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