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Europe's ACTA Freak Out: How Hollywood Holds Back the Trade Agenda

Harold Feld | Posted 04.18.2012

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Harold Feld

Whenever there is an international trade agreement negotiation, Hollywood jumps in, takes over, and starts driving the crazy train off a cliff by demanding all kinds of nonsense in the name of "stopping piracy."

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Dan Froomkin

Auction 2012: 'NAFTA With Asia' Is Big Money's Next Goal

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 02.02.2012

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Auction 2012 is a weeklong series in collaboration with "The Dylan Ratigan Show" and United Republic. The 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement ...

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Jennifer Bendery

GOP Warms To Obama's Plan To Trim And Merge

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 01.14.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Congressional Republicans are cautiously embracing President Barack Obama's proposal for shrinking the size of the federal government, a...

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Shooting Itself In the Foot: The Broken Promises of the U.S. Trade Agenda

Tido von Schoen-Angerer | Posted 11.14.2011

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Tido von Schoen-Angerer

In the Chicago trade talks, the U.S. is trying to club up with countries in a deal that keeps the cost of medicines high.

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A National Commitment to Win the Clean Energy Race

David Foster | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Foster

With the arrival of Chinese President Hu this week in Washington, there can be no better time for the U.S. to make clear its unqualified commitment to winning the global race for clean energy jobs.

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Obama's Chance to Lead on Trade

Will Marshall | Posted 05.25.2011

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Will Marshall

President Obama is in Seoul today for what promises to be a contentious meeting of the world's leading economic powers. He probably won't mollify Chin...

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Assert Yourself, America; Don't Be an Illegal Trade Victim

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Zhao Feng, Keith Bradsher, Wind Turbines, Forced Technology Transfer, U.S. Trade Representative, Bp, Terbium, Hunan Sunzone Optoelectronics, Nyt, Exports, Usw, United Steelworkers, China, Solar World, Stimulus, Evergreen Solar, World Trade Organization, Imports, Frank A. Asbeck, Rare Earth, New York Times, Wto, Dysprosium, Rare Earth Materials, Solar Cells, Energy Debates, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

How is it that America finds herself in the position of schoolyard patsy, woe-is-me casualty of China's illegal trade practices that are destroying U.S. renewable energy manufacturing and foreclosing an energy-independent future?

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Why The AIDS Activists Are Asking The UN To Investigate Obama's Trade Policy

Matthew Kavanagh | Posted 05.25.2011

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Matthew Kavanagh

The United States is using its trade policies to coerce countries to adopt intellectual property policies that increase the costs of medicines and violate the human rights of their citizens.

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No Evidence Found that Colombia Suddenly FTA-Worthy

Fred Redmond | Posted 05.25.2011

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Fred Redmond

"Free trade should be premised on fundamental respect for human rights, especially the rights of the workers producing the goods to be traded. In Colombia, workers cannot exercise their right without fear of being threatened or killed."

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Trade Rep. Schwab Says Tech And Trade Are Inextricable at CES

Mike Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Electronics Industry, Ustr, Financial Crisis, Commerce Department, Obama Administration, International Trade Agreements, Tech Trade, Konrad Von Finkelstein, US Trade Representative, G-20, Recession, Gaspar Tarte, Susan C. Schwab, Recession Solutions, Ces, Panama, World News
Mike Smith

Rep. Susan C. Schwab says that the electronics community and tech sector needs to be just as vocal as others who are protectionist. Trade agreements must benefit everyone.

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