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Zach Carter

Obama's Trade Position Panned By U.N. For Protecting High Drug Prices

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 06.01.2012

Read More: Tpp, Global Health, Ip, United Nations, Public Health, Unaids, Hiv, Free Trade, Oxfam, Obama, Trans-Pacific Partnership, Barack Obama, Doctors Without Borders, Video, Wha, World Health Organization, AIDS/HIV, Ustr, Undp, Trade, U.N., Aids, Vietnam, Un, Wipo, Access to Medicines, Patents, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Two major United Nations organizations warned world leaders on Thursday to avoid restrictive free trade agreements that may threaten pub...

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Zach Carter

An Idea To Fix Killer Costs Of Lifesaving Drugs

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Tpp, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Darrell Issa, Hiv, Free Trade, Stiglitz, Obama, Bernie Sanders, Trans-Pacific Partnership, Barack Obama, Issa, Doctors Without Borders, Video, Ustr, Trade, Prescription Drugs, Health Care Reform, Aids, Health Care, Drug Prices, Medicine, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is promoting a new plan to encourage the development of better, cheaper prescription drugs: an innovation fu...

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Zach Carter

Congress Revolts On Obama Plan That Would Ban 'Buy American'

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Tpp, 2012 Elections, Economy, Jobs, Obama, Trans-Pacific Partnership, Buy America, Business, Barack Obama, Buy American, 2012, Politics, Video, Ustr, Trans-Pacific, Trade, Environment, Trans Pacific Partnership, November Elections, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- A group of 68 House Democrats and one Republican sent a letter to President Barack Obama on Thursday urging him to reconsider an element...

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

Harold Feld | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Ustr, Sopa Protest, Free Trade Agreements, Sopa Pipa, Acta, Mpaa, Free Trade, Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, US Trade Representative, Trade Agreements, Riaa, Sopa, Hollywood, Business News
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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Zach Carter

Big Pharma Wins, AIDS Patients Lose In New Trade Deal

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Tpp, Trading Our Future, Pepfar, Economy, Hiv, Bill Daley, Obama, Aids Relief, Dylan Ratigan, Pharma, Video, William Daley, Ustr, Trans-Pacific, Nafta, Trade, Aids, Vietnam, Abbott Laboratories, Politics News

This piece is a continuation of The Huffington Post's collaboration on trade issues with The Dylan Ratigan Show, called Trading Our Future. WASHING...

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Zach Carter

Bill Daley Brings Big Pharma History To Trade Policy

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Tpp, HIV/AIDS, Thailand, William Daley, United States Trade Representative, Video, Access to Medicine, Ustr, Trade, Stanford McCoy, Revolving Door, Bill Daley, Obama, Kaletra, Trans-Pacific Partnership, Abbott Laboratories, Politics News

This piece is a continuation of The Huffington Post's collaboration on trade issues with The Dylan Ratigan Show, called Trading Our Future. WASHING...

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A 21st Century Trade Deal For Public Health and Jobs

Ellen R. Shaffer | Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: Ustr, Trrans Pacific Partnership, Labor, Chicago, Trade, Public Health, Drugs, Tobacco, Cpath, Politics News
Ellen R. Shaffer

You mean you haven't heard about the new 21st century trade agreement being negotiated this week in Chicago? Might be because the federal U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) didn't even announce the 2-week meeting on its website. Or anywhere else.

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Export Promotion Is Not the Same as Building Markets Abroad

Ben Leo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Export Promotion, Ustr, Opic, Foreign Investment, Trade, Overseas Private Investment Corporation, US Exports, Exports, Global Business, Obama SOTU 2011, Obama Exports, Sotu 2011, Obama SOTU, World News
Ben Leo

It sounds like there may be confusion in the Obama administration over a basic, yet fundamental issue -- understanding the difference between export promotion and development mandates.

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US and China Should Cooperate to Create Green Space for Environmental Subsidies in the WTO

James Bacchus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: International Trade, Ustr, Wind Power, World Trade Organization, State Visit, Renewable Energy, Climate Change, Trade and Environment, Subsidies, Wto, China, State Dinner, World News
James Bacchus

The US, China, and the other members of the WTO to negotiate an agreed global line dividing what is permissible from what is impermissible when governments provide green subsidies.

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Embargoes

Sarah Stephens | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cuba Embargo, u.s. Policy, Sarah Stephens, U.N., UN Vote Condemning Cuba Embargo, UN Vote, Embargo, Center for Democracy in the Americas, Fidel, Raul Castro, Cuba-Revolution-50th-Anniversary, Cuba, Castro, Cda, Ustr, Beijing, China, Rare Earth, World News
Sarah Stephens

While the United States likes to impose embargoes, it doesn't really like being subject to them. So it's worth spending a moment considering what happens when the sanctions shoe is on the other foot.

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Letting Sleeping Giants Lie...

Manisha Singh | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: u.s. Foreign Policy, Millenium Development Goal, Foreign Aid, Doha Development Round, World Trade Organization, Senate Finance Committee, Ustr, Free Trade, Aid for Trade, Barack Obama, World News
Manisha Singh

In September, the UN will evaluate the Millennium Development Goals. There are continuing high hopes that the G-20, meeting in November, will manage to get the world's economy back on track.

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Does the U.S. Trade Rep. Secretly Love Higher Tariffs?

Lori Wallach | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ustr, Ron Kirk, Auto Safety, Mexican Trucks, Tariffs, Nafta Mexico, Mexico, Nafta, Business News
Lori Wallach

For a guy who loves "free trade" and is supposed to represent U.S. workers and businesses, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk seems way too comfy with tariffs being slapped on American exports.

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US Trade Rep Serves Drug Companies, Publishers and Pushes Anti-Consumer Agenda

James Love | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Senate Finance Committee, Ustr, United Stated Trade Representative, Business News
James Love

From the point of view of many consumers, public health, digital rights and development groups, the United States Trade Representative is a major disappointment pushing an anti consumer agenda on dozens of issues.

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Who in U.S. Congress Wants the ACTA Text Public?

James Love | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Counterfeiting, Ustr, Acta, Congress, Politics News
James Love

This week some 38 or so countries are holding a secret negotiation in Guadalajara, Mexico, on something called the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement...

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White House Creates Secret Process as Solution to Transparency For Key IPR Negotiation

James Love | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ustr, Anti-Counterfeiting-Trade-Agreement, Acta, Nda, Inside DC, Politics News
James Love

The U.S. government has created a secret process for insiders to view key negotiating documents for trade agreements -- as an alternative to demands for more openness.

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Obama's Chief Agricultural Negotiator Nominee a Pesticide Pusher

Paula Crossfield | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ustr, Pesticides, International Food Policy, Free Trade, Food Policy, Obama Administration, Gmos, Croplife, Green News
Paula Crossfield

The Obama administration has chosen someone from an organization dedicated at all costs to chemical-based agriculture to represent our trade interests abroad.

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Obama Administration Rules Texts of New IPR Agreement are State Secrets

James Love | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foia, Ustr, Acta, Injunction, Patents, Politics News
James Love

We have been seeking access to documents relating to negotiations on an important new intellectual property enforcement treaty. The agreement, misle...

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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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Ron Kirk Selected to Deliver on Obama's Campaign Pledge to Reform U.S. Trade Policies

Lori Wallach | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ustr, Free Trade, Cabinet, Trade, Ron Kirk, Obama Transition, Obama Ron Kirk, Obama Trade Policy, Politics News
Lori Wallach

Whether Ron Kirk is a good choice for trade representative will be determined by his ability to deliver on creating a new trade and globalization policy that benefits more Americans.

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DeFazio to USTR: Say No to Chevron's Bullying!

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ecuador, Chevron Pollution, Barack Obama, Peter DeFazio, Ustr, Green News
Robert Naiman

Last week, Chevron announced a second quarter profit of $6 billion. It would seem that Chevron could afford to compensate Ecuadoran peasants for toxic dumping in the Amazon.

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