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Internet Censorship Could Be Challenged By WTO

Reuters | Posted 11.06.2009 | Technology

Read More: Censorship World Trade Organization, Censorship Internet, World Trade Organization, WTO Censorship, Wto, Internet, WTO Internet Censorship, Technology News

GENEVA (Reuters) - Censorship of the Internet is open to challenge at the World Trade Organization as it can restrict trade in services delivered onli...

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Enforcing the Rule of Trade Law

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 09.25.2009 | 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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The Commerce Secretary From Boeing

David Segal | Posted 09.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Boeing, Gary Locke, Washington State, Wto, 787 Jetliner, Commerce Secretary, World Trade Organization, Tax Cuts, Department of Commerce, States Rights, Trade Law, Tax Breaks, Airbus, Politics News
David Segal

Former Washington governor Gary Locke has worked hard to minister to the needs of the hometown corporation. Since being appointed as commerce secretary, he has an even higher perch from which he can do so.

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G20 Summit Pittsburgh: Protectionism Rising Concern For Attendees

AP | By TOM RAUM | Posted 09.21.2009 | Business

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China: U.S. Tire Tariffs Violate WTO Rules

AP | JOE McDONALD | Posted 09.15.2009 | World

Read More: China Us Trade, China Us Tires, Wto, World Trade Organization, China Tires, China, China Us, Us Tire Tariffs, China Tire, China Tariff Tires September 14 2009, Obama Approves Steel Pipe Tariff From China, Us Tires China, Wto China Us 2009, China Tire Tariff Wto, China Trade Tyres, World News

BEIJING — As Beijing launched a case Monday against new U.S. tariffs on Chinese tires, President Barack Obama defended the duties, saying tradin...

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Score One for Fair Trade

Jim Arkedis | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: Boeing, Free Trade, Progressive Policy Institute, World Trade Organization, Wto, Unions, Airbus, World News
Jim Arkedis

The WTO's ruling late last week in a case involving Boeing and European arch-rival Airbus is a big and welcome victory that shows rule-based trade works.

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US Fined $295 Million Over Illegal Subsidies To Cotton Growers

AP | BRADLEY S. KLAPPER | Posted 10.16.2009 | World

Read More: United States Cotton, Wto, World Trade Organization, Cotton Goods, Brazil, Us Brazil Goods, Wto Sanctions, Wto Brazil Sanctions, World News

GENEVA — American goods will face around $295 million in annual sanctions as a result of the United States' failure to eliminate illegal subsidi...

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Q and A with Peter Navarro: Macroeconomic Expert and Best-Selling Author on China

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 09.04.2009 | Business

Read More: General Electric, Off-Shoring Jobs, Intel, Globalization, Manufacturing, Free Trade, Chinese Yuan, China, Recession, Unfair Trade, Obama Administration, Currency Manipulation, World Trade Organization, Labor Unions, Bush Administration, General Motors, National Association of Manufacturers, Off-Shoring, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

Why does the U.S. put up with unfair trade with China?

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Trouble Looming in China

Alan Schram | Posted 09.02.2009 | Business

Read More: World Trade Organization, Great Recession, Dollar, Business News, Credit Crisis, China, Saving Money, Financial Crisis, Business News
Alan Schram

The Chinese economy is posting impressive growth of almost 8% annually, even as the rest of the world is going through excruciating economic pain. How is that resilience possible?

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Third Screen: How Now Dow... Chemical?

Vickie Karp | Posted 08.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Hbo, Politics, The Yes Men, Andy Bichlbaum, Kurt Engfehr, Bowling for Columbine, Environment, Michael Moore, Michael Bonanno, Bbc, Exxon Mobil, The Yes Men Fix the World, World Trade Organization, Halliburton, New York Times, Entertainment News
Vickie Karp

Corporations don't always do what's right. Maybe they can't. Maybe they don't want to. Maybe they want to but the shareholders wouldn't like it. Cue: The Yes Men.

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Liberal Groups Vexed By Obama Knocking Climate Bill

The Plumline | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: World Trade Organization, Public Citizen, Trade, Liberals, Cap-and-Trade, Climate Change, President Obama, Environment, Obama, Protectionism, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, Paul Krugman, Barack Obama, Politics News

Liberal groups allied with the White House are fuming -- mostly in private -- about some comments President Obama made yesterday attacking a provision...

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US Online Gambling Regulations Anger EU

GlobalPost | Posted 07.26.2009 | World

Read More: Gambling, Internet Gambling Regulations, Games, Wto, World Trade Organization, Internet Gambling, Internet Gambling Rules, Us Internet Gambling, World News

SAN FRANCISCO The European Union recently took a shot at the United States in little-noticed trade war over internet gambling, charging that the Unite...

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Full-Spectrum Idiocy: GOP and Chavez on Iran

Norman Solomon | Posted 07.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hugo Chavez, Cia, World Bank, U.S.-Peru Free Trade Agreement, Imf, Barack Obama, Indigenous People, Quixote Center, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Shah, World Trade Organization, Human Rights, Peru, Center for International Policy, President Bush, Republican Party, Amazon, Politics News
Norman Solomon

When approaching Iran, the Republican Party line and the Hugo Chavez line are running in opposite directions -- but parallel.

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U.S. Launches Complaint at WTO Over Chinese Export Curbs While Giving OPEC/Saudi Arabia a Free Pass

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 07.25.2009 | Business

Read More: President Obama, 9/11, European Union, China, Opec, Justice Department, Federal Trade Commision, World Trade Organization, European Trade Commisioner Baroness Ashton, Financial TImes, Saudi Arabia, Oil, New York Times, President Bush, 2003 Joint Congressional Inquiry, Prince Bandar, Sovereign Immunity, Department of Energy, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

Though Obama has enough on his plate, if time and energy can be directed at China because of export trade constraints, then certainly action against the OPEC cartel is long overdue.

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Decemland

Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort | Posted 10.04.2009 | World

Read More: World Trade Organization, Poverty, Africa, International Monetary Fund, United Nations, World Bank, World News
Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort

It is time to look ahead instead of look behind. It is time to leave the fears of the baby boomers behind and embrace the developing world once and for all.

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Big Business Gearing Up to Defend Protectionism Against UN Climate Negotiators

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 06.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Intellectual Property, World Trade Organization, Monopolies, Environment, Climate Change, Wto, Pollution, Patents, Green News
Mark Weisbrot

It appears that international efforts to slow the pace of worldwide climate disruption could also run up against powerful interests who advocate a "fundamentalist" conception of intellectual property.

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Worse Spokespeople Than Bristol Palin

Warren Holstein | Posted 06.06.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Brady Campaign, Tea Party Protests, Wto, Bristol Palin Abstinence, Swine Flu Pandemic, Somali Pirates, Ron Paul, Swine Flu, George W. Bush, Nadya Suleman, Mexico, Rielle Hunter, Naacp, Dick Cheney, Noam Chomsky, John Edwards Affair With Rielle Hunter, Politics, World Trade Organization, Swine Flu Mexico, Elizabeth Edwards, Sarah Palin, John Edwards, Rick Santelli, Levi Johnston, Bristol Palin Levi Johnston, Tea Party, Bristol Palin, David Duke, Tea Bagging, Bristol Palin Baby, Comedy News
Warren Holstein

1. George W. Bush for RIF (Reading Is Fundamental). He's is not just the former president, he's a client.

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Pass the Employee Free Choice Act

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Employee Free Choice Act, International Monetary Fund, Afl-Cio, Corporate Power, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Iraq War, World Trade Organization, Wall Street, Nafta, Colombia, Vietnam War, John Sweeney, Iraq, Saul Alinsky, Iraq Timetable, Politics News
Robert Naiman

Passage of the Employee Free Choice Act is easy to justify on the basis of guaranteeing the basic human rights of working Americans.

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Free Trade

Randy Charles Epping | Posted 05.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Europe, Eastern Europe, World Trade Organization, Western Europe, Economy, Free Trade, Summit of the Americas, g20, Brazil, Business News
Randy Charles Epping

By getting our leaders to open the world's borders to trade, we not only help ourselves: we help developing countries of the world and become true partners in a renewed 21st century economy.

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Following the London Summit, What's Next for the World Economy?

Jake Colvin | Posted 05.15.2009 | Business

Read More: International Trade, Poverty, Global Economy, World Trade Organization, London Summit, Trade, Globalization, Global Financial Crisis, Global Poverty, International-Development, Global Economic Crisis, Economic Recession, Economic Crisis, Recession, Business News
Jake Colvin

The current economic climate presents a real danger to international stability and, ultimately, to U.S. national security. The time is right for a renewed commitment to trade.

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17 Of 20 Nations Have Broken Promise TO Avoid Protectionist Measures

Washington Post | Anthony Faiola | Posted 04.17.2009 | Business

Read More: World Bank Report, Global Economy, World Trade Organization, Economy, Trade Barriers, Protectionism, Global Economic Crisis, Business News

At least 17 of the 20 major nations that vowed at a November summit to avoid protectionist steps that could spark a global trade war have violated tha...

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New Report Hints at Broken Promises and Trouble Ahead for World Trade

Jake Colvin | Posted 03.02.2009 | World

Read More: International Trade, Davos, Global Economy, Wto, G-20 Summit, World Trade Organization, Global Trade, Financial Crisis, US Foreign Policy, Global Financial Crisis, Davos 2009, Obama Foreign Policy, G-20, World Economic Forum, World News
Jake Colvin

The steps countries take over the coming months to respond to the global financial crisis will help determine whether the world is destined to learn from or repeat past mistakes.

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How Globalization Set the Stage for the 2008 Economic Collapse

Robert Creamer | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Income Stagnation, World Trade Organization, Economic Policy, Employee Free Choice Act, Trade, Economic Crisis, Breaking News, Globalization, Credit Crisis, Nafta, Financial Collapse, Ecomomic Stimulus, Politics News
Robert Creamer

A good case can be made that the massive globalization of labor and financial markets, coupled with "free markets uber alles" policies, formed a toxic mixture that made the collapse inevitable. Here's why.

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Do Globalist GOP Traitors Intend to Flat Out Kill the USA's Auto Industry?

Rob Kall | Posted 01.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Auto Bailout, Automaker Bailout, World Trade Organization, Wto, Nafta, Starbucks Globaliztion, Traitor, Cafta, GOP Senators, Globalism, Politics News
Rob Kall

What do you call someone who unnecessarily puts one of America's biggest industries at serious risk and sells out millions of his country's workers abilities to make an honest living?

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Harvard Project Proposes Rich Nations Cut CO2 First

Reuters | Michael Szabo | Posted 12.25.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, World Trade Organization, Environmental Policy, Harvard University, Carbon Emissions, Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol, Environment, Global Warming, Green News

Rich nations should make the first cuts in greenhouse gases while developing countries carry on business as usual for the time being, according to a p...

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