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The truth about the free trade deals
Free trade has plenty of opponents on both the left and the right. The standard complaint is that opening up U.S. markets to foreign goods will destroy American jobs and reduce American wages. What the opponents don't acknowledge (or in some cases...Tags: Colombia, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Trade Policy, Trade Agreements
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Colombia bomb injures ex-minister, kills 2 as new trade era dawns
World NowA former Colombian cabinet minister was injured in a bomb blast that killed five people in Bogota on the day that the Colombia-U.S. Free Trade Agreement starts taking effect... -
Analysis: Candor gaffes add to campaign cynicism
WASHINGTON (AP)— After a week like this, is it any wonder voters are cynical? Within five days of each other, both the president and the campaign of his leading Republican opponent have had to deal with their own "oops" moments of candor....
Tags: White House, Washington, DC, Economic Organization, Newt Gingrich, Philosophy
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Free trade resolves more conflicts than bloodshed
SomersetThere is much talk in the American media concerning the subject of war. Conservatives call for a war against Iran, citing Iran's hostility to American intervention in the region and to Israel. The major Republican candidates, with the exception of Ron...Tags: Amnesty International, Environmental Issues, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Republican Party, Ron Paul
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Miguel de la Madrid dies at 77; former president of Mexico
MEXICO CITY —Former Mexican President Miguel de la Madrid, who led the country amid economic meltdown and natural disaster in the 1980s but laid the groundwork for freer markets and political opening, has died. He was 77. De la Madrid died Sunday...Tags: Treaties, Carlos Salinas de Gortari, Economic Organization, Colleges and Universities, Elections
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Drought sparks water dispute with Texas, Mexico
McALLEN, Texas (AP) - Melted snow providing water for irrigation had barely begun burbling down a bone-dry Rio Grande toward a thin 4-mile-wide strip of farmland straddling the U.S.-Mexico border when a war of words erupted. Mexico wanted a...Tags: Natural Disasters, Pecans, Economic Organization, Droughts, Trade Agreements
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Cabbie unlikely celebrity in Colombia sex scandal
CARTAGENA, Colombia (AP) — The Secret Service sex scandal has spawned X-rated jokes, inspired a spicy song set to a local Caribbean beat, and made an unlikely celebrity of a 42-year-old taxi driver who lives with his mother and now seems to be in...Tags: Colombia, Twitter, Inc., Media Industry, U.S. Military, Crime, Law and Justice
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Taiwanese protest U.S. beef import plan
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Thousands of Taiwanese farmers staged a raucous protest Thursday against a government plan to allow the import of U.S. beef containing a growth drug, challenging their president to "say no" to Washington. The protest outside the...Tags: China, European Union, Livestock Farming, Agriculture, Taiwan
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Tuna, meat labels face international challenges
You might have missed this while you were busy taking the kids to school and preparing for the holidays, but last fall, two U.S. food labeling programs suffered serious legal setbacks that threaten to confuse consumers and thwart the intentions of the...Tags: Food Industry, Economic Organization, Fishing, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Congress
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Santorum is big labor? Pa. union leaders say 'ridiculous'
Call Washington BureauAs Rick Santorum's poll numbers rise, so do the Mitt Romney attacks. This week the Romney campaign, directly and through surrogates, have attacked Rick Santorum as “big labor’s favorite senator.” But that’s not how Pennsylvania...Tags: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Career and Workplace, Economic Organization, Elections, Mitt Romney
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Johnson: Direct crop subsidies likely to be out of new farm bill
Jan. 17 - Direct subsidy payments to America's farmers are on the chopping block as the new farm bill gets written this year, Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., told a round-table group Monday in Rapid City. Johnson repeated what Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., told...Tags: Agriculture, Tim Johnson, Insurance, Environmental Issues, Washington, DC
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