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April 30, 2007 |
Bush Signs U.S./European Union Integration
White House News
PRESIDENT BUSH: Thank you all, please be seated. Welcome to the Rose Garden. I want to welcome Angela Merkel and Jos Barroso here. Thank you all for your friendship, thank you for what has been a serious set of discussions.
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April 30, 2007 |
U.S., EU Agree To Reduce Regulatory and Trade Barriers
White House News
Washington -- The United States and the European Union (EU) have agreed to expand economic ties by cutting barriers to trade and investment and liberalizing restrictions on air travel. Joint commitments on a broad range of economic and security issues were signed April 30 during the annual U.S.-EU summit in Washington. |
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April 29, 2007 |
Growing Talk of a Japan-U.S. FTA
OhMyNews
apan has recently kicked off negotiations with Australia on concluding a free-trade agreement (FTA). The negotiations with Australia are particularly significant because they are Japan's first with a major agricultural exporter and are widely seen as a dry run for possible future talks with the United States.
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April 20, 2007 |
Factory Jobs: 3 Million Lost Since 2000
Associated Press
Three weeks ago, Dawn Zimmer became a statistic. Laid off from her job assembling trucks at Freightliner's plant in Portland, Ore., she and 800 of her colleagues joined a long line of U.S. manufacturing workers who have lost jobs in recent years. A total of 3.2 million—one in six factory jobs—have disappeared since the start of 2000. |
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April 18, 2007 |
New Awakening About Free Trade
EagleForum
On the first day that H-1B visas became available, the corporations snapped up all that are allowed. Our government received 150,000 applications for the 85,000 slots set aside to bring in foreign skilled workers. |
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April 17, 2007 |
Clock running out on free trade
Asia Times
At literally minutes to midnight on April 1, the United States signed a free-trade agreement (FTA) with South Korean negotiators and rushed it to Congress. Congress now has until June 30 to review the South Korea, Peru, Colombia and Panama agreements before fast-track authority expires. |
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April 08, 2007 |
Dow Chemical to face $50 billion bid: report
Reuters
ONDON (Reuters) - A consortium of Middle Eastern investors and American buyout firms is preparing a $50 billion approach for Dow Chemical Co. (DOW.N: Quote, Profile , Research) in what could be the world's biggest ever leveraged buyout, a paper said on Sunday.
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April 03, 2007 |
Pet-food deaths spur ban on China’s wheat gluten
Miscellaneous
The U.S. is blocking imports of wheat gluten from a company in China, acting after an investigation implicated the contaminated ingredient in the recent pet-food deaths of cats and dogs. |
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April 02, 2007 |
United States and Korea Conclude Historic Trade Agreement
Miscellaneous
The United States and the Republic of Korea yesterday, April 1, successfully concluded a free trade agreement that will create economic opportunities for their people and enhance their economic and strategic partnership. |
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March 31, 2007 |
Report: 'Free trade' enslaves poor nations
Worldnet Daily
So-called "free trade" agreements are not free at all, victimizing the poor while benefiting the wealthy, says a new report by Oxfam International, the coalition fighting poverty, suffering and social injustice around the world. |
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