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December 28, 2007 |
500,000 fewer Britons in work following influx of Eastern Europeans
Daily Mail (UK)
Half a million fewer Britons are in work following the unprecedented influx of migrants from Eastern Europe, it was disclosed last night. MPs said the figure demolishes the Government's claim to be providing 'British jobs for British workers'. |
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November 20, 2007 |
Asean leaders sign historic charter
Int'l Herald Tribune
Southeast Asian leaders signed a historic charter here Tuesday that was drafted to bind the region together as a community, but that has instead exposed the sharp divisions persisting among the signatories. |
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October 22, 2007 |
Feds outsource Mexican truck safety
Worldnet Daily
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has delegated key inspection requirements for Mexican trucks to a non-governmental trilateral trade association, whose goal is to impose North American standards on all commercial motor vehicles operating in Mexico, Canada, and the United States. |
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October 17, 2007 |
Dubai Ports redux over China deal
CNNMoney
Get ready for the possibility of a sequel to the Dubai Ports fracas. Only this time, the outcome of the deal under consideration will have implications for U.S.-China economic relations.
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October 14, 2007 |
Bush says protectionism will cost American jobs
CNNMoney
Alarmed by slipping support for free trade even among Republicans, President Bush is arguing that protectionism will cut Americans out of chances for more -- and better -- jobs. |
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October 08, 2007 |
The camel in the tent
Washington Times
Objections to Borse Dubai's proposed acquisition of 20 percent of Nasdaq last week prompted Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank to quip, "In the ports deal, the concern was smuggling something or someone dangerous... What are we talking about here — smuggling someone onto a stock exchange?" |
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September 29, 2007 |
Huge crowds in Costa Rica protest CAFTA
Reuters
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (Reuters) - More than 100,000 Costa Ricans, some dressed as skeletons, protested a U.S. trade pact on Sunday they say will flood their country with cheap farm goods and cause job losses. |
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September 26, 2007 |
Can this woman save free trade?
Fortune Magazine
Susan Schwab is sitting inside a VIP lounge at Dulles airport near Washington, waiting for a call from The Chairman. Jet fumes hang on the tarmac outside, but what Schwab smells is a deal.
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September 25, 2007 |
WTO in formal China-piracy probe
CNNMoney
The World Trade Organization opened a formal investigation Tuesday into allegations China is providing a safe haven for product piracy and counterfeiting, the most far-reaching of four trade disputes between Washington and Beijing, trade officials said. |
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August 29, 2007 |
Where U.S. Candidates Stand on Free Trade
Globe and Mail (UK)
You can't always tell in advance who will govern as a protectionist. His free-trade rhetoric notwithstanding, President George W. Bush imposed a 30-per-cent tariff on imported steel from Europe and a quota on imported bras and bathrobes from China. These compromises, though, were tactical. Former president Bill Clinton campaigned as a protectionist - influenced by Ross Perot's ferocious "sucking sound" assault on NAFTA in the 1992 election. Yet he pushed the trade deal through a hostile Congress and opened U.S. markets to China. These decisions were strategic. |
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