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Administration Confident of Pelosi Deal on Colombia Free Trade Agreement
By Paul Bedard -
News Desk
- April 18, 2008
While a deal remains a long way off, administration officials say they are now hopeful an agreement will be met for two reasons.
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Obama and Clinton Big Government Economic Plans Need Debate
By Michael Barone -
Michael Barone
- April 11, 2008
Many younger voters don't remember when big government advocates were on the defensive because of stagflation and gas lines.
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Falling Dollar Pinches Small Businesses
By Matthew Bandyk -
Money & Business
- April 7, 2008
The sliding currency hurts importers and others.
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Where's President Stanton When You Need Him?
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- April 3, 2008
The film Primary Colors shows how far the Democratic Party has moved on the trade issue.
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Susan Schwab on the Colombian Trade Deal
By James Pethokoukis -
Nation & World
- March 26, 2008
The latest free-trade agreement is caught in the crossfire.
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Trade Wars: Obama vs. ... Obama?
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- February 29, 2008
His harsh antitrade rhetoric seems of recent vintage.
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Exports Continue to Bail Out the Economy
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- February 28, 2008
Trade is what's keeping America out of recession.
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A Bit of Sun: Trade Up, Jobless Claims Down
By Matthew Bandyk -
Money & Business
- February 14, 2008
Healthy U.S. exports narrow deficit, and a resilient job market continues to give the economy a boost.
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Don't Fret, Sovereign Wealth Funds
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- January 11, 2008
Trade is key to world peace.
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Trade Deficits: Not So Bad, After All
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- December 24, 2007
Think of it this way: Individuals trade, not nations.
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A Different Path Dems Could Take on Trade
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- October 16, 2007
They could accept globalization but try to help workers who lose out.
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Mideast Turmoil? Surging Rates? Wall Street Shrugs
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- June 15, 2007
Here are four reasons that even dramatic political and economic news isn't rattling the stock market.
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Bernanke and the Case for Trade
Capital Commerce
- May 1, 2007
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke just gave a speech that might have gotten him fired if he was still an economist over at the White House. The topic was trade, perhaps the new "third rail" of American politics.
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Wall Street Democrats Try to Revive Clintonomics
Capital Commerce
- February 14, 2007
There is supposed to be a battle brewing in the Democratic Party–particularly over trade–between pro-growth centrists who want a return to Clintonomics (300 free-trade agreements, 23 million new jobs, a $6,200 increase in real median income) and spread-the-wealth neopopulists who argue that government needs to focus on stemming rising income inequality through higher taxes and nationalized healthcare..
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