Free Trade
Tuesday, February 8, 2011 - 00:00
The administration's delay of the Colombia agreement may come up again later this week, as the Senate is expected to consider extending Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) on Thursday or Friday.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011 - 00:00
The Colombia and Panama deals, reached by Mr. Obama's predecessors, have been roundly attacked by organized labor in the U.S.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011 - 00:00
In a speech to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Monday, Obama cited the South Korea pact and said he would seek a similar track on the Panama and Colombia deals.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011 - 00:00
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Monday urged President Obama to act on pending trade deals with Panama and Colombia.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011 - 00:00
Two years is long enough to determine if the "New Trade Policy for America," introduced by the Democrats in 2007 to incorporate labor and environmental standards into FTAs, is more of the same old, same old.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011 - 00:00
Senator Chuck Grassley in a letter to President Barack Obama this week pressed for action on three pending trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011 - 00:00
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor Monday regarding the need to pass free trade agreements with Colombia and Panama.
Monday, February 7, 2011 - 00:00
The agricultural elements of the pact were brutal on Mexico's corn farmers. A flood of U.S. corn imports, combined with subsidies that favor agribusiness, are blamed for the loss of 2 million farm jobs in Mexico.
Monday, February 7, 2011 - 00:00
The President says he wants to double U.S. exports in 5 years. Free trade agreements with Colombia and Panama would go a long way toward meeting that goal--and creating jobs here in America--by opening markets in Latin America.
Friday, February 4, 2011 - 00:00
At stake in the Colombian Free Trade Agreement is the viability of the so-called "readiness criteria"-that is, what standards a country should have to meet before the United States ties its economy to it.