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Who Else is Against the Colombian Free Trade Agreement?
2008-04-11 04:35:00 Madam Speaker has plans to block the Colombian Free Trade Agreement: Defying the White House, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday the House will change its rules to avoid a required vote this year on a free-trade agreement with Colombia. Pelosi, D-Calif., said the change would remove the timetable that says Congress must take up trade bills within 90 legislative days after they are received from the White House. She intended to bring the rule proposal to the full House on Thursday. “The president took action” in submitting the deal Tuesday, she said. “I will take mine tomorrow.” The Colombia deal was a leading topic as President Bush and congressional leaders discussed the economy and other issues at the White House Wednesday afternoon. Pelosi, emerging from the meeting, said their message to the president was that the main concern must be the living standards of Americans and they could not consider the free trade pact “unless we address the econ...
U.S.-Peru Free Trade Agreement Approved
2007-12-05 14:42:00 AP via Manufacturing.Net (December 4, 2007) - WASHINGTON (AP) ? The Senate gave decisive backing Tuesday to a U.S.-Peru free trade agreement, opening the way for expanded economic ties with the Andean nation and giving the administration a boost in its quest to shore up relations with Latin America.
By: Commodity Wealth
The passage of the Peru Free Trade Agreement by the U.S. House proves that
2007-11-13 19:21:00 This morning?s passage of the Peru Free Trade Agreement by the U.S. House proves that the Democrat-controlled Congress is totally out of touch with the American people and refuses to abide by promises it made to voters in last year?s elections, Democratic Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich said immediately following the vote. ?They just don?t get it,? said Kucinich, D-OH, one of 132 members who voted against the measure, ?and neither do the other candidates for President whose campaign rhetoric on trade is a smokescreen to conceal their voting records on trade.? ?When they?re standing in front of a union audience or outside a closed plant somewhere, they bemoan the three millions jobs that have been lost because of free trade agreements,? Kucinich noted. ?When they had a chance to vote as a member of Congress, they supported those agreements, which means they voted against American workers.? Kucinich cited an analysis conducted by Public Citizen in August http://citizen.typep...
ASIA: Free Trade Agreement Between India and China?
2007-09-29 09:30:00 China and India have started to talk in terms of a Free Trade Agreement, which would mean a giant stride in the relationship between the two countries. Officials of the two nations are scheduled to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
By: ENERGY BLOG
U.S. and South Korea reach free trade agreement
2007-04-02 17:47:00 SEOUL: American and South Korean negotiators struck the world's largest bilateral free trade agreement on Monday, giving the United States a badly needed lift to its foreign trade policy and South Korea a chance to reinvigorate its export economy.
By: Get rich
U.S. and South Korea reach free trade agreement
2007-04-02 17:47:00 SEOUL: American and South Korean negotiators struck the world's largest bilateral free trade agreement on Monday, giving the United States a badly needed lift to its foreign trade policy and South Korea a chance to reinvigorate its export economy.
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