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U.S. Loses WTO Appeal in Dolphin-Safe Tuna Case

By John Olen May 16, 2012
The WTO has ruled that the "dolphin-safe" labels that adorn tuna cans in the United States represent a barrier to trade. According to Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), "Weakening this label could have significant consequences for dolphin populations and consumers that have come to trust and rely on the Dolphin-Safe label." Read More »

America Cannot Compete with Chinese State-Run Capitalism

By Thomas Heffner May 16, 2012
Chinese state-run corporate enterprises are given virtually limitless subsidization from their home governments, as well as from American state and federal incentives, to enter the open American market and break established U.S. industrial titans. Read More »

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WTO Pushes “Made in the World”

By Karl Rusnak May 16, 2012
The WTO is pushing an initiative called "Made in the World" that seeks to get people to accept that products are now assembled from sources across the globe. This may be a good PR move for the WTO and its agenda, but it doesn't change the facts: trade still picks winners and losers, and the United States consistently finds itself in the "losers" column. Read More »

How the Trade Deficit Kills Jobs

May 16, 2012 Peter Crawford No comments

While many politicians are now blaming the lack of jobs on the federal budget deficit, America’s trade deficit is actually to blame for many of our problems. The U.S. is still millions of jobs behind where it was when the Great Recession started, and the country now has less people employed than it did in 2001.

Between a Rock and a Hard Place

May 16, 2012 George Barlow No comments

The U.S. has painted itself into a corner. Because the Chinese are our creditors, we have no ability to force the Chinese to stop pegging the Yuan to the dollar and manipulating their currency to the detriment of our exporters. We have no ability to enforce human rights standards in China or any other part of Asia. We have no hope of stopping Europe from subsidizing their industrial core. We have no effective method for forcing the oil cartels to increase supply.

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