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Where's the Beef?

Argentina is limiting its beef exports: Taming inflation was [former President Nestor] Kirchner's goal when he banned most [Argentine] beef exports last year. This year, exports were capped at 480,000 metric tons, down from nearly 700,000 tons in 2005. Kirchner's wife, the newly elected

Speaking of NAFTA ...

Speaking of NAFTA, as we were yesterday, the Acting U.S. Secretary of Agriculture says that it could be "unraveling," as the U.S. and Mexico want to attach a sugar "side agreement" to the new U.S. farm bill, limiting Mexican exports of sugar to

Was NAFTA a Mistake?

According to Barack Obama, in tonight's Presidential debate, it was: ... on trade, John [Edwards] is exactly right that you travel around South Carolina and you see the textile mills that John's father worked in closed, all over the region. And it is absolutely true that NAFTA

Are Location Subsidies Worth It?

Speaking of job losses from trade, as we were the other day, here's a story from Germany: Anti- Nokia anger in Germany for closing a factory is growing with politicians publicly ditching the firm's phones and joining calls for a national boycott in Europe 's

Trade in Everything: English Teachers

From the Korea Times: Foreign envoys whose countries adopt English as an official language criticize what they call Korea's discriminative visa regulations against foreign English teachers. Korea allows English teaching or E-2 visas to only native-English speakers from the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, South

Trade in Everything: Hockey and Hockey Players

From the Palm Beach Post: Globalization. With more than 35 percent of [National Hockey League] players from Europe, there's a keen interest in taking more games overseas and even establishing teams there. "Growing the revenues of the sport is a huge issue," Kelly said. "Should

Is the Word "Protectionism" Unfair?

A poll on Lou Dobbs' web site: Do you believe people who use words like "protectionism" are offering a false choice between "free" trade and no trade, to distract from the fact that they are shipping jobs out of this country? Yes 95% 8600 No

Senator Calls for Unilateral Tariff Lowering

No, it's not a headline from The Onion. It actually happened: Sen. Charles Schumer said Sunday that rising demand for the corn-based fuel additive ethanol is contributing to a spike in milk prices and called for lifting the 54-cent-per-gallon tariff on ethanol imports. Schumer, D-N.Y., said rising

Upcoming WTO Scholars' Forum Events

The following two "WTO Scholars' Forum" events may be of interest to this blog's readers: 1. WTO Scholars' Forum Seminar: "Normative Integration as Authority Allocation: Two Models and their Application in the WTO" Dr Tomer Broude, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem 28th

"American Made" Cars Again

Via Dani Rodrik, Mitt Romney said the following while campaigning in Michigan: “Here in Michigan, the skies are cloudy all day, the trees are all the right height, people talk without an accent and most of the cars on the road are American made — as they ought to be,” he