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    Apr 1, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  1. America's trade muddle

    WASHINGTON -- Americans have a love-hate relationship with foreign trade. In the marketplace, we're enthusiasts. During 2012, we scarfed up $2.3 trillion of imports: cars, computers, clothes, smartphones, shoes, toys, oil and much more. We are also eager exporters, though not as successful, peddling $1.6 trillion last year of jets, tractors, pharmaceuticals and corn, among other things. But in the political arena, we're skeptics. By one typical poll, 63 percent of respondents declared trade "bad" because it "results in the loss of jobs and lower wages." Only 30 percent cheered that it reduces prices and expands choices for consumers.
    WASHINGTON -- Americans have a love-hate relationship with foreign trade. In the marketplace, we're enthusiasts. During 2012, we scarfed up $2.3 trillion of imports: cars, computers, clothes, smartphones, shoes, toys, oil and much more. We are also...

    Tags: Productivity, Currency Values, Industrial Production, Employment Opportunities, Employment

    2. Mar 22, 2013 |Story| Aberdeen News

  2. Korea, US FTA one year later: Barley sales jump

    Sales of U.S. barley and malting barley to Korea jumped significantly in 2012 thanks to implementation of the United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement (FTA) a year ago this week and to timely promotions of barley by the U.S. Grains Council and other...

    Tags: Trade Dispute

    3. Dec 28, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  3. Chemicals in the crib

    Three popular brands of baby mattresses that were marketed in recent months to families and day care centers contained toxic flame retardants linked to increased cancer risk, according to laboratory tests conducted for the Chicago Tribune.
    Three popular brands of baby mattresses that were marketed in recent months to families and day care centers contained toxic flame retardants linked to increased cancer risk, according to laboratory tests conducted for the Chicago Tribune. One member...

    Tags: E-Commerce Industry, Medical Procedures and Tests, Birth Defects, Hazardous Materials, Groceries

    4. Feb 21, 2013 |Story| Daily American

  4. State of the union

    In the State of the Union address, President Obama implied that his pending Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Free Trade Agreement will create jobs.  I don't buy it. The legacy of past pacts on which the TPP is modeled has been job destruction, not job...

    Tags: Barack Obama, Trade Agreements, Trade Policy, Public Finance, Trade Balance

    5. Feb 8, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. U.S. trade picture brightened at end of 2012

    In an encouraging sign for the American economy, the U.S. trade deficit fell sharply in December as exports grew at a solid pace while imports of oil and many other goods shrank from the prior month, the Commerce Department reported Friday.
    In an encouraging sign for the American economy, the U.S. trade deficit fell sharply in December as exports grew at a solid pace while imports of oil and many other goods shrank from the prior month, the Commerce Department reported Friday. The big drop...

    Tags: China, Labor Markets, Petroleum Industry, Public Finance, Trade Balance

    6. Jan 11, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. U.S. trade deficit jumps to seven-month high

    WASHINGTON -- A spike in American imports of consumer goods, autos and other products led to a sharp increase in the U.S. trade deficit in November from the prior month, the government said Friday.
    WASHINGTON -- A spike in American imports of consumer goods, autos and other products led to a sharp increase in the U.S. trade deficit in November from the prior month, the government said Friday. One immediate implication of the unexpectedly big...

    Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), China, Consumers, Globalization, Computer Hardware

    7. Dec 28, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  7. Dangerous chemicals found in crib mattresses

    Three popular brands of baby mattresses that were marketed in recent months to families and day care centers contained toxic flame retardants linked to increased cancer risk, according to laboratory tests conducted for the Chicago Tribune.
    Three popular brands of baby mattresses that were marketed in recent months to families and day care centers contained toxic flame retardants linked to increased cancer risk, according to laboratory tests conducted for the Chicago Tribune. One member of...

    Tags: Furniture, Walmart, Baby Products

    8. Dec 14, 2012 |Story| Aberdeen News

  8. Japan suspends beef imports from Brazil on mad-cow disease

    TOKYO - Japan, Asia's largest beef buyer, has suspended imports from Brazil after a cow in Parana state tested positive for mad-cow disease. "We suspended imports from Brazil as soon as an outbreak of BSE was confirmed," the Ministry of Agriculture,...

    Tags: Australia, Japan, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, Brazil, Russia

    9. Dec 18, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Food FYI: Brazil beef ban expands amid mad cow fears

    The ban on beef from <span class="runtimeTopic">Brazil's</span> Parana state is spreading. <span class="runtimeTopic">Saudi Arabia</span>, <span class="runtimeTopic">Egypt</span> and South Korea join <span class="runtimeTopic">China</span>, <span class="runtimeTopic">South Africa</span> and Japan in not buying beef from the region after Brazil revealed the discovery of a cow with proteins that cause bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), known as mad cow disease.&nbsp;
    The ban on beef from Brazil's Parana state is spreading. Saudi Arabia, Egypt and South Korea join China, South Africa and Japan in not buying beef from the region after Brazil revealed the discovery of a cow with proteins that cause bovine spongiform...

    Tags: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, Fox News Channel (tv network)

    10. Nov 14, 2012 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  10. Energy independent after all?

    WASHINGTON -- Preoccupied by the election, Americans may be under the delusion that most major social and economic changes proceed from the ballot box. Not so.
    WASHINGTON -- Preoccupied by the election, Americans may be under the delusion that most major social and economic changes proceed from the ballot box. Not so. The latest reminder of this comes from a surprising source: the annual World Energy Outlook...

    Tags: Energy Resources, International Energy, Petroleum Industry, Saudi Arabia

    11. Sep 6, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Medical pot returning to underground

    A stocky onetime mortgage broker is speeding through Costa Mesa in an old pickup with two pounds of weed in a paper bag. He wears gray cargo shorts and flip-flops and a faded cap with the image of a marijuana leaf stitched on the front. He just smoked a joint thick as a knuckle.
    A stocky onetime mortgage broker is speeding through Costa Mesa in an old pickup with two pounds of weed in a paper bag. He wears gray cargo shorts and flip-flops and a faded cap with the image of a marijuana leaf stitched on the front. He just smoked a...

    Tags: Drug Trafficking, Mortgages, AIDS, Medical Marijuana Therapy, Heart Failure

    12. Sep 25, 2012 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  12. Florida travel calendar for September

    Check out festivals and events in September across the state. Check out statewide events this coming weekend, or view the whole month's offerings by region below:
    Check out festivals and events in September across the state. Check out statewide events this coming weekend, or view the whole month's offerings by region below: Coming up this week Through Nov. 2 (Select Nights): Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party,...

    Tags: Kissimmee, AMC (tv network), Rivers, Blues (genre), Government

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