NAFTA and the Campesinos: The Impact of NAFTA on Small-Scale Agricultural Producers in Mexico and the Prospects for Change
The Humane-Rights-Agenda Blog (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
http://upsidedownworld.org/main/content/view/2214/1/ From: "moderator@PORTSIDE.ORG" A New United Movement Stops Mexico for a Day Written by Tamara Pearson Tuesday, 17 November 2009 In the many metro stations of giant Mexico city, amidst the ugly smell of Pizza Hut and the newspapers vendors yelling out, "Gráfico! 3 pesos!", youth crowd around the hand written posters recruiting...
Trade Diversion (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
How preferential are preferential trade agreements? (Developing a market access measure that controls for the plethora of preferences.) Developing countries’ trade flows are increasingly sensitive to distance in gravity regressions. Jagdish Bhagwati says that NAFTA was a mistake.
Asia Healthcare Blog (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Within North Carolina’s industry centers and robust academic institutions, the state’s Chinese immigrants are poised for an epochal period of ascent to positions of strategic importance. The collapse of traditional NC industries like textiles and furniture manufacturing due to NAFTA and the advent of cheap Chinese goods necessitated, somewhat ironically, the strengthening of bonds between...
BennyHollywood (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Everyone is paying so much attention to one crazy liar lady that they have forgotten all about the other one, the one who still holds elected office! Thankfully, Michele Bachmann is stepping up the crazy. World Net Daily —the completely insane right-wing "news site" that promotes and "researches" and obsesses over conspiracies like Obama's Kenyan birth and the NAFTA superhighway...
Reason Magazine - Hit & Run (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
From our December issue, Shikha Dalmia interviews Columbia University economist Jagdish Bhagwati about the trouble with protectionism, how to deal with climate change, and why NAFTA was bad for free trade.
What Really happened (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
The general campaign is on, independent voters are up for grabs, and Barack Obama is toning down his populist rhetoric - at least when it comes to free trade. In an interview with Fortune to be featured in the magazine's upcoming issue, the presumptive Democratic nominee backed off his harshest attacks on the free trade agreement and indicated he didn't want to unilaterally reopen negotiations on...
aarkstore | 11/18/2009
Summary Vostok Nafta Investment Ltd (Vostok Nafta) is an investment company. The company principally focuses on investing in public and private companies, which operate in Russia and adjacent markets. The company principally invests in oil and gas, coal, energy, mining and metals industries, cement and energy sectors. Vostok Nafta’s wholly owned subsidiary companies are Vostok Komi (Cyprus) Limited,
De Magno Opere (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
It's no secret I'm not particularly convinced by arguments that protectionist moves by the U.S. aimed at reforming the Chinese economy (for their benefit as well as ours) would result in the collapse of the U.S. economy. So, it is with that background in mind that I have to wonder whether the meeting between Obama and Hu included any backroom realisations such as this : It is fashionable to talk of...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
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Crunchy Con (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Writing in TAC, Sean Scallon describes the difference between Republican Party regulars and what he smartly describes as "Conservative, Inc.". -- i.e., the conservative interest groups, talk radio and media. He says both sides are full of Potemkin villagers: As many writers have stated at TAC or various other websites and publications have written and stated for the past decade, Conservative...
efficiency meets sustainability (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
telegraph.co.uk: China has now become the biggest risk to the world economy cartoon source At some point, American workers will rebel. US unemployment is already 17.5pc under the broad "U6" gauge followed by Barack Obama. Realty Track said that 332,000 properties were foreclosed in October alone. More Americans have lost their homes this year than during the entire decade of the Great Depression....
I Thought a Think (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
From the homepage of the Spokane County GOP : The time to act is upon us! Stand up for your beliefs, find a candidate who will do the same, ensure they are indeed conservative, and support them. If they fail to stand up for conservative principles, MAKE THEM WALK THE PLANK! If they indicate they are conservative, then vote against conservative principles MAKE THEM WALK THE PLANK! If they are members...
DISSENTING JUSTICE (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
According to MSNBC, President Obama has indicated that the United States will seek to join a trade agreement with a small group of nations that would eventually expand into a larger Pacific Rim free trade pact. This development represents a dramatic shift from the rhetoric that colored the Democratic presidential primaries. During the Democratic primaries, opposition to free trade became a standard...
Cara Community - Comments (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
In reply to Daily Trading & Social Commentary for Nov. 13 : "Pierre Lassonde calls it competitive devaluation"... which is a central component of the policy of "beggar thy neighbour": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beggar_thy_neighbour http://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/beggarthyneigh... If my memory serves me correctly this policy was one of a number of factors that led Japan...
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
US President Barack Obama came under fire Saturday from Asia-Pacific leaders for backsliding on free trade as a regional summit devoted to driving the world economy out of crisis opened in Singapore. "President Obama is facing severe political constraints that run counter to free trade," Mexican President Felipe Calderon said, complaining about US foot-dragging on full implementation of...
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aarkstore | 11/18/2009
Summary Vostok Nafta Investment Ltd (Vostok Nafta) is an investment company. The company principally focuses on investing in public and private companies, which operate in Russia and adjacent markets. The company principally invests in oil and gas, coal, energy, mining and metals industries, cement and energy sectors. Vostok Nafta’s wholly owned subsidiary companies are Vostok Komi (Cyprus) Limited,...
bharatbook | 10/16/2009
Despite two of the 'Big Three' US carmakers filing for bankruptcy, the Canadian autos market is showing signs of a tentative recovery. In April, light vehicle sales reached their highest level since August 2008, according to data from DesRosiers Automotive Consultants (DAC). Although the total monthly sales figure of 143,931 units was 17.8% lower year-on-year (y-o-y) compared with the period in 2008,
aarkstore | 07/13/2009
Cookson Group plc - Financial and Strategic Analysis Review Summary Cookson Group Plc. (Cookson) is a provider of Technology services worldwide. It provides technology services, supported by outstanding technical service. Additionally, it provides materials, equipment, processes and services to a range of customers spread across the world. Geographically the company operates through Europe, Asia-Pacific,...
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