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Economist""s Challenge Puzzles Free-Trade Believers

The Washington Post | By Paul Blustein | February 26, 2004 If economists could condemn members of their profession for heresy, Paul Craig Roberts would probably be a candidate for excommunication.

World Commission Demand For Fairer Globalisation Gets Full Support Of The ICFTU

International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) | February 24, 2004

Hastert Rebukes Bush Adviser

Washington Post | By Mike Allen | February 12, 2004 House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (Ill.), one of the nation's highest-ranking Republicans, rebuked the chairman of President Bush's Council of Economic Advisers yesterday for calling the transfer of U.S. service jobs overseas "just a new way to do international trade."

Trading Down In a Steel Town

Newsday (New York) | By Deborah Barfield Berry | February 2, 2004 Georgetown, S.C. - James Sanderson's cell phone rang just after noon. A local reporter was calling to find out if he had heard about a potential buyer for the closed steel mill.

Where Free Trade Hurts

Business Week | By Paul Magnusson in Washington, Frederik Balfour in Phnom Penh, and Michael Shari in Jakarta | December 15, 2003 Thirty million jobs could disappear with the end of apparel quotas

Honduran Maquila Worker Stands By Her Denunciation of Working Conditions

National Labor Committee | November 18, 2003

With a Few Exceptions, Nothing Serious Reported during First Day of Trade Talks

Miami Herald | By Susannah A. Nesmith, Elaine de Valle and Martin Merzer | Nov. 17, 2003 A work week like few in South Florida history began today with nothing more than modest traffic delays, a visible display of authority in Downtown Miami and only a hint of what might lie in store for the rest of the week.

Miami Looks to Trade Group to Revive Bank Industry

New York Times | By Simon Romero | Nov. 17, 2003

Miami Braces For Thousands Of Protesters For Free Trade Talks

Associated Press | By RACHEL LA CORTE | November 14, 2003 Thousands of protesters are expected to take to the streets of Miami to protest trade talks next week, and while many of them say they will demonstrate peacefully, police are preparing for extremist groups bent on wreaking havoc.

Suffering From Free Trade Woes

The Miami Herald | By JANE BUSSEY | October 20, 2003 Mexico's trade troubles The textile executive's complaints about Chinese competition have a familiar ring.