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Agricultural Subsidies Targeted

Washington Times | By Jeffrey Sparshott | Dec. 8, 2003 U.S. and European agricultural subsidies, worth billions of dollars to farmers, will be open to attack at the World Trade Organization as soon as next month.

Pressure to Protect Trade Not Easing

Associated Press | By Martin Crutsinger | Dec. 7, 2003 WASHINGTON - There is no sign of a quick easing of pressure on President Bush to provide trade protection for besieged U.S. industries, especially with his re-election race ahead and manufacturing employment still in free-fall.

Globalization""s Impact on Latin America

The Houston Chronicle | By JOHN OTIS | December 07, 2003, ASSAI, Brazil - With their cracked leather uppers and wafer-thin soles, the donated work boots heaped in the corner of this Brazilian farm cooperative look like Salvation Army rejects.

Little Hope of Progress in Crucial WTO Round Expected at December Meeting

Agence France Presse | Dec. 7, 2003 GENEVA (AFP) - Attempts to get countries back to the negotiating table to relaunch WTO trade talks by a December 15 deadline are in trouble, and diplomats doubt much progress will be made until next year at the earliest.

Bush Decides to Lift Steep Steel Tariffs

Associated Press | By Martin Crutsinger | Dec. 4, 2003 WASHINGTON - Facing the threat of a trade war, President Bush has decided to lift steep tariffs he imposed on foreign steel 20 months ago, Republican and industry officials said Thursday.

Bush Raises Steel Money Before Tariff Decision

Reuters | By Randall Mikkelsen | Dec. 2, 2003 PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - President Bush picked up $850,000 in campaign contributions in America's steel industry heartland on Tuesday even as he prepared to lift tariffs that have been helping steelmakers.

Mexico Now Feels Pinch of Cheap Labor

Washington Post | By Mary Jordan | Dec. 3, 2003 SANTA ANA CHIAUTEMPAN, Mexico -- The "China threat," as people around this textile town call it, struck here last week, costing 80 jobs in a factory that makes blankets.

Slouching Toward A Trade War?

BusinessWeek | By Paul Magnusson and Rich Miller in Washington, with Dexter Roberts in Beijing, Michael Arndt in Chicago, and Marcia Vickers in New York | Dec. 1, 2003

Bush, in ""Steel City,"" Skips the ""T"" Word

Los Angeles Times | By Maura Reynolds and Richard Simon | Dec. 3, 2003 PITTSBURGH - Here in "Steel City," President Bush didn't say a word in public Tuesday about the hot political issue of the day: his expected decision to lift the tariffs he imposed on imported steel last year.

World Bank Again Giving Large Loans to Indonesia

New York Times | By Jane Perlez | Dec. 2, 2003 JAKARTA, Indonesia, Dec. 1 - After several years of reduced support because of government corruption, the World Bank has decided to increase its loans to Indonesia, even though the bank says corruption is still rampant.