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INTERVIEW-Brazil WTO hopeful brushes off protectionist complaints
Reuters* Roberto Azevedo says he will be neutral if he gets the job * Other finalist is Blanco, former Mexican trade minister * New chief to be picked in May as WTO faces credibility crisis By Alonso Soto BRASILIA, May 1 (Reuters) - Brazil's candidate to...Tags: Globalization, Mexico, North American Free Trade Agreement, Elections, Treaties
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Brazil WTO hopeful brushes off protectionist complaints
ReutersBRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's candidate to head the World Trade Organization brushed off criticism from rich nations that his country is growing more protectionist, saying he will be a neutral negotiator of global trade frictions if he gets the job this...Tags: Globalization, Mexico, North American Free Trade Agreement, Elections, Trade Dispute
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Air Products to build its first U.S. heat exchanger
After more than five decades of shipping liquefied natural gas heat exchangers overseas, Air Products is getting ready to build its first for domestic use. The Trexlertown company announced Monday that it has won the contract to supply a heat...
Tags: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Environmental Issues, Petroleum Industry, Allentown, Dominion Resources Incorporated
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WTO must adapt to new pacts to thaw talks-Mexico hopeful
ReutersMEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The World Trade Organization can break a deadlock in global trade talks if it adapts to a flurry of bilateral trade initiatives and overhauls itself, Mexico's finalist to head the body said on Friday. Herminio Blanco, a former...Tags: Globalization, National Government, Mexico, North American Free Trade Agreement, Government
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New Zealand exporters feast on China's vast market
ReutersWELLINGTON (Reuters) - China has become New Zealand's biggest export market in the first quarter, adding luster to their economic links since they inked a free trade deal five years ago and providing a vital source of growth for the South Pacific nation....Tags: Exports, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, John Key, New Zealand
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China's Middle East footprint
Security in the Forbidden City across the street from the Great Hall of the People was tight last month when Li Keqiang was installed as premier of China. But the uniformed guards weren't armed with automatic weapons. Instead, they were equipped with fire...
Tags: Asia, Religion and Belief, Bashar Assad, Beijing (China), Energy
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How Republicans raided the welfare state and left it flat broke
I would like to add some points to former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich's column "How the welfare state has grown" (April 7). Mr. Ehrlich fails to mention the fact that every president since Lyndon Johnson, beginning in 1964, has raided the Social Security...
Tags: North American Free Trade Agreement, Pension and Welfare, Bill Clinton, Elections, Trade Dispute
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Indian court ruling hailed as victory for generic drugs
The Indian Supreme Court ruled Monday that a Swiss drug company cannot patent a medicine used to treat a rare form of leukemia, in a decision with global implications for generic drugs. The court ruled that Glivec, the drug developed by Novartis, was...
Tags: Novartis AG, India, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Drugs and Medicines, Leukemia
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Bid to ban commercial trade in polar bears fails
An unusual coalition between the U.S. and Russia to win an international ban on commercial trade of polar bear parts failed Thursday. Meeting in Bangkok, delegates to the 176-nation Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species voted down a U....
Tags: Environmental Issues, North American Free Trade Agreement, Russia, Conservation, Trade Dispute
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Hugo Chavez: Admired and despised by readers
For just as many reasons readers found to sneer at Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, who died Tuesday after a lengthy battle with cancer, others found reasons to praise the late strongman. While several readers slammed Chavez for behaving like a dictator and...
Tags: Venezuela, North American Free Trade Agreement, Hugo Chavez, Poverty, Jimmy Carter
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U.S.-Mexico tomato trade agreement finalized
After months of wrangling, the U.S. and Mexico signed a new tomato trade agreement late Monday, officially suspending an antidumping investigation of fresh tomatoes from south of the border and raising floor prices for Mexican tomatoes. The agreement,...
Tags: Mexico, U.S. Department of Commerce, Tomatoes, Trade Policy, Economic Organization
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Other Voices: Marriage, job growth and governing from the middle
Marriage fading for people without college degrees The University of Virginia's National Marriage Project has released another disturbing report. It reiterates that marriage remains strong for college-educated couples — but it's disintegrating in...Tags: Republican Party, Economy, Business and Finance, Root Canal, Labor Markets, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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