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Goodbye, Free Trade; Hello, Mercantilism.(Next 2008; WORLD ECONOMICS)
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January 7, 2008|
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Byline: Robert J. Samuelson
As countries grow more interdependent, they're also becoming more nationalistic.
Here's today's quiz. What do the following have in common: (a) Vladimir Putin; (b) China's currency, the renminbi; (c) the U.S.-Peru trade agreement; (d) Hugo Chavez. Answer: they all reflect the "new mercantilism." It's a significant and ominous development affecting the world economy. Even as countries become more economically interdependent, they're also growing more nationalistic. They're adopting policies intended to advance their own economic ...
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The cost of free trade. (United States tries to set up trade agreements with Canada and Mexico similar to the European Community's, North American Free Trade Area) (The World Market)
Magazine article from: Doors and Hardware
; ...percent that of the United States'. Combined...The proposed free trade agreement (FTA...exported into the United States. If Congress...Canadian feels about free trade with America...losing jobs to the United States, because companies...
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Some in Canada Question Free Trade with United States.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
; ...North American Free Trade Agreement, or...Canada and the United States coyly hint at the...The US-Canada Free Trade Agreement spawned...controversy in the United States than deals with...to have against free trade is that it has...juggernaut of the ...
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USDA examines barrier-free trade.(United States Department of Agriculture) (Washington Watch)(National Dairy Issues)
Magazine article from: Dairy Foods
; ...Dairy products sales to Morocco, Peru, Turkey and the Soviet Union also would increase in a free-trade arena, but countries other than the United States probably would pick up those sales by undercutting U.S. prices. The report admits that...
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Morocco to Discuss Free Trade with United States.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
; ...through a free-trade agreement...Morocco, the United States' top trade...country and the United States. "This...Morocco [free-trade agreement...would be the United States' second...s oldest free-trade pact is also...
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Free trade floods United States with imported food
Newspaper article from: The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
; ...beef consumed in the United States in 1980 was imported...all lamb eaten in the United States in 1980 was imported...domestic production and free trade agreements like NAFTA...steer price in the United States was $67.64 per hundredweight...
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Lula da Silva vows to pursue free trade with United States; Brazil's new president will be 'tough'.(BUSINESS)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times
; ...includes regional integration and free trade with the United States. But Mr. Lula da Silva...talks on a hemisphere-wide Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA...Press Club. Brazil and the United States are co-chairing the FTAA...
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Unhappy birthday for a free-trade pact. (United States-Canada agreement)
Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report
; Unhappy birthday for a free-trade pact As Washington and Ottawa...that was unavailable before free trade," explains President Gord...importing engines from the United States. "Free trade gave us distinct savings on...
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Fact file: U.S.- Canadian free trade pact. (United States and Canada Free Trade Agreement)
Magazine article from: AgExporter
; The U.S.-Canadian Free Trade Agreement, which went into...these commodities from the United States to Canada for the first time...1935. Both Canada and the United States have reserved the right to...farm products shipped to the United States through western Canadian...
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DaimlerChrysler Chairman Urges Free Trade Between United States, Europe.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
; ...Philadelphia audience yesterday that Europe and the United States ought to form a "Transatlantic Free Trade Area" to deal with the rising tide of protectionism...free trade agreement between Europe and the United States would help Schrempp's company, which was...
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Brazil's President-Elect Vows to Pursue Free Trade with United States.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
; ...includes regional integration and free trade with the United States. But Mr. Lula da Silva...talks on a hemisphere-wide Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA...Press Club. Brazil and the United States are co-chairing the FTAA...
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