Trade
Ohio’s Fisher slams Senate opponent on jobs
August 25, 2010In a blistering attack, Ohio Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate said Rob Portman, his Republican opponent, had "sold out American workers."
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Steelworkers show the way on fair trade
August 12, 2010Last week the United Steelworkers union (USW) announced important agreements with two Chinese clean energy companies.
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Senators confident on votes to lift Cuba travel ban
July 14, 2010There are enough votes in the Senate to lift the travel ban that now bars U.S. citizens from traveling to Cuba, key Republican and Democratic senators say.
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Sanctions against China?
June 29, 2010I fail to see how trade sanctions on Chinese manufacturing will do much to help U.S. workers and jobs - but the rise of labor in China could do just that.
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Land grab: Something new in capitalist arsenal
April 2, 2010A new wave of land takeovers by international monopoly capital is taking place.
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