The World Trade Organization just ruled against the United States again. A "dispute resolution panel" of WTO representatives from Pakistan, Portugal and Switzerland ruled that U.S. laws requiring Country Of Origin Labeling (COOL) violate … [Read more...] about Time to Say Goodbye to the WTO
Trade Agreements Cost Jobs
The first debate of the 2012 presidential race, with personalized, provocative questions planned by Fox News, was good political entertainment, but somehow didn't get around to tackling two of the biggest issues. They are: how do the candidates … [Read more...] about Trade Agreements Cost Jobs
Who Will Answer the Jobs Question?
Public opinion polls show that all the Republican presidential hopefuls are clustered in single- or teen-digit approval ratings. It should be no mystery why no one is breaking out of the pack: no one has answered the number-one political … [Read more...] about Who Will Answer the Jobs Question?
Obama and Mexican Trucks
Barack Obama's deal with the president of Mexico to allow Mexican trucks to carry their loads onto U.S. highways and roads is new evidence of his high-handed solo behavior that has become Standard Operating Procedure in the Administration. Here … [Read more...] about Obama and Mexican Trucks
Free Trade with Protectionists Cheats U.S. — March 2011
Free Trade with Protectionists Cheats U.S. It looks like the Russians fooled us again in nuclear treaty negotiations. After President Obama bamboozled the Senate into a hurry-up ratification of his New START Treaty, Russia impudently rejected the … [Read more...] about Free Trade with Protectionists Cheats U.S. — March 2011
Free Trade with Protectionist China Cheats America
It looks like the Russians fooled us again in nuclear treaty negotiations. After President Obama bamboozled the Senate into a hurry-up ratification of his New START Treaty, Russia impudently rejected the McCain "understanding" that we … [Read more...] about Free Trade with Protectionist China Cheats America
Reevaluating Free Trade with China
The voters who elected the new Congress expect it to cast off unconstitutional and discredited policies such as Keynesian big-spending and judicial grabbing of legislative prerogatives. We also hope Congress will shake itself loose from the … [Read more...] about Reevaluating Free Trade with China
Patent Reform Is A Patent Giveaway
Americans should beware when Members of Congress talk about "reform" and "comprehensive" because those words usually cover a lot of mischief. The latest example of this legerdemain is the so-called Patent Reform now aggressively … [Read more...] about Patent Reform Is A Patent Giveaway
China Poisons Its Infant Formula
The China infant milk scandal, even though it has so far not damaged any American babies, has exposed a major defect in the concept of free trade. It's dangerous to buy products from a nation whose economy is not based on Judeo-Christian … [Read more...] about China Poisons Its Infant Formula
Chinese Poisons in Your Medicine Cabinet
"Chinese Counterfeits and American Failures," the title of a congressional hearing on April 29, laid bare a shocking problem. At least 81 U.S. deaths appear to be the result of the Communist Chinese counterfeiting an ingredient in a … [Read more...] about Chinese Poisons in Your Medicine Cabinet
