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    I am on a conference call with Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) Rep. Gene Green (D-Texas) Leo Gerard, president of the United Steel Workers and Lori Wallach, director of Public Citizens Global Trade Watch to talk about the role trade is playing in the presidential race.  The one piece of news, to the extent it […]

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    I am on a conference call with Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) Rep. Gene Green (D-Texas) Leo Gerard, president of the United Steel Workers and Lori Wallach, director of Public Citizens Global Trade Watch to talk about the role trade is playing in the presidential race.  The one piece of news, to the extent it […]

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    Just to take a break from my focus on trade, there has been a lot of discussion about how to handle the crisis facing homeowners. I know this will shock everyone but many of the proposals floating around will provide a huge bailout for banks, and not do much for homeowners. So say my […]

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    Just to take a break from my focus on trade, there has been a lot of discussion about how to handle the crisis facing homeowners. I know this will shock everyone but many of the proposals floating around will provide a huge bailout for banks, and not do much for homeowners. So say my […]

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    I’m frankly unmoved by the arguments circulating that so-called super-delegates have to vote one way or another. The system for political primaries is broken and the super-delegate issue–discovered mainly by people who never objected to their status before–is just one problem. But, since the super-delegates may have a crucial role at the Democratic convention, […]

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    I’m frankly unmoved by the arguments circulating that so-called super-delegates have to vote one way or another. The system for political primaries is broken and the super-delegate issue–discovered mainly by people who never objected to their status before–is just one problem. But, since the super-delegates may have a crucial role at the Democratic convention, […]

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    So, it will be interesting to see how much trade really stays front-and-center once the politicians think it’s not something they have to talk about. But, we can still talk about trade on the Monday before tomorrow’s primary votes.     Though I’m not convinced that Barack Obama will be a big improvement on trade, […]

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    So, it will be interesting to see how much trade really stays front-and-center once the politicians think it’s not something they have to talk about. But, we can still talk about trade on the Monday before tomorrow’s primary votes.     Though I’m not convinced that Barack Obama will be a big improvement on trade, […]

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  Today, I have two very specific questions for Sens. Obama and Clinton that have nothing do with whether they would choose pearls over diamonds, what underwear they might don or how much they paid for a haircut but, rather, what they would do as president in handling trade around the globe. I hope these […]

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  Today, I have two very specific questions for Sens. Obama and Clinton that have nothing do with whether they would choose pearls over diamonds, what underwear they might don or how much they paid for a haircut but, rather, what they would do as president in handling trade around the globe. I hope these […]

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