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America’s Failed Mole-by-Mole Trade Policy

By Leo Gerard
February 7, 2012

Last week several groups, including the United Steelworkers, petitioned the federal government to whack the latest trade mole – illegally traded auto parts from China.

With President Obama announcing creation of a new trade enforcement unit in his State of the Union Addre more »

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Assert Yourself, America; Don’t be an Illegal Trade Victim

By Leo Gerard
September 10, 2010

Long-suffering victim is hardly the American image. Paul Revere, Mother Jones, John Glenn, Martin Luther King Jr. -- those are American icons. Bold, wry, justice-seeking.

So how is it that America finds herself in the position of schoolyard patsy, woe-is-me casualty of China’s illegal trade practices that are destroying U.S. more »

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Seattle WTO Protests 10 Years Later -- What's Changed?

By Dave Johnson
November 24, 2009

Ten years ago the World Trade Organization (WTO) met in Seattle at the WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999. more »

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President Obama's Upcoming "Section 421 Tire Case" Trade Enforcement Decision

By Dave Johnson
August 28, 2009

When China was accepted into the World Trade Organization, they agreed that if we experienced import surges of Chinese goods that caused "market disruption," we would be allowed to limit the import of those goods. The particular section of the agreement is called "Section 421." more »

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