15 posts tagged Colombia FTA

Thursday Morning Quarterbacking Far be it for me to question the wisdom of the Obama campaign, which has outwitted and outmaneuvered Goliath and brought one of the classic underdog campaigns (and an African-American to boot!) to the brink of the presidency… but one of the enduring mysteries to me of

I am heading out of town for a week or so for Passover, but here's one last post before I go. Our friends from Human Rights Watch have an excellent post over at the Hill: Congress is right to delay consideration of the US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA).

John Robb and Elizabeth Warren may ignore it, but all real growth comes from growth in productivity. The debate about the “stimulus” is bizarre, because it does not matter. Or more precisely, it lessons economic growth slightly while making people slightly happier about it.

Bama Athreya, Executive Director, International Labor Rights Forum Why, exactly, is the Bush Administration in such a huge rush to pass the US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement, and why is Speaker Pelosi getting so much flak from the news media for her delaying tactics?

I would call the price changes, which followed the high price of oil, as a crime against humanity - Dr Sajjad Zohir, Dhaka Economic Research Group After 7 weeks, American Axle says the UAW offer to end the strike is not good enough, while it threatens to leave the USA for good.

The FT summed up this week's happenings on Colombia and Fast Track fairly well: The Democratic-led House voted 224 to 195 to stop the 90-day “fast track” time-table under which most significant US free trade deals have been ratified since the 1970s...

Today, in a violation of legislative protocol and pre-existing agreements with the Administration, Nancy Pelosi shepherded through the House a bill designed to put off consideration of the Colombia Free Trade Agreement until after the November elections.

Clarissa Pintado, Intern, International Labor Rights Forum Colombian flower worker Dora Acero’s words were both eye-opening and moving at last week’s International Workers Rights Caucus Briefing, “Labor Rights in the Colombian Flower Sector.” Other speakers present were Congressman Phil Hare, Global

Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) made a speech to the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO yesterday that called for an overhaul of our trade policy. Here's the key quote: But what I refuse to accept is that we have to sign trade deals like the South Korea Agreement that are bad for American workers.

A few highlights from today's presentation by the U.S. ambassador to Colombia, William R. Brownfield, hosted by the Center for Strategic & International Studies and the World Affairs Council of Washington, DC: 1. The ambassador is really funny. I mean, almost hilarious. 2.