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During President Bush’s visit to Lincoln Electric Holding on Tuesday (see below), he noted that company president John Stropki wasn’t in attendance. From the President’s remarks: I’m sorry John is not with us, he is in Colombia. Isn’t that interesting? He’s in Colombia trying to make sure that Lincoln Welding can sell more products down there.

Business as Usual for Trade Unionists in the Most Dangerous Place on Earth The Inter Press Service published an article on July 22nd that describes in some grizzly detail the slaying of Guillermo Rivera, a trade unionist in Colombia who turned up missing some weeks ago.

(Real News) John McCain visits Colombia to promote free trade with Central and South America, and positions himself as the man who will “retake” Latin America.

John McCain, with an entourage including senators Joe Lieberman, Lindsay Graham, and other sweaty white men in summer colors arrived in Colombia today to, among other things, take a ride in a drug interdiction ship with wife Cindy.

by Nicole Venable Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus spoke this morning (photo below) at the U.S. Chamber and noted that Congress has begun discussing legislation to modernize Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA).

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.