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corner.nationalreview.com - 12/17/2008
Re: Becerra and Trade
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Not only would successful completion of the Doha round bring great benefit to the US, it would be the single best thing Obama could do for international development. The assembled economic superstars of the Copenhagen Consensus found that it would bring $17 billion worth of benefits to ...
Becerra: Trade Not Priority for Obama
blogs.abcnews.com - 12/17/2008
Becerra: Trade Not Priority for Obama
— blogs.abcnews.com — ABC News' Teddy Davis Reports: Saying that he has come to the realization that trade is not a priority for the incoming Obama administration, Rep. Xavier Becerra has decided not to accept Barack Obama's offer to be United States Trade... (more) Becerra: Trade Not Priority for Obama

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