nypost.com - 4/22/2009
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April 28, 2008 HOUSE Speaker Nancy Pelosi has put US- Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement on the back burner - apparently permanently. "The Colombia FTA is dead on arrival," explained Rep. Mike Michaud (D-Maine), co-founder of the House Trade Working Group. "Congress can't take up an agreement ...
ibdeditorial.com - 4/22/2009
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INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY | Posted Monday, April 20,
2009 4:20 PM PT Trade: Hugo Chavez may have
gotten a grinning handshake from President Obama in Trinidad. But it was our authentic friend and ally, Colombia, that got substance. The president got ...
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online.wsj.com - 4/24/2009
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online.wsj.com —
Three cheers for President Obama's decision, announced quietly
on Monday, to repudiate a campaign promise and not
press for new labor and environmental regulations in the North American Free Trade Agreement. The last thing the Western Hemisphere needs ...
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Austan Goolsbee's Vindication
online.wsj.com - 4/20/2009
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LAURA MECKLER PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad -- President Barack Obama
discussed a pending free-trade agreement with his Colombian counterpart
Saturday and dispatched his trade representative to discuss U.S. concerns over Colombia's treatment of labor ...
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New Movement on Colombia Trade Pact
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Is Obama Warming to Colombia Free Trade?
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... forces and paramilitary organizations with ties to elected officials close to President [Alvaro] Uribe.”
As I wrote in May of 2008, Sweeney’s stance is easy to agree with if Colombia had never made an effort to change its ways. But, what makes Sweeney’s position incorrect is that Colombia has come a long, long way towards cleaning up its criminal history.
Writing for the New York Post in April of 2008, Michael Fumento effectively demolished the union stance against Colombia.
Yes, Colombia has a high ...
Is Obama Warming to Columbia Free Trade?
Stop The ACLU —
... , Sweeney’s stance is easy to agree with if Columbia had never made an effort to change its ways. But, what makes Sweeney’s position incorrect is that Columbia has come a long, long way towards cleaning up its criminal history. Writing for the New York Post in April of 2008, Michael Fumento effectively demolished the union stance against Columbia. Yes, Colombia has a high murder rate. With much of the country still in the control of vicious leftist narco-terrorists (supported by Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez), you’d expect a high murder rate among any one group - from ...
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