The trade deals, which have been stalled for five years, will likely be the last significant trade-policy moves before the 2012 election, administration and congressional leaders say. ❋ Elizabeth Williamson (2011)
The aluminum case is one of several trade-policy disputes simmering between the U.S. and China that involve the steelworkers, who have been among the most active petitioners for sanctions against Chinese imports. ❋ Tom Barkley (2010)
Nor is Ukraine likely to flout its obligations in the World Trade Organization by engaging in the Kremlin's silly trade-policy ploys, like the customs union with Belarus and Kazakhstan that locks these countries into trade with inefficient producers. ❋ Fredrik Erixon (2010)
The U.S. Congress approved free-trade deals with South Korea, Colombia and Panama, likely the last significant trade-policy moves before the 2012 election. ❋ Unknown (2011)
People familiar with the investigation said the emails revealed the names of companies and key people in contact with the Chamber, as well as trade-policy documents, meeting notes, trip reports and schedules. ❋ Siobhan Gorman (2011)
Congress approved free-trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama, likely the last significant trade-policy moves before the 2012 election. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Japanese companies can always continue doing what they've been doing, shifting manufacturing away from Japan to places that offer trade-policy advantages, especially in Southeast Asia. ❋ Joseph Sternberg (2011)
"Without the connection to Israel, there is no Gazan economy," says Mohammed Skaik, the center's trade-policy officer. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Senator Max Baucus has made his share of trade-policy mistakes, especially when he blocked the U.S. ❋ Unknown (2009)
He may bring up the long running trade-policy telenovela based on U.S. refusal to honor an agreement to permit Mexican trucks on U.S. roads. ❋ Unknown (2009)
"Many observers may conclude was a health-care judgment and not a trade-policy judgment, which in itself is an unfortunate commentary on the priority this administration assigns to trade," said Daniel Price, former assistant to President George W. Bush for international economic affairs and now a partner specializing in trade at law firm Sidley Austin. ❋ Unknown (2009)
"It's a creeping form of protectionism," said Frederik Erixon, director of ECIPE, a trade-policy think tank based in Brussels. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Is funding from non-American sources reaching into our internal trade-policy discussion without disclosure? ❋ Unknown (2009)
Senator Max Baucus has made his share of trade-policy mistakes, especially when he blocked consideration of the U.S. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Until we have good reason to see it differently, why can't we read Obama's trade-policy promise as a commitment to strengthen our long-term supply chains for workers and consumers by ❋ Unknown (2009)
"More trade-policy initiatives of this kind, particularly if they were to be taken collectively by the major trading countries, would make an impact on a global scale," the WTO said. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The new trade doubters, as their disclaimers insist, are not yet trade-policy revisionists. ❋ Unknown (2007)
"From a trade-policy standpoint, either outcome is market-distorting." ❋ Unknown (2009)
