All posts tagged "trade"

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  Ship Fire Cut a Link Between Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic

  SAN JUAN — A busy commercial link between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic has been severed by the fire last week aboard the only passenger ferry serving the route. The fire that started Aug. 17 in...

  • Posted August 26, 2016
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  WHY IT MATTERS: Trade

  WASHINGTON – THE ISSUE: In this angry election year, many American voters are deeply skeptical about free trade – or downright hostile to it. The backlash against trade threatens a pillar of U.S. policy since World War...

  • Posted August 25, 2016
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  Campaign, Party Officials Insist Trump Getting Back on Track

  WASHINGTON – GOP officials insist presidential nominee Donald Trump is finally hitting his stride and will catch up with Democrat Hillary Clinton by around Labor Day. Clinton campaign officials dismissed the idea of a changed Trump as nonsense....

  • Posted August 22, 2016
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  North Carolina a Snapshot of Trump’s Shrinking Trade Appeal

  ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Hillary Clinton “owes the state of North Carolina a very big apology,” Donald Trump thundered, condemning the loss of manufacturing jobs due to free-trade deals supported by the Democratic presidential nominee. The attack line...

  • Posted August 22, 2016
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  G-20 Countries Pledge to Protect Against Brexit Shock

  Finance ministers and central bank governors met ahead of G20 leaders meeting in China

  • Posted July 24, 2016
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  NAFTA a Sore Spot for Some Democrats on Clinton in Michigan

  Treaty blamed for the loss of countless Rust Belt jobs

  • Posted July 10, 2016
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  G20 Ministers Call for Rolling Back of Anti-Trade Measures

  Concerned about rising protectionism around the world

  • Posted July 10, 2016
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  Raul Castro Says Venezuela’s Crisis Hurting Island Economy

  Cuban leader said economy grew just 1 percent in first part of the year

  • Posted July 9, 2016
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  Trump Blasts Trade Deals

  Departing from GOP orthodoxy

  • Posted June 28, 2016
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  How Clinton’s and Trump’s Economic Prescriptions Clash

  Trump favors big tax cuts, Clinton wants to boost taxes on high earners

  • Posted June 28, 2016