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Representation made by the Radical Trade Union of Metal and Associated Workers, concerning Mexico

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See, for instance, Veena Jha, Tanuka Endow and James Nedumpara Dealing with trade distortions in steel , UNCTAD DITC COM 2004 4.

Representation made by the National Confederation of Trade Unions of Greenland (Sulinermik Inuussutissarsiuteqartut Kattuffiat SIK), concerning Denmark

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Representation made by the Central Unitary Workers' Union (CUT) and the Colombian Medical Trade Union Association, concerning Colombia

Will Cap and Trade Incite Protectionism?

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The Andean Community has five member countries (see www.comunidadandina.org ingles who.htm) MERCOSUR has four (see www.sice.oas.org trade mrcsr TreatyAsun_e.ASP).

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The recent debate over copyright laws like SOPA in the United States and the ACTA agreement in Europe has been very emotional.

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The third option is sterilized intervention. This prevents monetary and credit growth, but, by keeping interest rate differentials high, sterilized intervention feeds carry trade inflows, thus contributing to the problem that it was supposed to solve.

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PRINCETON When Mexico s then President Carlos Salinas de Gortari and his American counterpart, Bill Clinton, signed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) more than 20 years ago, the hope was that the Mexican economy would be swept forward by a rising wave of globalization. By many measures, that hope has been amply fulfilled.