Sovereignty eroding: India challenges state Buy American rules at WTO

India has taken the first step toward dispute settlement at the World Trade Organization by requesting consultations with the U.S. over eight state-level renewable energy programs that allegedly have domestic content requirements and contain subsidies in violation of WTO rules. [ Daily News| September 12, 2016 | Inside US Trade] According to Geneva sources, India is specifically…

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Beef and Cattle Imports Set Record under Ag Secretary Vilsack

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESeptember 12, 2016 Contact: Paola Masman, Media Director 202-688-5145 ext 2, [email protected] Beef and Cattle Imports Set Record under Ag Secretary Vilsack The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) said today that beef and cattle imports have skyrocketed to record levels, displacing US cattle producers, under US  Agriculture Secretary Tom  Vilsack. As a result, the…

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How the Democrats Lost Touch on Trade

[ Thomas Frank | September 12, 2016 | Politico] One of the most startling developments of this most peculiar campaign season has been the emergence of trade as an electrifying political issue. We’re used to trade being the dry province of diplomats and academic economists—in large part because, for the past 20 years, trade policy has been…

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