Schumer Wants More Scrutiny of Imports
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Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) called yesterday for the creation of a federal import czar, blaming problems with the safety and quality of Chinese imports on unexacting inspections and a bureaucratic morass.
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Concern over Chinaâs use of surveillance technology prompts new rules for U.S. exports.
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US trade policy is far from perfect, of course. But election year rhetoric, particularly that on &quot;outsourcing&quot; of jobs, may have given some Americans a distorted view of reality.
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Americans are skeptical of imported food and other products after repeated safety scares, said lawmakers on Wednesday, who want to give the Food and Drug Administration more power to inspect imports and recall defective ones.
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The EU trade commissioner, Peter Mandelson, has asked US officials for their stance on threatened World Trade Organization action over aid to Airbus.
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One of the great threats to the American and global economies is trade protectionism. The 2006 election that gave Democrats majorities in the House and Senate tipped toward candidates who ran on protectionism. Think of Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Jon Tester,...
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The incoming chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee is promising an array of oversight investigations that could provoke sharp disagreement with Republicans and the White House.
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WASHINGTON - US Rep. Joe Barton, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today asked the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Chiron Corporation
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State&#39;s online site will be first to offer imports from Europe, as well as Canada. Neither Indiana Gov. Joe Kernan, a Democrat, nor his opponent, Republican Mitch Daniels, say they would follow Illinois&#39; lead.
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The incoming Senate Judiciary chairman pledged greater scrutiny Friday of computerized government anti-terrorism screening after learning that millions of Americans who travel internationally have been assigned risk assessments over the last four years without their knowledge.
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The Inquiry focuses how the N.Y. Senate majority leaderâs private business dealings may relate to his position.
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The investigation into suspected Chinese government subsidies to exporters could open the floodgate to more inquiries.
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Responding to the outcry over dangerous imports from China and other unsafe toys, the head of the Consumer Product Safety Commission is preparing regulatory proposals that could mandate broader inspections of imports and stiffer penalties for ignoring safety rules.
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Congressional Democrats called on Tuesday for the Bush administration to develop a comprehensive plan to bring down the record U.S. trade deficit, starting with what they called numerous trade barriers and unfair trade practices in China, Japan and the European Union.
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Two U.S. senators urged President  George W. Bush on Friday to push for swift approval of a  Vietnam trade bill held up by textile industry concerns and  election-year politics.
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US President George W. Bush ordered top aides Wednesday to review the safety of imports from China and &quot;around the world&quot; amid public outrage over a series of health scares, his spokesman said.
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WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) - State and federal regulators need to widen their probe of the US insurance industry in order to protect consumers and the economy, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer will tell a congressional panel Tuesday.