Americas Trade Target Lost in Politics
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By Andrew Hay BRASILIA, Brazil  - The world's largest free tradearea was meant to open across 34 nations of the Americas onJan. 1, 2005. The only visible sign of it in Latin America inthe final days of 2004 is anti-U.S. graffiti sprayed on citywalls.
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As the Bush administration races to push free-trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea through Congress before leaving office next year, it is meeting a level of resistance observers call high even by the normally contentious standards of such debates.
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The U.S. House of Representatives on  Tuesday moved closer to a vote on a wide-ranging package of  trade legislation, as lawmakers scrambled to finish their work  for the year.
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BRASILIA, Brazil  - The failure of Brazil-led  Mercosur and the European Union to reach a free trade deal this  month is another lost opportunity for South American nations  eager to build stable growth, analysts said.
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DES MOINES, Iowa  - Democratic candidates running for president can expect to get a question about the perils of free trade at nearly every campaign stop. But Republicans aren't escaping fears about globalization, either.
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WASHINGTON -- Free-trade policies making it easier for U.S. companies to sell their products around the globe are an important ingredient to the economy's vitality, President Bush said Monday as he projected another year of good _ though somewhat slower _ economic growth.
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Bill aimed at companies with presence in America could result in trade war, say diplomats.
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Sanctions could be aimed at a wide range of American exports, possibly including steel ball bearings, cod, shoes and apples. Most would be imposed by Japan and the EU, which have been the hardest
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The powerful American Chamber of Commerce has publicly swung behind New Zealand&#39;s case for a free trade deal with the United States, saying it will vigorously push the deal with the second Bush Administration.
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Australia and the United States have missed a key deadline for their free trade agreement (FTA) but Australian Trade Minister Mark Vaile said on Monday he remained confident the deal would start as planned on January 1.
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What Russia's move toward entry in the World Trade Organization means for Washington.
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The Bush administration hopes to build on a U.S. export boom that is helping to reduce the U.S. trade deficit from last year's record $758.5 billion, U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez said on Monday.
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The main stumbling block in the Doha Round of global trade talks is the failure of the United States and European Union to make substantial concessions on agriculture, China's commerce minister said on Monday. The World Trade Organization formally relaunched the Doha round of negotiations last month after a six-month suspension that was triggered by differences among major trading partners, especially the United States and EU, over farm subsidies.
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U.S. lawmakers could face a vote on  trade relations with Russia this election year if Moscow  finally wraps up its bid to join the World Trade Organization,  the top U.S. trade official said on Tuesday.
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The Bush administrationâs de facto weak-dollar policyâits preferred âcureâ for the American trade deficitâis not working.
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The World Trade Organization imposed penalties Friday on U.S. exports ranging from apples to textiles, escalating a trade dispute the Bush administration has struggled to defuse by unsuccessfully urging Congress to repeal legislation aimed at protecting American steelmakers.
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US President George W. Bush risks losing his special trade negotiating powers after talks between four key players in the World Trade Organization collapsed this week, analysts said.