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When Politics and Trade Collide
Free trade, and the impact it has on U.S. workers, has become a hot-button issue on the presidential campaign trail. Neal Asbury, the Small Business Administ... Read more
Does It Matter That One Candidate is Comfortable Using Technology and One Isn’t?
JOHN MCCAIN'S AGENDA, IN DETAIL Though McCain supports many of the same goals as Obama, his Read more
Do Entrepreneurs Need Protection or Free Trade?
THE OBAMA AGENDA, IN DETAIL In speeches, Obama Read more
Will Obama Give Entrepreneurs Protection or Free Trade?
WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY Most experts believe that on balance trade has delivered much more good than harm to the U.S. Still, some question the free... Read more
SPS Develops Application On NetSuite Platform
The Supply Chain add-on allows end-to-end visibility and automation. Read more
Feds Promote Trade Pact
Small firms would benefit from a deal with Colombia that makes U.S. exports duty free, officials say. Read more
Feds Defend Trade Pacts
American small businesses can help boost the economy by expanding into foreign markets, officials say. Read more
Feds Rally Small Exporters
Smaller businesses are being encouraged to explore global markets. Read more
Trading Places: Inc.'s 2008 Export Guide
Who has petrodollars to spend? Where can you sell construction equipment? Jewelry? Management consulting? And where is the market that grew an astounding 55,... Read more
NAFTA History?
There was no ambiguity in last night's Democratic debate when it came to NAFTA. Both candidates plainly said that they were willing to dump the trade trea... Read more
Clinton Vs. NAFTA: The Smoking Schedule?
Senator Hillary Clinton made quite a spectacle of herself in the w... Read more
Time-outs Are for Kids, Not Economies, Hillary
My wife and I and our two young boys recently made a hotel in Miami our home base for a week while our kids were out of school for Spring Break. When my f... Read more
Going Global, Part 12: Trade Wars Abrewin'?
After weeks of hinting, the White House took its intellectual property beef with China to the World Trade Organization. U.S. Trade Representative Susan C.... Read more
Going Global, Part 15: Wheeling and Dealing Around the Globe
Top trade representatives from "the group of six" gathered in Delhi today to formally recommence trade negotiations that stalled last July after failure t... Read more
Blogging the NFIB Summit: McCain Spanks Big Business
There was a lone protester standing outside the H Street entrance of the Grand Hyatt to greet me upon my arrival yesterday morning to catch McCain's speec... Read more
President Urges Passage of CAFTA
June 2, 2005 --The Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) can expect to face much contention in Congress but is seeing a great deal... Read more
Senate Approves Cafta
July 1, 2005 --In a narrow vote that fell largely along partisan lines, the Senate approved the Central American Free Trade Agreement (Caf... Read more
House Passes CAFTA
July 28, 2005 --In highly contested voting that continued into the early morning Thursday, the House of Representatives narrowly approved ... Read more
CAFTA Vote Expected By End of the Week
July 26, 2005 -- With a House vote on the Central American Free Trade Agreement only days away, supporters are mobilizing in an effort to... Read more
Manufacturers Report China's Trade Violations
September 8, 2005 --U.S. manufacturers remain critical of most of Chinese trade policies, though they praise some reforms. On Tuesd... Read more
Happy Birthday, WTO?
An organization best known for sparking riots also deserves some credit for promoting the interests of American entrepreneurs. Read more
It's Son of Nafta!
But will a new trade pact help American companies remain competitive? Read more
CAFTA Vote Expected By End of the Week
July 26, 2005 -- With a House vote on the Central American Free Trade Agreement only days away, supporters are mobilizing in an effort to... Read more
Backing Away from Free Trade
Why Democrats have strayed from Bill Clinton's policies on trade. Read more
Free Free-Trade
Trade wars can only hurt the U.S. and Europe. Read more
Border Fulfillment
Miratek Corp. is speeding up service to its clients by taking advantage of the open borders created by NAFTA and stationing its information-technology-servic... Read more
Upstarts: NAFTA
In post-NAFTA Mexico, opportunity abounds for small U.S. businesses. Here's why Larry Manhan, CEO of California-based BCS Inc., decided to open up shop in Gu... Read more
Sweatshops, Free Trade Force Owner to Call It Quits
The story of how a manufacturing company failed under pressures from GATT, NAFTA, and sweatshops. Read more
The NAFTA Factor
Four CEOs' expectations of the effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement on their companies. Read more
Tapping Canadian Markets
Market intelligence summary of business opportunities in Canada. Read more
Northward, Ho!
The new trade agreement between the United States and Canada could touch off a small-business export boom Read more
Beware The Trojan Horse
Inside those Japanese auto plants are the seeds of destruction for thousands of small U.S. companies Read more
"being Dead Is Bad For Business"
A growing number of businesspeople are looking beyond the survival of their own companies -- and becoming outspoken participants in the nuclear arms debate. Read more
Protectionist Paranoia
Reagan and the Democrats either don't understand free trade or have started believing their own pap. Read more
Global Business
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Globalization
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North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Related Terms: Globalization The North American Fr... Read more
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is an industry coding system designed to facilitate the collection, analysis, and presentation o... Read more
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