"overseas Customers Prefer Small Companies"
Last year, Maureen Reagan and Sell Overseas America helped 740 companies stake out a share of the world marketplace. Read story
Trade
Protectionist Paranoia
By Michael Kinsley | Feb 1, 1983
Reagan and the Democrats either don't understand free trade or have started believing their own pap. Read story
When Politics and Trade Collide
By Angus Loten | Jun 30, 2008
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 story
As Gas Prices Skyrocket, Employees Look to the Boss for Help
By Angus Loten | Jun 9, 2008
With prices at the pump now topping $4 a gallon, more companies are unveiling programs to help ease the daily commute. Read story
Does It Matter That One Candidate is Comfortable Using Technology and One Isn’t?
By Robb Mandelbaum | Aug 26, 2008
JOHN MCCAIN'S AGENDA, IN DETAIL Though McCain supports many of the same goals as Obama, his Read story
Do Entrepreneurs Need Protection or Free Trade?
By Robb Mandelbaum | Sep 11, 2008
THE OBAMA AGENDA, IN DETAIL In speeches, Obama Read story
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Related Terms: Globalization The North American Fr... Read story
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 story
U.S. Department of Commerce
The Department of Commerce, which was established in 1903, is one of the main government agencies intended to assist businesses—large and small—and re... Read story
Will Obama Give Entrepreneurs Protection or Free Trade?
By Robb Mandelbaum | Nov 18, 2008
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 story
Democrat Bruce Babbitt
Aug 1, 1987
An Arizona governor rejects both the industrial-policy gurus of the Left and the supply-siders of the Right. Meet the candidate of the radical center Read story
Beware The Trojan Horse
By JAY FINEGAN | Dec 1, 1987
Inside those Japanese auto plants are the seeds of destruction for thousands of small U.S. companies Read story
Garbage In, Gospel Out;
By JAY FINEGAN | Apr 1, 1988
Last October 14th, with gloom gathering like a thunderhead over Wall Street, the government reported the trade deficit for August -- an abysmal $15.7 bill... Read story
Northward, Ho!
By JAY FINEGAN | Jul 1, 1988
The new trade agreement between the United States and Canada could touch off a small-business export boom Read story
What About Japan?
By Christopher Caggiano | Sep 1, 1992
FaxPoll results on prevailing sentiments about Japan. Read story
Tapping Canadian Markets
By Albert Warson | Mar 1, 1993
Market intelligence summary of business opportunities in Canada. Read story
The NAFTA Factor
By Susan Greco | Mar 1, 1994
Four CEOs' expectations of the effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement on their companies. Read story
Sweatshops, Free Trade Force Owner to Call It Quits
By David Whitford | Nov 1, 1996
The story of how a manufacturing company failed under pressures from GATT, NAFTA, and sweatshops. Read story
As Gas Prices Surge, Businesses Feel Pinch
By Matt Quinn
May 25, 2004 --Gas prices continue to climb and have many small businesses worrying, says a new survey by the National Federation of Indep... Read story
Offshoring Has Little Effect on U.S. Economy
Sept. 28, 2004 -- Despite a recent surge in offshoring and its emergence as a key issue this election season, there remains little eviden... Read story
E.U. Plans to End Trade Tariff Against U.S.
Oct. 28, 2004 --The European Union indicated this week that it would rescind trade tariffs that have been hurting U.S. exporters since Mar... Read story
U.S. to Consider Quotas on Chinese Textile Imports
Nov. 2, 2004 --With the presidential election coming down to the wire and several key states still up for grabs, the Bush administration l... Read story
Nation's Trade Deficit Widens to an All-Time High
By Darren Dahl
Dec. 15, 2004 --The U.S. economy is breaking all kinds of dubious records this year. The Commerce Department delivered the latest bad news... Read story
Using the Trade Deficit to Your Advantage
Jan. 14, 2005 --With America's record-breaking trade deficit at epic proportions, and with the outlook equally bleak for 2005, members of ... Read story
Gas Prices Rise in January
By Stephanie Clifford | Feb 15, 2005
February 16, 2005 --It's not surprising that gas prices are high, but a dramatic rise in January--usually a time where demand for gas is l... Read story
Trade Gap Widens in 2004
By Jonathan Steiman | Feb 12, 2005
Feb. 12, 2005 -- While America's economy was one of the healthiest in 2004, so was its appetite for imports, sending the trade deficit to... Read story
China Imposes Higher Export Tax on Textiles
By Darren Dahl | May 23, 2005
May 23, 2005 --China, under fire from both the U.S. and the E.U. over surging trade deficits, has decided to fire back. Beijing an... Read story
President Urges Passage of CAFTA
By Stacy Zhao | Jun 1, 2005
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 story
Senate Approves Cafta
By Max Chafkin | Jul 1, 2005
July 1, 2005 --In a narrow vote that fell largely along partisan lines, the Senate approved the Central American Free Trade Agreement (Caf... Read story
House Passes CAFTA
By Max Chafkin | Jul 28, 2005
July 28, 2005 --In highly contested voting that continued into the early morning Thursday, the House of Representatives narrowly approved ... Read story
CAFTA Vote Expected By End of the Week
By Max Chafkin | Jul 26, 2005
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 story
U.S., China Plan Textile Talks
By Neelang Parghi | Aug 15, 2005
August 15, 2005 --Negotiators from the U.S. and China will meet this week in San Francisco to discuss placing limits on textile imports fr... Read story
Manufacturers Report China's Trade Violations
By Daniel Del'Re | Sep 8, 2005
September 8, 2005 --U.S. manufacturers remain critical of most of Chinese trade policies, though they praise some reforms. On Tuesd... Read story
Cold Front Lifts Retail Sales
By Angus Loten | Oct 11, 2005
Oct. 11, 2005 --A major cold front following weeks of summer-like weather nudged flat retail chain store sales up 0.2% last week, the Inte... Read story
Business Groups Rally Against Bush Administration
By Daniel Del'Re | Nov 28, 2005
November 28, 2005 --In the wake of President Bush’s recent trip to Asia, a coalition of U.S. business groups is assailing the admini... Read story
Business Groups Rally Against Bush Administration
By Daniel Del'Re | Nov 28, 2005
November 28, 2005 --In the wake of President Bush?s recent trip to Asia, a coalition of U.S. business groups is assailing the administrati... Read story
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