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Tobacco and Trade Agreements
Essential Action recently filed comments with the US Trade Representative urging that tobacco be excluded from the ambit of the proposed US-Malaysia Free Trade Agreement. Our basic position is that there is no legitimate purpose for inclusion of tobacco products in trade agreements, which are designed to facilitate trade and remove tariff and non-tariff barriers…
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Crime and Punishment
You have to be awfully hard-hearted to watch testimony from the family members of victims of a 2003 deadly nightclub fire in Rhode Island and not feel deeply moved. A local Boston TV channel has posted video here and a slideshow here. The family members were testifying at the sentencing hearing for Daniel Biechele, who…
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No “Crisis” with Bolivian Gas
Evo Morales has found a way to get Bolivia on the front pages of the U.S. media: Send in the soldiers to take over the country’s oil fields. The dramatic action garnered major attention, and quickly a major backlash, with foreign governments and industry analysts saying Bolivia was jeopardizing its ability to attract and maintain…