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October 20, 2011: Congress Passes Free Trade Agreements

October 20, 2011: Congress Passes Free Trade Agreements

CEI Adjunct Fellow Fran Smith, coauthor of the new CEI study “Free Trade without Apology,” talks about the recently passed free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea. The agreements will lower tariffs and other trade barriers between the…

 
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August 4, 2011: Liberalizing Trade

August 4, 2011: Liberalizing Trade

Congress is likely to take up stalled free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea when it returns from its August recess. Adjunct Fellow Fran Smith talks about the good and bad parts of the agreements. Billions of dollars of…

 
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March 17, 2011: Are Biotech Crops Coming to Kenya?

March 17, 2011: Are Biotech Crops Coming to Kenya?

CEI Senior Fellow Greg Conko discusses his recent trip to Kenya where he met with members of Parliament and other officials about the best way to regulate the introduction of genetically modified crops to the country.

 
 March 17, 2011: Are Biotech…

 
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October 7, 2010: Trade, Jobs, and Korea

October 7, 2010: Trade, Jobs, and Korea

CEI Adjunct Fellow Fran Smith talks about the EU-Korea free trade agreement that takes effect next year, and why the US-Korea FTA stalled, to the economy’s detriment. Fran also talks about NAFTA’s impact on jobs, and why imports are a good…

 
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Episode 32: FCC Don’t Tread on Me

Episode 32: FCC Don’t Tread on Me

Your regular hosts Richard Morrison and Cord Blomquist return to LibertyWeek with special guest Sam Kazman and surprise guest co-host Jeremy Lott. We start by looking into the possible future of the Federal Communications Commission with nominee Julius Genachowski about to ascend to…

 
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