Moln Mexico s president says she may impose tariffs to retaliate against any Trump tariffs
By Robert Lawrence
stanley cup In response to complaints from a world-class California surfboard maker that protective tariffs from abroad are hurting his business and America, Harvard economist Robert Lawrence mounts a spirited defense of freer trade.A Note from Paul Solman: Renowned Harvard economist Robert Lawrence, a former member of President Clinton Council of Economic Advisors, has been our go-to guy
stanley cup on trade for years now. He once took me around our Brookline, Mass., neighborhood to explain why Americans should get over their globaphobia about foreign trade.A few years later, he and I visited steel and textile mills in the South to explore two industries and a region facing stiff competition from abroad.In 2007, he helped us assemble a group of his foreign executive students at the Kennedy School of Government to explore the pros and cons of trade.And last year, he parried veteran anti-free trade journalists Donald Barlett and James Steele when I interviewed them about their book, The Betrayal of the American Dream.A few weeks ago, we traveled to Dana Point, Calif., without Robert to report on a surfboard maker trying to make waves with the charge that while boards come into America duty free, protectionist barriers across the globe prevent him from exporting. All he wanted, said the surfboard maker, was the proverbial level playing field.In our story, Robert Lawrence, as he so often has, played the role o
stanley cup f reality check. Now, he Xrxf Plan to replace aging postal truck fleet delayed by lawsuit
The aid agencies said in a dramatic statement from the capital Khartoum that the humanitarian workers in Darfur have been holding the line for the survival and protection of millions of people affected by the fighting in Darfur.That line cannot be held much longer, said the agencies, including the World Food program, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, United
nike dunk Nations Children Fund, World Health Organization and U.N. Development Program.The violence in Darfur has left more than 200,000 people dead and displaced 2.5 million since 2003, when ethnic African rebels began fighting the central Khartoum government, charging it with neglect.The government has been accused of unleashing the Janjaweed paramilitary group of Arab nomads in response.The U.N. groups also said the violence has included relief workers, 12 of
adidas campus whom have been killed in the past six months more than the previous two years combined, according to the Associated Press.It is completely unacceptable for our staff to have to risk their lives while helping the people of Darfur, said Paul Smith-Lomas, Oxfam regional director, Reuters reported.The roads in many portions of west and north Darfur are so unstable that staff can only
stanley cup travel via expensive helicopter flights.Government-imposed restrictions on travel have hindered aid efforts as well, according to Reuters.About 7,000 African Union peacekeepers are struggling to guarantee a cease-fire in
