Word: frankels
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Free trade and environmental responsibility need not be competing objectives, according to a recent study by Harvard Kennedy School professor Jeffrey A. Frankel...
...Frankel said that properly constructed restrictions pose no threat to fair trade, provided they hold domestic activities to the same standards and are applied in a non-discriminatory fashion...
...according to Frankel, border measures are frequently constructed in a manner that unfairly favors domestic activities, leading to their eventual rejection under accusations of protectionism...
Only border measures established by multilateral agreement and targeted toward fossil fuels and energy-intensive methods of production should be allowable, according to Frankel. These measures would either impose tariffs or require an exchange of carbon permits, and create a uniform method to evaluate the actual environmental impacts of production...
...said. Fortunately for Vilsack, The Crimson’s Election Survey found that nearly 80 percent of Harvard students said they planned to vote for Obama today. But some Harvard experts said Obama might win by a narrower margin than current polls are predicting. Jeffrey A. Frankel, an economics professor at the Kennedy School, said he believes Americans will overcome the issues of age and race to elect Obama because they value competence and intelligence. But, he added, “I would have to say Obama [will win], though perhaps not with the big landslide margin that some others...