Word: nafta
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...Remind grousing Brazil that they've been allotted a generous 52 percent of the 5.4-million-ton slab-steel quota. And if they want to be treated like exempted NAFTA members Mexico and Canada, well, the Free Trade Association of the Americas (FTAA) negotiations - a Western Hemisphere version of NAFTA - kick off in 2005, which just happens to be three years away. Remind the Russians that they've been allotted 25 percent of that same slab-steel quota, and that if they want to be treated even better, like special-exemption Turkey, they could always be more helpful...
...cost of protectionism can be seen not only among users of steel but also among consumers of sugar. Influenced by generous campaign contributions from U.S. sugar producers, the Federal Government supports domestic prices and slaps tariffs as high as 242% on most sugar imports. Mexico and other signatories of NAFTA will eventually be spared such tariffs, but the system in place today keeps domestic sugar prices at 22[cents] per lb.--about three times the global-market price...
...Kaplan’s series, “Leaders Indicating Leading Indicators,” two separate paintings present the conflict between NAFTA and the Zapatistas of Chapas as a stark contrast between the urban and the rural, the supposedly civilized and the indigenous. One of the paintings is a straightforward representation of political leaders discussing current affairs; the other painting features childlike men and women wearing ski masks—worn by the Zapatistas as an act of solidarity—pointing to a vague clearing in the jungle. This clearing, Kaplan explains, represents the communities of native Mexicans...
...threat of further DEA action has prompted seven hemp companies to ask the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to block the rule. They say the DEA is effectively creating a new law, not interpreting existing statutes. A Canadian hemp firm has filed a claim saying the DEA is violating NAFTA by failing to provide scientific justification for a rule that "will be nothing short of an absolute ban on trade in hemp food." (The Canadian government has also formally objected.) The DEA's position is that U.S. drug laws clearly ban THC--any THC. The court's decision will turn...
...garment industry could use more companies like Charney's. Some 33,000 apparel jobs were lost last year as manufacturers, taking advantage of NAFTA, continued to move south of the border. Last fall the government eliminated tariffs for apparel made with U.S. fabric from 24 Caribbean basin nations, spurring more U.S. job losses. The industry's economics are so unforgiving that underwear giant Fruit of the Loom sought bankruptcy protection in 1999 and still hasn't emerged...