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The US administration on Wednesday threatened to submit a contentious free trade agreement with Colombia to Congress without the consent of the Democratic leadership in a move that would open up a new front in the fight over US trade policy. Susan Schwab, US trade representative, told reporters that in the absence of an agreement with House Democrats, the White House would ask Congress to consider the Colombia free trade agreement “immediately or very shortly after” the Easter recess, which ends on March 30. “We can’t let delay translate into inaction,” Ms Schwab said. The administration’s decision represents a break...

Defeat CAFTA and save your supplements. You must ACT NOW! ACT NOW to preserve your access to nutrients, effective vitamins and minerals, and nutritional medicine! We have leverage - it's very close, perhaps within 1 vote! Listen to Len & Joe (Ask the Pharmacist Group) discuss why this is an important issue for all of us! CAFTA - BAD for jobs, small businesses, health stores, health freedom In the fine print the US is being signed up to global regulations that override US supplement laws. The outcome for CAFTA is up for grabs, as the vote is very close in...

I still do not understand conservatives who oppose NAFTA. From studying free trade, I think the free market moves assets to where they are needed the most. But a hour or so ago, I heard a fill in host on Michael Savage's show advocating that NAFTA isn't good for our country. He cited "outsourcing" as bad for this country, and saying that the messed up, harsh working conditions that China workers face, is what we will eventually face on American soil if we allow free trade economics such as NAFTA. I find this sort of logic, hard to follow.