December 27, 2004 Volume 4 Number 7
Sweet News: Congressional
Sugar Reform Caucus is Formed
In mid-October eighteen Members of the House of Representatives launched a
new congressional caucus designed to overhaul the U.S. sugar program which
artificially props up the price of sugar in the United States. Read
how the U.S. sugar program picks your pocket while eliminating jobs at candy
factories and in other sugar-consuming industries.
Step Right Up for the
Best Show in Town!
Do you ever get the feeling that our federal government is little more than
a three ring circus? You have to wonder when some of our most distinguished
legislators behave like circus performers, pandering for approval from their
constituents like a bunch of dancing bears. Read
all about a bill (S. 2992) recently introduced by two senators that would
flagrantly violate the rules of international trade, just so the special interest
"folks back home" can have something to clap about.
United States and New
Zealand: Will "Free Trade" Break Out?
New Zealand and the United States have been trade partners for nearly
two hundred years. While the Kiwis are currently exploring bilateral trade
agreements with Thailand, China, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Egypt, their most
preferred bilateral partner, the United States, remains elusive. Will New
Zealand ever have a free trade agreement (FTA) with the U.S? Will it do anything
for us consumers? Read
on...
CWT in the News
- On Nov. 10th, CWT co-hosted a cocktail reception at the residence of the Ambassador John Wood of New Zealand. Click here to read the Ambassador's comments about a U.S.-N.Z. Free Trade Agreement (PDF).
- On Nov. 11th, CWT sent a blast fax to Congress urging textile and apparel quotas to be phased out as originally planned. Read it.
- On Nov. 15th, CWT hosted a discussion of the U.S. case against imports of Canadian live swine.
- On Nov. 18th, CWT sent a blast fax to Congress urging Congress to reject S. 2992, which would distribute escrowed antidumping and countervailing duties on Canadian softwood lumber. Read it.
- On Nov. 23rd, CWT sent a letter to Secretary of Commerce Donald Evans requesting that he eliminate the practice of "zeroing" before he leaves his post. Read it.
- On Dec. 6th, CWT distributed an op-ed on antidumping tariffs and their cost to American consumers. Read it.
- On Dec. 8th, CWT distributed an op-ed on the Byrd Amendment and its cost to American consumers. Read it.
- On Dec. 22nd,
CWT sent a blast fax to the Hill urging Congress to support free trade in
shrimp. Read it.