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Why Free Trade Works for America
Publication Date: April 2007
Publisher(s): Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)
Author(s): Daniella Markheim
Series: Backgrounder
Topic: Trade (Free trade and protection)
Keywords: Trade and foreign aid; free trade; Trade Promotion Authority
Type: Report
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
Renewing the President's trade promotion authority to facilitate the completion of bilateral free trade agreements, reforming and reducing the scope of the farm bill to promote a successful conclusion to the WTO Doha Development Round, and guarding against populist, protectionist trade policy changes would go far toward expanding economic opportunity in the U.S. and around the world.