The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update

Issues in the News

1. BUSINESS

Civil rights leader Andrew Young joins the steering committee of the group Working Families for Wal-Mart.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Adjunct Analyst Zachary Courser on the advantages Wal-Mart provides to U.S. consumers.

2. TRADE

The U.S. and European Union debate the implications of a recent World Trade Organization ruling on the sale of genetically engineered food.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Director of Food Safety Policy Gregory Conko on who really won in the biotech food verdict.

3. HURRICANE KATRINA

New Orleans celebrates a return to tradition as Mardi Gras 2006 reaches its peak.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: President Fred L. Smith, Jr. on how New Orleans can grow and flourish again.

4. SAFETY

Gov. Joe Manchin of West Virginia proposes new emergency shelters for mines.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Senior Fellow Iain Murray on why he’s proud to be a coal miner’s grandson.

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