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New — WTO summaries of trade disputes
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“Daniel” makes it easy for identity thieves
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Rep. Flake gets bumped from Judiciary — on principle?
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Farm bill — a focus on energy
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France – prime obstacle for liberalizing agriculture support
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Can a Deal be Done on Doha?
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Lamy sees WTO “at heart of global governance”
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Ethanol ain’t no magic bullet
The New York Times has caught up with CEI in assessing the impact of increased production of ethanol and its effect on food production. NYT…
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Debunking Dobbs — Part II
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Bhagwati debunks Dobbsians
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Scenario planning writ large in the UK
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Farming is big business – with big government handouts
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Lost in translation? Mais non!
Today the French newspaper L’Express attacked CEI and other skeptics of catastrophic global warming as “les négationnistes” or “deniers” — following the low ground…
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Who gets the farm pork?
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A woman for all seasons — Marquise du Chatelet
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Lucy’s “Top Twaddlers”
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EU trade chief nixes carbon taxes; hails zero tariffs for “green” goods
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U.S. and China — some economic agreement, still some thorny issues
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Oversize clothes need warning labels?
Here’s a contender for the Nanny-State story of the day: A British academic says that plus-size clothes should carry labels with obesity helpline numbers…
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Climate change enhancing seals’ sex lives
Well, there’s good news today about climate change effects — male gray seals have a more active sex life. Near a remote island off…
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CEI makes Weather Channel’s “Top Ten” – greatest impact on climate change discussion
The Weather Channel today announced its “Top Ten” list — those people or organizations that have had the greatest impact on climate change discussions.
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Incoming Judiciary chairman to defend privacy rights
Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), perhaps more famous for his defense of the Vermont dairy industry and the Northeast Dairy Compact, is incoming chairman of…
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Followup on WSJ letters today
My favorite quote from the Wall Street Journal Letters today (see Ivan’s earlier post) was from Christopher Monckton, former science and technical adviser to former…
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More on the Rockefeller-Snowe letter – Rockefeller attacked in home state; he responds
The Daily Mail (Charleston, WV) on December 5 carried a strong editorial castigating its junior senator, Jay Rockefeller, for his joint letter to ExxonMobil.
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It’s official — Vietnam to join WTO
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Pricking the pomposity of EU’s trade policymaker
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U.S. dairy program at odds with free enterpriser
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Marlo responds to Al Gore
CEI’s Marlo Lewis’ appearance on Oprah’s show on Tuesday, Dec. 5, opposite Al Gore was via a taped two-minute segment juxtaposed against Gore’s 30-minute plus…
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Popping with the Popcorn Board
As I was skimming government agencies’ websites for topical issues, a U.S. Department of Agriculture press release today sidetracked me. It seems that the Secretary…
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Congress votes highest civilian honor to Dr. Norman Borlaug
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to award a Congressional Gold Medal — the nation’s highest honor — to Dr. Norman Borlaug, credited…