President Obama took office with the strong backing of antitrade labor unions. From Wordnik.com. [Protectionist Rubber Meets the Road] Reference
Also, intimated that they are predjudiced and antitrade because they are frustrated. From Wordnik.com. [Geoffrey Garin: Obama's Small-Town Comments Would Damage Him In General Election -- And Super-Dels Should Consider Them] Reference
Today in the U.S. we see a powerful upsurge of antitrade and antibusiness sentiment. From Wordnik.com. [Creative Capitalism] Reference
Yet in the U.S., the Democratic-led Congress, beholden to antitrade unions, is dragging its feet. From Wordnik.com. [Free Trade Evangelists] Reference
To exploit these opportunities, Mr. Obama will have to overcome the antitrade bias of his first two years. From Wordnik.com. [A Better G-20 Agenda] Reference
But on the campaign trail, both are pandering to organized labor and other antitrade activists on the left. From Wordnik.com. [The Democrats and Trade] Reference
Members of the U.S. Congress have floated 45 antitrade or anti-China proposals in the last two sessions alone. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
By the late 1980s, with Latin America in crisis, Prebisch and his antitrade ideas were thoroughly discredited. From Wordnik.com. [The Idiot's Bible] Reference
But the U.S., with Barack Obama's antitrade policies and the GOP's anti-immigrant policies, may be turning inward. From Wordnik.com. [India Shoots for the Moon] Reference
The candidates could pick up their antitrade debate in Pittsburgh, where manufacturing losses have taken a heavy toll. From Wordnik.com. [Next Big Primary, Pennsylvania,] Reference
He was referring to his own party's antitrade posturing as much as Mr. Bush's refusal to sign the Kyoto climate treaty. From Wordnik.com. [Political Diary] Reference
Instead, they chose to shelve the bill in an election year while paying off organized labor and other antitrade yahoos. From Wordnik.com. [Pelosi's Bad Faith] Reference
After that gathering, 17 of the G-20 countries put in place a total of 47 antitrade measures, according to the World Bank. From Wordnik.com. [Trade Rhetoric, Action Still at Odds] Reference
To combat protectionism, they should direct the WTO to name and shame anyone taking antitrade measures, starting the following week. From Wordnik.com. [We Need a G20 Reality Check] Reference
The antitrade policies of the American left would be a good first step if our goal is to be less productive in the agricultural sector. From Wordnik.com. [Heartland's Small-Town Decline Started Long Ago] Reference
Perhaps worst of all, his antitrade bias will signal the region that protectionism is back in style in the U.S., and encourage new trade wars. From Wordnik.com. [Latin America Wants Free Trade] Reference
Are global investors anticipating a Barack Obama victory in November and the economic storm that his high-tax and antitrade policies would bring?. From Wordnik.com. [Political Diary] Reference
That makes it hard for him to rebuff his antitrade base, who will say this Section 301 case and its ilk are simply attempts to enforce trade laws. From Wordnik.com. [Obama's Outsourced Trade Policy] Reference
As the Democratic presidential campaign marches on, its most alarming public policy issue is Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama's antitrade advocacy. From Wordnik.com. [Protection Racket] Reference
It also shows how antitrade sentiment on Capitol Hill can filter into other branches of government even without any direct legislation being passed. From Wordnik.com. [Shrimp Trade Cocktail] Reference
A month or so before the election, congressional aspirant Sherrod Brown of Ohio was dismissed as a fringe candidate for his fiercely antitrade views. From Wordnik.com. [Booting Trade] Reference
Wisconsin offers a test for the antitrade rhetoric, as a state where the number of well-paid manufacturing jobs has steadily declined over the past decade. From Wordnik.com. [Democrats' Attacks] Reference
By not lowering the antitrade hammer just yet, Mr. Gutierrez and 23 American companies are free to tour Vietnam this week with a Damocles sword as leverage. From Wordnik.com. [Textile Two-Step] Reference
It's odd that Obama would criticize Pennsylvanians for "antitrade sentiment," given that pandering to such sentiment has been a central feature of his campaign. From Wordnik.com. [Are You Bitter Off?] Reference
Hillary Clinton, one guesses, operates inside a structure of intellectual integrity of her own devising, and her antitrade riffs (the "time out") sound strained. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary's Close-Up] Reference
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have heightened their antitrade, populist rhetoric as they fight for blue-collar votes in Ohio ahead of the state's March 4 primary. From Wordnik.com. [Clinton, Obama Ramp Up] Reference
Today's planned vote on Peru in the House comes one year after Democrats swept to power on Capitol Hill in part by riding a wave of antitrade sentiment around the country. From Wordnik.com. [House May Pass Peru Deal,] Reference
Rather than ratcheting up the antitrade and anti-China rhetoric, the presidential candidates would do better focusing on helping Americans seize the opportunities of trade. From Wordnik.com. [Indiana to Beijing] Reference
According to the memo, the adviser suggested that antitrade rhetoric was mere political maneuvering, a charge disputed by the adviser, the campaign and the Canadian government. From Wordnik.com. [Campaign Notebook: How Clinton Won] Reference
Is it because of his heavy reliance on campaign contributions from the antitrade AFL-CIO?. From Wordnik.com. [Kitten on the Keyboard] Reference
Denunciation of the U.A.W. by other unions and antitrade activists has been unusually harsh. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
While some antitrade Democrats are likely to oppose the deal, the news from Congress is hopeful. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
Then there are companies that face competition from lower-cost Chinese imports and want to push their antitrade agenda forward. From Wordnik.com. [Dissecting Leftism] Reference
"I don't think there's anything anticompetitive or antitrade in saying when we are stimulating the US economy that the purpose is to create US jobs," he said. From Wordnik.com. [ICTSD] Reference
Near term, more antitrade. From Wordnik.com. [Transcript: Seminar "FTAs and the Case for Taiwan" on Apr 13 at GWU] Reference
What about antitrade activists?. From Wordnik.com. [A Better Way to Free Trade] Reference
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