http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Free_TradeFind stories, videos, and photos about Free Trade from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:27:10 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Free_Trade14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Free Trade from CNN.com.http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/29/news/international/european_trade_deal.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/10/29/news/international/european_trade_deal.fortune/index.htmNot even Franz Kafka could have dreamed this one up.Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:17:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/10/29/news/international/Mexican_tax_reform/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/10/29/news/international/Mexican_tax_reform/index.htmCompanies that have invested in Mexico could be affected if the Mexican congress approves a change that would put an end to tax benefits that allow businesses to consolidate their earnings and losses, in order to pay less taxes, said specialized foreign trade consultant firm IQOM. The changes proposed by the federal government are being analyzed by Congress and could be incompatible with expropriation rules under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) that Mexico, Canada and the United States have had since 1994.Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:03:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/04/01/news/international/breaking_views.breakingviews/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/04/01/news/international/breaking_views.breakingviews/index.htmThe world faces crisis of finance, not a crisis of capitalism.Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:39:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/03/18/magazines/fortune/power_play.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/03/18/magazines/fortune/power_play.fortune/index.htmTrying to decipher where President Obama really stands on free trade can be like trying to trace the U.S.-Mexico border with a Google map. There are words, and there are actions - but there is mostly that long squiggly line in between.Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:48:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/03/16/news/international/mexico_tariffs/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/03/16/news/international/mexico_tariffs/index.htmMexico has announced plans to raise tariffs on almost 90 U.S. exports, Mexican and U.S. officials confirmed Monday.Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:01:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/22/bush.apec.summit/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/22/bush.apec.summit/index.html#cnnSTCTextPresident Bush, in what could be his final overseas trip as president, called on international leaders Saturday to continue his administration's push for free trade despite the global financial crisis.Sun, 23 Nov 2008 04:07:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/11/aid.packages/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/11/aid.packages/index.html#cnnSTCTextA rapidly deteriorating situation in the U.S. auto industry may serve as the backdrop for a classic contest of political wills between the outgoing Bush administration on one hand and both President-elect Obama and the newly strengthened Democratic congressional majority on the other.Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:27:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/11/11/news/economy/obama_automakers/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/11/11/news/economy/obama_automakers/index.htmBoth the White House and a senior aide to President-elect Obama on Tuesday emphatically denied there had been any attempt on the part of President Bush -- while meeting with Obama on Monday -- to link a federal bailout of the struggling auto industry or a second stimulus package to passage of a Colombia free trade deal.Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:53:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/02/mccain.colombia/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/02/mccain.colombia/index.html#cnnSTCTextSen. John McCain discussed free trade, illegal drugs and better relations Tuesday night with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe.Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:45:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/01/mccain.colombia/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/01/mccain.colombia/index.html#cnnSTCTextSen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, arrived in Tuesday in Colombia on a three-day trip that includes Mexico to talk about trade and drugs.Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:28:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/01/cnn.poll/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/01/cnn.poll/index.html#cnnSTCTextAs Sen. John McCain prepares to promote free trade during a high-profile trip to Colombia and Mexico, a poll out Tuesday suggests the issue may be a political hurdle as the general election campaign heats up.Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:03:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/06/18/magazines/fortune/easton_obama.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/06/18/magazines/fortune/easton_obama.fortune/index.htmThe general campaign is on, independent voters are up for grabs, and Barack Obama is toning down his populist rhetoric - at least when it comes to free trade.Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/21/nafta.summit/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/21/nafta.summit/index.html#cnnSTCTextPresident Bush used a meeting with Mexican and Canadian leaders Monday to hammer Democrats who oppose a free trade deal between the U.S. and Colombia, saying that blocking the deal is "bad for American workers and bad for our security."Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:19:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1732556,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1732556,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsPresident Bush, joining the conservative leaders of Canada and Mexico for one final time, is eager to expand a trading relationship that has been lucrative for the United States and both of its neighborsMon, 21 Apr 2008 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/09/clinton.colombia/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/09/clinton.colombia/index.html#cnnSTCTextSen. Hillary Clinton and her husband Bill don't see eye-to-eye when it comes to a controversial free trade pact.Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:09:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/07/bush.trade.pact/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/07/bush.trade.pact/index.html#cnnSTCTextPresident Bush on Monday moved to force a vote on a controversial free trade agreement between the United States and Colombia that Democrats oppose.Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:51:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/03/democrats.primaries/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/03/democrats.primaries/index.html#cnnSTCTextSen. Hillary Clinton Monday questioned her Democratic rival's commitment to renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement, a charge that Sen. Barack Obama's camp called a "blatant distortion."Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:36:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1718918,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1718918,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsOrganized labor has lately warmed to the Illinois Senator, and its help could be enough for him to eke out a victory in OhioMon, 03 Mar 2008 17:00:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/26/dems.debate/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/26/dems.debate/index.html#cnnSTCTextDemocrats Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama sparred with each other over negative campaigning, health care and free trade Tuesday, a week before key primaries in Texas and Ohio.Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:12:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/25/clinton.obama/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/25/clinton.obama/index.html#cnnSTCTextSens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton exchanged sharp words over trade as they campaigned before Ohio's crucial primary.Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:34:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/23/clinton.mailings/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/23/clinton.mailings/index.html#cnnSTCTextA visibly angry Sen. Hillary Clinton lashed out Saturday at Sen. Barack Obama over campaign literature that she said he knows is "blatantly false," while Obama called her outburst "tactical." Sun, 24 Feb 2008 02:11:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/02/01/mexico.farmers/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/02/01/mexico.farmers/index.html#cnnSTCTextHundreds of thousands of farmers clogged central Mexico City Thursday with their slow-moving tractors, protesting the entry of cheap imported corn from the United States and Canada.Fri, 01 Feb 2008 10:49:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/01/18/news/economy/worldgoaway.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/01/18/news/economy/worldgoaway.fortune/index.htm"We are the champions - of the world" may be the verse that rings out in stadiums across the U.S., but in the great game of global trade, Americans are increasingly feeling like the losers. A large majority - 68% - of those surveyed in a new Fortune poll says America's trading partners are benefiting the most from free trade, not the U.S. That sense of victimhood is changing America's attitude about doing business with the world.Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:50:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/12/13/magazines/fortune/easton_gop.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/12/13/magazines/fortune/easton_gop.fortune/index.htmYou don't have to travel to the Democratic side of the presidential race and to hear the chords of protectionism. That was evident at yesterday's Republican presidential debate in Johnston, Iowa - the last formal verbal joust before that state's voters kick off the official race by voting in caucuses on January 3.Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:21:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2007/05/11/news/economy/pluggedin_easton_trade.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2007/05/11/news/economy/pluggedin_easton_trade.fortune/index.htmAs the capital's attention fixed on congressional maneuvering over Iraq war spending, a different drama was playing out in the offices of leading House members - one that would determine the nation's free trade path at a critical juncture.Fri, 11 May 2007 20:48:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/13/Dobbs.Mar14/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/13/Dobbs.Mar14/index.htmlPresident Bush has spent the past six days in Central and South America pushing his view that what he calls free trade is the solution for millions who live in poverty south of our border.Tue, 13 Mar 2007 21:10:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/28/Dobbs.Nov29/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/28/Dobbs.Nov29/index.htmlVictorious Democrats will, with the opening of the 110th Congress, have a historic opportunity to right the course of a country that has been hell-bent on permitting free-trade corporatists and faith-based economics to bankrupt the nation.Tue, 28 Nov 2006 21:07:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/08/01/dobbs.August2/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/US/08/01/dobbs.August2/index.htmlThis Republican-led, do-nothing Congress is on its way home for a five-week vacation. I'm sure while there, they'll be glad to explain to their constituents why they need so much rest in a year in which they will work fewer than 80 days.Tue, 01 Aug 2006 19:55:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2006/05/01/news/economy/pluggedin_fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/05/01/news/economy/pluggedin_fortune/index.htmThe dust has started to settle on President Bush's recent reshuffle of his White House team. Gone are Karl Rove and Scott McClellan. Gone too, it turns out, is President Bush's credibility as a free trader.Mon, 01 May 2006 18:09:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/12/30/news/international/cafta/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/12/30/news/international/cafta/index.htmStaffers on Capitol Hill and in the Bush administration said Thursday it is unlikely that the Central American-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement will become active Jan. 1, as had been planned.Fri, 30 Dec 2005 11:56:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/07/bush.trade.ap/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/07/bush.trade.ap/index.htmlPresident Bush acknowledged Monday that it would be difficult to push any U.S.-Panama trade deal through Congress, but said getting one completed remains a top priority for his administration.Mon, 07 Nov 2005 19:05:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/11/03/bush.summit/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/11/03/bush.summit/index.htmlPresident Bush arrived Thursday night in Argentina for a summit with other leaders from across the Americas, where trade issues and fighting poverty are expected to be major topics of conversation.Fri, 04 Nov 2005 02:36:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/30/bush.radio/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/30/bush.radio/index.htmlPresident Bush said Congress members heading home for the August recess had a year of "great progress," citing, among other things, energy and Central American trade legislation.Sat, 30 Jul 2005 13:51:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/28/house.cafta/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/28/house.cafta/index.htmlAfter an all-day, full-court press by the White House, the House early Thursday narrowly approved the controversial Central America Free Trade Agreement, a pact supporters say will help strengthen fledgling democracies.Thu, 28 Jul 2005 04:20:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2005/07/01/news/international/cafta/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2005/07/01/news/international/cafta/index.htmThe Senate has approved a free trade pact known as CAFTA that includes five Central American countries and the Dominican Republic.Fri, 01 Jul 2005 09:58:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/01/congress.cafta/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/01/congress.cafta/index.htmlThe U.S. Senate Thursday night approved a free trade pact with five Central American countries and the Dominican Republic.Fri, 01 Jul 2005 04:45:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/06/23/talkasia.kuroda.script/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/06/23/talkasia.kuroda.script/index.htmlAirdate: June 18th, 2005Thu, 23 Jun 2005 07:43:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/04/18/china.trade/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/04/18/china.trade/index.htmlAustralia and China have signed a pact to begin negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA), with Australian Prime Minister John Howard saying Canberra recognizes China as a "market economy".Tue, 19 Apr 2005 00:42:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/04/06/australia.malaysia/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/04/06/australia.malaysia/index.htmlNegotiations to secure a free-trade agreement between Australia and Malaysia have begun in Canberra as the two countries mark a new step in their often troubled relationship.Wed, 06 Apr 2005 04:08:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/03/03/cafta.push/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/03/03/cafta.push/index.htmlThe Bush administration is trying to push the Central American Free Trade Agreement through Congress quickly and quietly.Thu, 03 Mar 2005 23:38:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/02/28/cafta.politics/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/02/28/cafta.politics/index.htmlThe Bush administration needs Congressional approval of the contentious Central American Free Trade Agreement, which is the top priority on its trade agenda this year.Mon, 28 Feb 2005 22:59:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/06/07/scotus.mexican.trucks.ap/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/06/07/scotus.mexican.trucks.ap/index.htmlThe Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that the Bush administration can skip a lengthy environmental study and open U.S. roadways to Mexican trucks as soon as it wishes.Mon, 07 Jun 2004 14:25:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2004/01/07/commentary/bidask/bidask2/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2004/01/07/commentary/bidask/bidask2/index.htmThe election year has begun, and politicians are about as apt to espouse the benefits of free trade as they are to rally against apple pie.Wed, 07 Jan 2004 21:21:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/05/01/278914/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/05/01/278914/index.htmEconomists, regardless of political affiliation, agree that free trade helps the world's economies. But you'd never know all the benefits of trade from listening to the Clinton Administration's rhe...Mon, 01 May 2000 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/02/16/237668/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/02/16/237668/index.htmRemember when wine in a box meant cheap wine with a keglike tap? Now that Americans have become a bit more snobbish about their vino, wine in a box means a case of vintage bottles arriving on your ...Mon, 16 Feb 1998 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/01/12/236434/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/01/12/236434/index.htmIn October 1996, with the presidential election days away, President Clinton won a small victory: He got Mexico to raise the price it charges Americans for tomatoes. In November 1997, Clinton suffe...Mon, 12 Jan 1998 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/10/27/233296/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/10/27/233296/index.htmAmerica's trade policy--which has revolved around the concept of free trade for 50 years despite periodic outbreaks of protectionist fever--is nearing an important potential inflection point. Presd...Mon, 27 Oct 1997 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/06/09/227507/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/06/09/227507/index.htmThe trade winds are blowing in Washington, and the air is full of inscrutable phrases: Most-favored-nation status. Fast track. Negotiating authority. The ghosts of Reed Smoot and Willis Hawley. But...Mon, 09 Jun 1997 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/08/05/215630/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/08/05/215630/index.htmSeated next to conveyors in a low-rise building that once housed a bicycle plant, workers with busy fingers stuff circuitboards with components. At the next station, fast-moving operatives insert t...Mon, 05 Aug 1996 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/12/12/80047/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/12/12/80047/index.htmWHILE MOST of the country's attention is focused on what the next Congress will do, the old Congress has a momentous task to perform before disbanding -- and an enormous opportunity to make the wor...Mon, 12 Dec 1994 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/08/22/79668/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/08/22/79668/index.htmListen up, Ross. Economists Gary Hufbauer and Jeffrey Schott of the Institute for International Economics say now is the time to think about what's after NAFTA, lest we lose our free-trade momentum...Mon, 22 Aug 1994 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/05/30/79353/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/05/30/79353/index.htmAfter 47 years in the auto industry, Lee Iacocca, 69, has embarked on several post-retirement careers. He remains a Chrysler consultant, for which he receives $500,000 a year and access to the comp...Mon, 30 May 1994 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/01/24/78909/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/01/24/78909/index.htm-- Maya Angelou The poet's reading of her poem ''On the Pulse of Morning'' at the new President's Inauguration revitalized sales of her 1970 autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. The pape...Mon, 24 Jan 1994 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/01/10/78842/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/01/10/78842/index.htmFREE TRADE, despite the considerable odds against it, has just won two of its biggest victories in decades: first the North American Free Trade Agreement, then the successful completion of a new Ge...Mon, 10 Jan 1994 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1993/12/15/88536/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1993/12/15/88536/index.htmThough the Dow Jones industrial average was little changed in the first two weeks of November, it vaulted to a record high of 3710.77 on Nov. 16. One reason: Investors realized that Congress would ...Wed, 15 Dec 1993 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/11/29/78673/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/11/29/78673/index.htmTHE SHOWDOWN is finally at hand. In mid-November the U.S. Congress will give either a thumbs up or a thumbs down to the controversial North American Free Trade Agreement. With the vote too close to...Mon, 29 Nov 1993 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/11/15/78623/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/11/15/78623/index.htmWhen a Parisian mob rushed to the barricades in what became the Revolution of 1848, a prominent revolutionary agitator, caught flat-footed by the uprising, said famously: ''We are their leaders; we...Mon, 15 Nov 1993 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/11/15/78631/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/11/15/78631/index.htmA memo to Ross Perot and other noisy opponents of NAFTA: The treaty is not about jobs fleeing to Mexico in pursuit of lower wages. Every reputable study concludes there will be a modest net gain in...Mon, 15 Nov 1993 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/11/01/78533/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/11/01/78533/index.htmIt is time for an update on the Iowa Political Stock Market (IPSM), dwelt on morosely in this space last November. You may recall our muffled sobs at the time, reflecting $198.64 blown on the lesse...Mon, 01 Nov 1993 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/10/25/78515/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/10/25/78515/index.htmFOREIGN TRAVEL may broaden your outlook, but foreign investing can fatten your wallet. Consider some of the returns from abroad so far this year: The Turkish stock market more than doubled; Finland...Mon, 25 Oct 1993 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/10/18/78489/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/10/18/78489/index.htmAs prospects for the North American Free Trade Agreement shrank to the size of a Chihuahua, Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen scolded U.S. business leaders for failing to support the treaty. ''We ne...Mon, 18 Oct 1993 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/08/23/78234/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/08/23/78234/index.htmIN THE MIDST of the most critical political battle of his presidency -- the down-to-the-wire struggle to push his budget plan through Congress -- Bill Clinton met in the Oval Office with FORTUNE ma...Mon, 23 Aug 1993 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/07/26/78121/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/07/26/78121/index.htmWHAT SHOULD the United States want in the world, and how can it get it? With the single word ''containment,'' diplomat George F. Kennan, writing as ''Mr. X'' in the July 1947 issue of Foreign Affai...Mon, 26 Jul 1993 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/04/19/77742/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/04/19/77742/index.htmTHAT OMINOUS NOISE you hear threatening the North American Free Trade Agreement isn't what Ross Perot fears -- the sound of jobs being sucked south of the Rio Grande. It's the sound of foot draggin...Mon, 19 Apr 1993 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/02/22/77522/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/02/22/77522/index.htmProbably no country in modern times has bounced back so well from the depths of despair as has Argentina. Blessed by nature but cursed by destructive political leadership since the days of Juan and...Mon, 22 Feb 1993 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/12/28/77310/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/12/28/77310/index.htmTODAY Mexico's economy is vibrant, largely because of the free-trade policies of its dynamic, Harvard-educated President, Carlos Salinas. Since his election four years ago, Salinas, 44, has balance...Mon, 28 Dec 1992 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/10/19/77000/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/10/19/77000/index.htmWHAT A CHANGE. A few years ago foreign trade looked like some giant leak in the American economy, siphoning all the prosperity of the past 200 years out into the rest of the world. In 1987 America'...Mon, 19 Oct 1992 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/10/05/76922/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/10/05/76922/index.htmIS A PROTECTIONIST trade bloc likely to emerge in Asia between now and the next millennium? Don't bet on it. In a region where the religions are as different as Taoism and Islam and the languages r...Mon, 05 Oct 1992 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/09/07/76857/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/09/07/76857/index.htmThe North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) to eliminate trade barriers seems like a victory on the job front for Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari. Mexican factory hands earn an aver...Mon, 07 Sep 1992 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/05/04/76404/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/05/04/76404/index.htmAS EUROPE rolls through 1992, the long-awaited year of economic integration is beginning to look more like the year of Euro-retreat. Worried by the increasingly obvious uncompetitiveness of much of...Mon, 04 May 1992 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/05/04/76406/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/05/04/76406/index.htmAn affable, articulate former French paratrooper, Alain Gomez, 53, is one of the biggest men in European electronics. The chairman of France's state-owned electronics giant, Thomson (1991 sales: $1...Mon, 04 May 1992 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/04/20/76307/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/04/20/76307/index.htmAS EUROPE rolls through 1992, the long-awaited year of economic integration is beginning to look more like the year of Euro-retreat. Worried by the increasingly obvious uncompetitiveness of much of...Mon, 20 Apr 1992 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/04/20/76306/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/04/20/76306/index.htmAn affable, articulate former French paratrooper, Alain Gomez, 53, is one of the biggest men in European electronics. The chairman of France's state-owned electronics giant, Thomson (1991 sales: $1...Mon, 20 Apr 1992 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/06/17/75153/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/06/17/75153/index.htmFORGET those scare stories about how a North American free-trade pact would affect the U.S. You know, the ones about mistreated Mexicans making $1 an hour in filthy, unsafe plants stealing jobs fro...Mon, 17 Jun 1991 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/04/08/74857/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/04/08/74857/index.htmIF YOU DOUBT that there's a new climate for foreign businesses in Latin America, consider this tale. Michael Jordan, chairman of PepsiCo's international snack and beverage businesses, called on Mex...Mon, 08 Apr 1991 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/08/27/73947/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/08/27/73947/index.htmTHEY ARE MOSTLY gray-suited and sober-faced bureaucrats, but they understand magic: If each nation is free to concentrate on doing what it does best, the world will get richer. With that wizardry i...Mon, 27 Aug 1990 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1989/02/01/84966/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1989/02/01/84966/index.htmMany leading Canadian stocks -- often easily buyable by American investors -- are likely to profit from the historic free trade pact between the U.S. and Canada that went into effect last month. Th...Wed, 01 Feb 1989 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/03/04/65649/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/03/04/65649/index.htmAFTER A DECADE of frigid hostility toward foreign investment, welcoming winds are blowing in Canada, and American money is heading north again. The shift from strident nationalism to economic pragm...Mon, 04 Mar 1985 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/02/04/65501/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/02/04/65501/index.htmYou already may have received a free copy of Staying on Top: The Business Case for a National Industrial Strategy, by Kevin Phillips (Random House, $15.95). The author himself informs me in a promo...Mon, 04 Feb 1985 05:01:00 EST