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US and China Announce Series of Trade Agreements

WASHINGTON (Dec. 15) -- The Obama administration said Wednesday that two days of talks with a high-level delegation from China produced results that should benefit U.S. companies ranging from manufacturers of computer software and wind turbines to beef producers. The agreements touched on areas that have been the source...

Obama Says South Korea Trade Pact Will Create Thousands of US Jobs

WASHINGTON (Dec. 4) - President Barack Obama on Saturday praised a newly sealed trade deal with South Korea as a landmark agreement that promises to boost the domestic auto industry and support tens of thousands of American jobs. "This agreement shows the U.S. is willing to lead and compete in the global economy," the...

Opinion: North Korea's Favor to the US

(Dec. 3) -- North Korea's Kim Jong II isn't prone to doing favors for the U.S., but his decision to launch a missile attack against South Korea gives the Obama administration a chance for a "do-over" as it relates to the U.S.-South Korea Free Trade Agreement. While President Barack Obama walked away empty handed from the...

Opinion: What's So Bad About Earmarks?

(Nov. 16) -- Few words are dirtier in Washington than "earmark." Soon-to-be House Speaker John Boehner has vowed to ban them. President Barack Obama has called for earmark reform. The chairmen of the president's debt commission say the practice should be eliminated. And on Monday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell,...

Obama Has Little Chance of Success at G-20 Summit

(Nov. 11) -- If President Barack Obama hoped to head home this weekend with a sense of international victory following last week's election setbacks, he seems unlikely to get it from the G-20 economic summit in South Korea. Even before the two-day summit could begin today, Obama had to answer questions about the failure...