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Today's Editorial Cartoons:
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by Alan Tonelson, Friday, July 30, 2010
The current Making-it-in-America initiative of the House Democratic Leadership appears designed to appease angry constituents rather than to take serious steps to curb unfair trading practices by China and other mercantilist states.
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Up to the Minute Commentary:
NYT's Krugman Starting to Abandon Free Trade Theory for Reality

We have no choice but to implement a tariff regimen -- and many other complementary programs along with it (see the USBIC plan to save American Manufacturing, which has been published on our web site for the last five years). No more talk, no more threats, no more chit-chat diplomacy, no more Johnny-come-lately columns. Just abandonment of cherished but faulty free-trade theories, and bold action -- or we can kiss our high standard of living and middle class good-bye.

Obama Brings a Losing Game to the G-20 Summit

The government's new report on economic growth proves it conclusively: President Obama will arrive at the G-20 summit in Toronto clinging to failed trade strategies, and therefore failed recovery strategies.

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