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                    [Title] => It's the season for political talk
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A Pinoy balikbayan says that many Americans are sporting with pride “Buy American” buttons.

[DatePublished] => 2012-09-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134303 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1431352 [AuthorName] => Juanito V. Jabat   [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 754332 [Title] => 7 healthy sins [Summary] =>

Randy Shore of Vancouver Sun wrote an interesting and informative article, telling us that some bad things we have been warned about may actually be good for us.

[DatePublished] => 2011-12-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134675 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1514338 [AuthorName] => Mel Tobias [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 524940 [Title] => Free trade [Summary] =>

The APEC summit held in Singapore last week might not have found enough of a consensus to set clear targets for carbon emissions over the foreseeable future.

[DatePublished] => 2009-11-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134157 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804783 [AuthorName] => Alex Magno [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 505725 [Title] => Obama: No decision soon on US troops to Afghan war [Summary] => WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama said Wednesday there will be no quick decision on whether to send more U. [DatePublished] => 2009-09-17 10:22:03 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 494716 [Title] => Obama and Mexico, Canada leaders launch talks [Summary] =>

President Barack Obama huddled yesterday with the leaders of Mexico and Canada for a swift North American summit, where the swine flu epidemic and knotty disputes over cross-border trade dominated a lengthy agenda.

[DatePublished] => 2009-08-11 01:04:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 489007 [Title] => (UPDATE) APEC extends pledge to raise no new trade barriers [Summary] =>

SINGAPORE (AP) - A group of Pacific Rim countries, including the US, China and Japan, extended by a year an agreement to raise no new barriers to trade and investment.

[DatePublished] => 2009-07-22 22:00:19 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 485182 [Title] => World leaders vow to restart stalled trade talks [Summary] => L'AQUILA (AP) -- Leaders of the exclusive club of eight industrialized leaders plus five of the fastest developing nations are calling for open markets and a battle against protectionism as the answer to the world's economic meltdown. [DatePublished] => 2009-07-10 11:16:17 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 468976 [Title] => Federation of Philippine Industries seeks higher import tariffs for critical products [Summary] =>

MANILA, Philippines - The government must raise import tariffs on critical products to give local manufacturers a chance to compete against foreign competition, the Federation of Philippine Industries (FPI) said.

[DatePublished] => 2009-05-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1480108 [AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 456943 [Title] => US business council in Asia warns of protectionism [Summary] => SINGAPORE (AP) – An organization representing US companies in Asia warned "Buy American" type policies could spark retaliation from other countries and undermine global trade. [DatePublished] => 2009-04-13 16:45:43 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 454611 [Title] => Traders urge government to delay import tax cut [Summary] =>

Businessmen are asking the government to delay a plan of opening up the local market by reducing taxes on imported goods.

[DatePublished] => 2009-04-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1480108 [AuthorName] => Ma. Elisa Osorio  [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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