FTAs open markets to US exporters From the Washington Post: The long delayed free trade deals with South Korea, Colombia and Panama “give US an economic boost.” Since US markets were already open to Colombia, the big change under the new FTA is that Colombian markets...
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Corn ethanol is cast as a culprit in rising food prices (again) A Financial Times report from the Commodity Markets Council annual meeting (this week in Palm Beach) notes that Dodd-Frank financial system reforms top the list of worries for the commodities futures...