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Administration truthiness on trade |
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Written by Stumo
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Monday, 15 September 2008 |
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Public Citizen reveals administration mis-truths/truthiness/un-truths on trade.
Last year, the Administration displayed (PDF file), to Congress, happy information that the 10 recent FTA countries produced increased trade. All this bad economic feeling and stuff is just in your head... you darned whiner.
Question: Why not include all FTA countries? Answer: That would not be truthy for administration purposes.
Here is what it does look like (original PDF file and data).
The blue is the happy information, albeit misleading. When you include all the FTA countries, things clear up a bit.
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In the news
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Washington, October 22, 2008 - Keith Bolin, ACGA President and Bureau Co., IL farmer and hog producer, announces the American Corn Growers 22nd Annual Convention in Coralville, IA, January 15-16, 2009 at the Marriott Hotel and Conference Center. "Food, Conservation, Energy & Trade 2009" will boast a line-up of well-known industry leaders who will address the current policies and practices of food, conservation, energy and trade.
Find more information on this event here. |
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