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Backlash grows against free trade: A record US trade deficit is rekindling the globalization debate.

Date: February 16, 2007

Author: Mark Trumbull

QUOTE: "There was a time 10 years ago when it seemed like globalization was consensual, and there were very few remaining questions about whether it was ... a good thing," says Jeffry Frieden, an expert on global economics at Harvard University. The reality, he says, includes a caveat: Trade "can make everyone better off, so long as you compensate the losers."

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Article MetaInformation:

Key People:

• Ben S. Bernanke Ph.D.
• Senator Lindsey O. Graham Esq.
• Rep. Sherrod Brown
• Rep. Duncan Hunter
• Senator Byron Leslie Dorgan MBA
• Rep. Tim Ryan
• Prof. Jeffry A. Frieden

Key Organizations:

• Commerce Department/Department of Commerce (DOC)
• First Church of Christ, Scientist The
• US Business and Industry Council (USBIC)

Subject & Geographic Categories:

• Government & Politics / History
  • Government (General)
    • International Relations/Diplomacy
      • International Treaties

• Social Sciences & Groups
  • Economics: General
    • World Trade
      • Third World Development
      • US Trade Relations

• North America
  • United States of America/USA

• Worldwide

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