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In The Media

U.S. to Set Trade Guidelines on Environment, Labor

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By Sherman Katz
Published on May 14, 2007

Source: The Newshour with Jim Lehrer


President Bush and House leaders recently came to an agreement on environmental and worker protection guidelines to attach to trade deals with other countries. Carnegie Senior Associate Sherman Katz disusses the agreement's significance on The Newshour with Jim Lehrer.



Click here to listen to the broadcast.

About the Author

Sherman Katz

Former Senior Associate

    Recent Work

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    Intellectual Property Rights as a Key Obstacle to Russia’s WTO Accession

      Sherman Katz, Matthew Ocheltree

Sherman Katz
Former Senior Associate
Sherman Katz
EconomyTradeClimate ChangeNorth AmericaUnited States

Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.

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