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"If we increase the number of H-1B visas that are available to U.S. companies, employment of U.S. nationals would likely grow as well. For instance, Microsoft has found that for every H-1B hire we make, we add on average four additional employees to support them in various capacities."
Bill Gates,
Testimony before the Committee on Science and Technology, US House of Representatives,
March 12, 2008.

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"Despite Doha collapse, free trade is marching on," Daily Telegraph, UK, August 1, 2008.

"Bad Trade," National Review Online, July 31, 2008.

"Greasing the World Economy Without Doha," Wall Street Journal, July 30, 2008.

"Trade, growth: Weep not for Doha,"China Post, July 20 30, 2008.

"China's Energy Woes,"Far Eastern Economic Review, June 30, 2008.

"Trade, They SED," National Review (Online), June 18, 2008. 

"Traders," National Review (Online), May 6, 2008.

"Trading Up," National Review Online, April 8, 2008.

"Should the Next U.S. President Adopt a Tougher Stance on Trade Policy with China?" Council on Foreign Relations, March 31 - April 4, 2008. 

"Democrats would rather mislead than lead on trade," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 3, 2008.

"Pen Beats Sword," National Review Online, December 12, 2007.

"Talk about industry's demise just a manufactured myth," Pittsburgh Business Times, November 23, 2007.

"A new protectionism: dashed hopes and perhaps worse  for US trade policy," IPA Review, October 2007.

"Paul Craig Roberts Misses the Mark," Cato-@-Liberty, October 11, 2007.

"Fear and Mythology," National Review Online, October 2, 2007.

"Trade fears are all smoke," Chicago Tribune, August 27, 2007.

"Summoning the Ghosts of Smoot and Hawley, " Cato-@-Liberty, August 22, 2007.

"Dark Days Ahead? " The Ripon Forum, August 13, 2007.

"Unfulfilled trade policy," The Washington Times, May 18, 2007.

"Big Foot, Unicorns, and Pro-Trade Democrats," National Review Online, April 18, 2007.

"Is trade war between US and China looming?" People's Daily Online, April 15, 2007.

"A Trade War Averted," The American Spectator, April 13, 2007.

"Tilting at import windmills," The Washington Times, February 22, 2007.

"Is the WTO Dispute Settlement System Fair?," Council on Foreign Relations, February 20, 2007.

"Toasting China," National Review Online, December 12, 2006

"Policy Perspectives: Antidumping Support Threatens U.S. Free Trade," World Trade Magazine, December 12, 2006

"There's a New Tariff in Town," Salt Lake Tribune, March 15, 2006

"Listing to Port," American Spectator, March 2, 2006

"Cornering Freedom in China," Nationalreview.com, January 4, 2006

"Byrd Boondoggle," Nationalreview.com, December 9, 2005

"It's Not Just Oil," New York Post, September 8, 2005

"Diamond-in-the-rough Proposals on China," Washington Times, May 19, 2005

"A Vote for History," Houston Chronicle, April 3, 2005

"The Emperor's Same Old Clothes," Asian Wall Street Journal, December 23, 2004

"China and the WTO," Apple Daily, December 8, 2004

"How should China and America respond to the age without textile quota," People's Daily Online, September 27, 2004

"This Byrd Won't Fly," Wall Street Journal, September 18, 2004

"Opportunism on Steroids," Nationalreview.com, March 2, 2004

"The Stealth Trade War," Apple Daily, February 18, 2004

"Risky Textiles Policies," Washington Times, November 16, 2003

"The Big Three's Shameful Secret," July 6, 2003

"Bull in a China Shop," Washington Times, January 13, 2003

"Sordid Steel Shenanigans," Foxnews.com, September 18, 2002

"Honorable End to Steel Protectionism," Washington Times, September 6, 2002

"Teach the Facts on Free Trade," August 16, 2002

"Risky Amendment Threaten Fast Track," May 10, 2002

"Steel and its Protection Boss," January 25, 2002

"Industry at Front of Corporate Welfare Line," National Post (Canada), October 22, 2001

"Steel Industry Claims Victim Status After Terrorist Attacks," October 4, 2001

"U.S. Antidumping Law Hurts Americans," August 24, 2001

"Antidumping Laws Hurt American Consumers," March 9, 2001

 

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