Fraud Helps Dole in Nicaragua Banana Pesticide Case
By Katherine Glover
BNET.com
May 13, 2009

Cheesy Trade War Was Prologue to ‘Buy American’ Debate
by Katherine Glover
BNET.com
February 3, 2009

(Note: tariff issue was was eventually resolved)

CAFTA a year in: impact more ideological than economic
Katherine Glover
Medill News Service
May 31, 2007

This article deals with the effects of the Central American Free Trade Agreement on the United States, specifically Illinois, during the first year CAFTA was implemented.

The economic impact was minimal – Illinois exports to El Salvador actually dropped slightly, while imports to Costa Rica, which had not ratified CAFTA, increased. But both opponents and supporters of CAFTA acknowledged that the trade agreement was extremely important as an ideological step.

I also tried to put in some perspective about what trade agreements are and are not.

Although the debate is often mistakenly portrayed as a battle between those who support increased trade and those who don’t, in reality, the conflict is in the details.
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“It’s a managed trade agreement,” [Robert] Scott [with the Economic Policy Institute] said. “There’s no such thing as a ‘free trade’ agreement that’s 2000 pages long. You’d just need a few pages to say: there’s a free trade area, there’s no tariffs or restrictions on trade, period, stop.”

2007 Farm Bill includes new subsidy proposal
by Katherine Glover
Medill News Service

Farm revenue insurance is put on the table as a way to continue subsidies without running afoul of the WTO.

Made in the Shade
by Katherine Glover
The Rake

A short piece about my experiences with Fair Trade coffee farmers in Nicaragua.