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GMF celebrates its 40 year history and Founder and Chairman, Dr. Guido Goldman at Gala Dinner May 09, 2013 / Washington, DCGMF held a celebratory gala dinner at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, Wednesday May 8.
In this podcast, GMF Vice President of Programs Ivan Vejvoda discusses last month's historic agreement to normalize relations between Kosovo and Serbia.
Anchor Elaine Reyes speaks with Andrew Small, Transatlantic Fellow of the Asia Program for the German Marshall Fund, about Beijing's potential role in brokering peace between Israel and Palestine
U.S. Asia Pacific Council interviews Bruce Stokes about Jobs Creation and the U.S. Trade Agenda
January 01, 1970 / Bruce Stokes
East-West Center, U.S. Asia Pacific Council
USAPC: After months of deadlock, it appears that US lawmakers soon will vote on legislation to implement three potentially lucrative Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) - the US-Korea FTA, the US-Colombia FTA, and the US-Panama FTA. In the Senate, these votes will occur only after the upper chamber has passed a bill to reauthorize the Trade Adjustment Assistance program (TAA), which provides assistance to workers who lose their jobs owing to trade liberalizing agreements. The House leadership has pledged to bring the three trade accords to the floor for a vote “in tandem with” separate consideration of TAA legislation. Based on your extensive polling of US public opinion on trade matters, was this stand-off about the linkage between TAA reauthorization and the approval of the FTAs and the sequencing of these votes worth it to the average American voter? Stokes: The stand-off stemmed from strong partisanship in Congress and a deep lack of trust between the two parties. Republicans argued that Congress should pass the FTAs first and deal with the TAA program afterwards. Democrats were equally strong in insisting that Congress approve the TAA extension first, and then proceed to the FTAs. They evidently feared that Republicans would not hold up their end of the deal and the TAA bill would never make it to the floor. In reality, for quite some time there has been sufficient support in both houses to pass all four bills. Read the full interview here. Photo by Matt Churchill.
