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In order to determine where the next U.S. Trade Representative stands on crucial issues, these questions should be put to the nominee during his confirmation hearing.

The U.S. should commit to reforming its farm support programs,giving the Doha WTO round a chance to conclude successfully

Expansion of nuclear power will result in increased demand foruranium. Growing fuel markets will create the environment that cansustain new enrichment capacity; artificially protecting domesticsuppliers will not. The U.S. needs a domestic supplier of enricheduranium for national security purposes. The U.S. and Russia mustcontinue to convert Russian weapons-grade uranium for use inpeaceful power reactors.

Abstract: The Heritage Foundation began ranking trade freedom around the world in 1995. The newest rankings (to appear in the 2011 Index of Economic Freedom) show global trade freedom as high as it has ever been. That is encouraging: Countries with higher levels of trade freedom have higher levels of economic prosperity. Still, the latest average score showed only a slight improvement, and far too many people continue to live in poverty because their political leaders have blocked attempts at op...

Japan's Consumer Affairs Agency orders Amway to cease certain operations after reports distributors concealed the company's business model.

Looming large in the stimulus package passed by the U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday is the expansion of "Buy American" provisions that discriminate against foreign goods and services inU.S. government procurement.

Congress should renew TPA as it is, allowing America to continuereaping the benefits of good policy.

Congress must act on two expiring trade preference programs, andtwo new proposals, before the end of the year.

The latest rankings of trade freedom around the world,[1] included by The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal in the forthcoming 2016 Index of Economic Freedom, confirm that citizens of countries that embrace free trade are better off than those in countries that do not. The data continue to show a strong correlation between trade freedom and a variety of positive indicators, including economic prosperity, low poverty rates, and clean environments.

A vote against the FTA on labor grounds would signal that America'sstance on labor rights is more rhetoric than substance.