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Twelve years after the RTE was enacted, public investment in schools remains abysmal while two years of the pandemic will deepen existing inequalities.
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This Special Report describes which trade policies are helpful, which are harmful, and what the U.S. Congress can do now to put the U.S. back on a path to free trade leadership.
The 2010 rankings of trade freedom in countries around the world, developed by The Heritage Foundation as part of its annual Index of Economic Freedom, show many countries moving ahead to lower tariffsand cut other barriers to trade. Other countries, however, arestanding still or moving backward in response to protectionistpolitical pressures and are likely to find themselves fallingbehind, with lower growth rates and stagnating economies.
The U.S. should commit to reforming its farm support programs,giving the Doha WTO round a chance to conclude successfully