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N.C. Job Losses Spur Anger, Fear In Textile Belt

News Observer (Raleigh, NC) | By Rob Christensen, Amy Gardner | September 28, 2003 WILKESBORO --Tammy Johnson watched her job hauled out the door at Ansell Golden Needles, one of a dozen textile factories to shut down in Wilkes County in the past three years.

Mexican Labour Secretary Says NAFTA "Positive" For Labour Sector

BBC Monitoring Americas | August 17, 2003 Text of report by Sonia Gonzalez published by Mexican news agency Notimex Managua, 15 August: Mexican Labour Secretary Carlos Abascal said here today that the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has yielded positive results with regard to labour matters, although there should have been a more gradual opening-up process in certain areas.

Delphi Autoparts Giant Warns Mexico

DOW JONES NEWSWIRES | By Amy Guthrie | July 31, 2003 MEXICO CITY (Dow Jones)- -The auto industry is getting swept up in the tide of manufacturers heading to China, which is threatening to shift some of the Mexican jobs provided by U.S. parts maker Delphi Corp., a company official said Thursday.

Bush Imposes Steel Tariffs Amid Worries About Reaction of Allies

New York Times | By DAVID E. SANGER and RICHARD W. STEVENSON | March 5, 2002 WASHINGTON, March 6 - In an effort to shore up the sagging American steel industry, the Bush administration announced today that it would impose tariffs of 8 percent to 30 percent on a broad range of steel products imported from Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, China and Europe.
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