MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'export'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:28:48 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5181768&cid=t_110334_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F0FaWo2NWsUM%2F By Sallie JamesLast week I blogged about Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s (D-CA) proposal to devote $20 billion of the Export-Import Bank’s funds to promoting manufacturing exports, and why that was a bad idea. But I realize that my recent call to “X Out the Ex-Im Bank” will be facing some very entrenched interests in Washington, and some well-funded lobby groups. The Bank has historically attracted bipartisan support, and a renewal of its charter sailed through the House Committee on Financial Services earlier this year. The Washington establishment loves this program. My friend and long-time Ex-Im Bank supporter Gary Hufbauer of the Peterson Institute for International Economics published a critique a few weeks ago of my analysis, and calls for a doubling of Ex-Im’s authorization cap (f... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5181768 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 22:03:53 +0100 5181768 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5139698&cid=t_110334_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fe2yDOuRLLa8%2F By Tad DeHavenTwo polls of likely voters released by Rasmussen Reports today indicate that the federal government’s corporate welfare programs should be prime targets for spending cuts. The first poll found little support for the Small Business Administration’s lending programs: A majority (58 percent) of likely voters said that the federal government shouldn’t guarantee loans issued by private lenders to small businesses. 23 percent said the government should back small business loans and 19 percent were unsure. A majority (59 percent) of likely voters said that reducing government regulations and taxes would be more helpful to small businesses than the government providing loans to small businesses that can’t obtain financing on their own. 22 percent said the government lo... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5139698 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 18:47:19 +0100 5139698 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5050535&cid=t_110334_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F0FczLaTHxGI%2F At the Encyclopedia Britannica blog, I take on the argument made, for instance, by President Obama in his Friday news conference: We should not be asking sacrifices from middle-class folks who are working hard every day, from the most vulnerable in our society — we should not be asking them to make sacrifices if we’re not asking the most fortunate in our society to make some sacrifices as well. I call that a fundamentally flawed argument: The main thing our government does these days, despite the lack of any constitutional authority for it, is tax some people and transfer money to other people. …But there is no moral equivalence in the two sides of the transfer system. On the one hand, the government takes money by force from people who have earned it. On the other hand, it g... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5050535 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 19:59:23 +0100 5050535 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5050536&cid=t_110334_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FwUHSFnB7htA%2F When an entity is as mammoth and undisciplined as the $3.8 trillion U.S. federal government, it’s inevitable that its programs will be working at cross purposes. Just ask the civil aircraft manufacturer Boeing Company. Politicians love Boeing because it not only makes valuable products but it also exports billions of dollars worth around the globe. To give a boost to those exports and supposedly create more jobs in the United States, the federal government’s Export-Import Bank offers preferential loans to foreign governments and airlines to help them buy more Boeing aircraft. As my Cato colleague Sallie James documents in a new study, “Time to X Out the Ex-Im Bank,” the number-one user of the Ex-Im Bank is the Boeing Company. Of the 35 aircraft sales supported by Ex-Im in FY2010, ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5050536 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 18:52:02 +0100 5050536 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4883559&cid=t_110334_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FQKoKs62b_gE%2F By Daniel IkensonThe Cato Institute today published its 13th policy paper on the topic of antidumping. “Economic Self-Flagellation: How U.S. Antidumping Policy Subverts the National Export Initiative” describes with compelling anecdotes and data how the outdated assumptions of a 90-year-old law—one purported to “level the playing field” and protect U.S. companies from “unfair” foreign competition—conspire with its overzealous application to erode the competitiveness of U.S. firms. During the decade from January 2000 through December 2009, the U.S. government imposed 164 antidumping measures on a variety of products from dozens of countries. A total of 130 of those 164 measures restricted (and in most cases, still restrict) imports of intermediate goo... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4883559 Tue, 31 May 2011 15:29:28 +0100 4883559 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4318312&cid=t_110334_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fky_aYSoPKMc%2F By Daniel IkensonAs a primer for the new Congress, my friend John Murphy of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce posted the “top ten reasons why pro-growth trade and investment policies and agreements are good for America.” As usual, I agree with John’s points. And I concur that the time is particularly ripe for educating policymakers about the virtues of trade. But with all due respect to John, his list is not so much about trade and investment. It’s really about exports (one of 10 points is about imports). Informing new members and reminding old of the benefits of exports to U.S. businesses and workers is clearly a worthwhile objective of the Chamber, the business community, and really anybody interested in economic growth. But in some respect there’s a preaching-to-the-choir e... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4318312 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 19:30:22 +0100 4318312 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4139214&cid=t_110334_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F3nvUMBUeJXg%2F By Daniel GriswoldDuring his visit to India, President Obama should bury once and for all his divisive rhetoric about American companies shipping jobs overseas. Our growing commercial ties with India are a great opportunity, not a problem. U.S. exports to India have doubled in the past four years. American companies that have set up shop in India have helped to fuel demand in that country for U.S. products and services. The president should be celebrating rather than demonizing our deeper economic ties with India. Commercial Ties with India Are An Opportunity, Mr. President–Not A Problem is a post from Cato @ Liberty - Cato Institute Blog (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4139214 Fri, 05 Nov 2010 20:00:53 +0100 4139214 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4133664&cid=t_110334_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FHv3bLt3_CDY%2F By Swaminathan S. Anklesaria AiyarTo make his coming visit to India meaningful, President Obama needs to combat the impression that India fares better with Republican presidents than Democratic ones, because the latter are instinctively more protectionist. In his quest for economic recovery, he has bashed US corporations that outsource jobs to places like India, forbidden companies getting government rescue funds from outsourcing work, and has now enacted higher visa fees for visiting IT professionals which seem designed to hit Indian companies quite specifically. This may be designed to win votes in the Congressional elections, but will not win hearts and minds in India. President Obama needs to state categorically that he will not follow the Great Depression formula of trying to combat u... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4133664 Thu, 04 Nov 2010 18:00:44 +0100 4133664 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3914972&cid=t_110334_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FfzWuZ8j6Vjw%2F By Daniel GriswoldCertain headlines seem to re-appear in one form or another on a regular basis, such as “North Korea Threatens Military Action” or “Myanmar Junta Tightens Grip.” A leading example from the world of trade is, “Congress Weighs Export Control Reform.” For the past 20 years, variations of that headline have appeared regularly, yet Congress never gets around to actually reforming our Cold-War-era restrictions on what U.S. companies can sell abroad. This week, in a welcome move, the Obama administration plans to announce administrative changes that will help to bring our export control regime into the 21st century. As part of their constitutional duty to provide for the national defense, Congress and the executive have the legitimate power to regulate the sale of sen... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3914972 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:24:21 +0100 3914972 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3880837&cid=t_110334_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FMJ82qiF9ABM%2F The Mexican government announced yesterday that it will expand the list of U.S. products subject to punitive import duties in retaliation for a brazen, 15-year-long refusal of the United States to honor its NAFTA commitment to allow Mexican long-haul trucks to compete in the U.S. market.  Given continued U.S. intransigence on the issue, Mexico’s decision is understandable, if not laudable. The dispute is not very complicated.  Under the terms of the deal, Mexican trucks were to have been able to compete in U.S. border states by 1995, and throughout the United States by 2000.  But President Clinton, at the behest of the Teamsters union, suspended implementation of the trucking provision on the grounds that Mexican trucks weren’t safe enough for U.S. highways. By 1998, the Mexicans ha... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3880837 Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:55:04 +0100 3880837 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3802372&cid=t_110334_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fr3w64mk1zPk%2F By Daniel IkensonIn his State of the Union address this year, President Obama announced a goal of doubling U.S. exports in five years.  The “National Export Initiative” has since become the centerpiece of his administration’s trade policy, complete with its own Executive Order, organizational structure, and dedicated website. Although I would be happy to see exports double in five years, I am skeptical of efforts to enshrine that goal as a national imperative.  I worry that Five Year Plans and the setting of export targets puts the United States on the slippery slope to industrial policy, which is being touted nowadays with growing vim and vigor by columnists, politicians and other analysts who wish the United States were more like China. But the economic straight jacket of industr... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3802372 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:47:26 +0100 3802372 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2992654&cid=t_110334_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FSbYiyF-YLk4%2F Over at Downsizing Government, we focused on failures in the following departments and agencies this week: Export-Import Bank: Call it the “Boeing Bank” HUD: Federal Housing Administration woes continue and housing subsidies for the dead Transportation: High-speed rail lobbyists squabble over taxpayer loot Also, in addition to losing more money, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac lose their inspector general. (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2992654 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:28:19 +0100 2992654 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2150752&cid=t_110334_132_f&fid=35006&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnsaunders.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F02%2F02%2Fbrief-notes-on-export-from-friendfeed%2F During discussion of the ISMB 2008 room, Thomas asks: “Does FF really provide long-term archival?” Lars points out that it’s as permanent as anything else on the Web, Dorothea points out that FriendFeed offer no guarantees and Deepak discusses the FriendFeed API. Question: how useful is the FriendFeed API as a tool to, for example, archive a FriendFeed room? We can access the ISMB 2008 room via the API using a URL like this: curl “http://friendfeed.com/api/feed/room/ismb-2008?format=xml” > ismb.xml We can also retrieve items in other formats by substituting “xml” in the URL with one of: json, atom, rss. Note that where a FriendFeed post contains a “N more comments” link, those comments are actually present on the page and revealed... What You're Doing Is Rather Desperate blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2150752 Mon, 02 Feb 2009 02:01:45 +0100 2150752 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2125359&cid=t_110334_131_f&fid=34989&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FGeneticsHealth%2F%7E3%2FwoYHOr3kqfM%2F The number of countries, and land areas, growing genetically modified foods has grown tremendously in the last decade. In recent years, several developing countries like Argentina, Brazil, South Africa and China have become rabid growers of transgenic crops. But North America still remains the world’s biggest grower, and exporter, of GM crops. Recently however, the Office of Inspector General warned the US Department of Agriculture to be prepared to block the influx of GM foods from foreign countries, if they are believed to pose threats to our health, environment or agriculture. The OIG is concerned that many GM products produced by other countries are not approved by the USDA, and GM crops could begin entering the US illegally or without proper declaration or labels. Read the comple... Genetics and Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2125359 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:05:24 +0100 2125359 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=525455&cid=t_110334_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F04%2F06%2Fcancer-cases-predicted-to-double-by-2030%2F Filed under: All Cancers, Daily newsCancer cases are expected to more than double between the years 2000 and 2030, says the director of the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer.This upward climb will occur primarily in poor countries due to an increase in population growth, longer life expectancy, more smoking, and a lack of health care in low and medium-resource countries."What's going to happen between now and 2030 is that the population is going to increase from about 6.5 billion to 8 billion in 2030," Dr. Peter Boyle reports. "So even if the risks remain constant at each five-year age group, because we've got more people around, we're going to have more cases of cancer.It's the unfortunate successes for developed countries over the past 40 years, such... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=525455 Fri, 06 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0100 525455 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=486615&cid=t_110334_131_f&fid=35005&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffungalgenomes.org%2Fblog%2F2007%2F02%2Fsplicing-machinery-and-introns%2F Splicing of pre-messenger RNA is necessary to remove introns and create well formed and translateable mRNA, but the purpose of introns still remains a mystery. One idea is they provide a role in the error checking machinery, or Nonsense Mediated Decay (NMD), by providing way-points during translation. A protein is deposited at the exon junction complex (EJC) which indicates a splicing event has occurred. During translation, if the ribosome encounters a premature stop (or termination) codon (PTC) and then sees one of these EJC way-points, it signals the corrupted message for degradation. Several predictions come out of these models including the lack of introns in the 3′ UTR and that the average length of exons should be correlated with the window that the proofreading mechanism can ... Fungal Genomes and Comparative Genomics blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=486615 Tue, 06 Feb 2007 01:31:35 +0100 486615