Articles from Friday, 9.04

For Tuesday, you should read chapter 4 in the textbook.

Here are links to today's article.

Few expect progress at Doha
Make sure you understand what the Doha talks are, why they are important, and the role the US has played.

Here are some articles we did not get to, but hopefully will eventually:

US loses to Brazil (not just for soccer fans)
Remember that barriers to trade are not just tariffs.

On the jobs report
The economy lost not so many jobs. This is good news? Read the fine print. (Here from BLS)  Look especially at the data concerning discouraged workers.

But maybe there is good news after all.