Subject:

Trade Policy

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2011

    Illegal Mexican Tuna Granted Amnesty, to Invade U.S. Supermarkets Soon

    ​Craving some authentic Mexican tuna ceviche? Well, next time you order it, the fish might actually be from Mexico.Reuters reports that the Geneva-based World Trade Organization (WTO) has made an important decision in a decades-long battle between the U.S. and Mexico over tuna imports. The trade o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2011

    Food Profiling: Avocados From Orange County Produce

    ​There's an area in Irvine that's a bit of a mystery to most. If you drive Jeffrey Road as far northeast as possible, the road is restricted beyond Portola. However, if you look up into the hillside, you'll see them: avocado trees. This quickly explains why the neighborhood's name is Orchard Hills ... More >>

  • News

    December 23, 2010

    Return to Sender

    What would comprehensive immigration reform look like if the Feds got off their duffs?

  • Columns

    September 2, 2010

    The Mexican Migra Blues

    [¡Ask a Mexican!] Are you a vendido or a Manchurian Mexican?

  • Calendar

    April 1, 2010
  • Columns

    April 2, 2009
  • Blogs

    December 22, 2008

    The Return of Toll Road Foister Jerry Amante

    Here were told you about our question to Tustin City Councilman Jerry Amante, the chairman of the Orange County Transportation Authority, the Transportation Corridor System Board of Directors and the Foothill/Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency (TCA) who was all over the news last week after Comm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2008

    Toll Road Foister Jerry Amante: We're Doomed

    As chairman of the Orange County Transportation Authority, the Transportation Corridor System Board of Directors and the Foothill/Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency (TCA), Tustin City Councilman Jerry Amante (pictured) is all over the news today, reacting bitterly to the Commerce Secretary Carl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2008

    Saving Trestles: Game On!

    The on-again, off-again hearing on the 241 Foothill South toll road extension by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce is back on, from 10:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Sept. 22, and in an old/new home, O'Brien Hall at the Del Mar Fairgrounds, or the same place the California Coastal Commission met, took testimony ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2008

    241 Toll Road Update

    The Department of Commerce has stated their interest in holding a public hearing on the Foothill-South toll road extension, disregarding the impotent raging of Transportation Corridor Agencies counsel Robert Thornton. The LA Times reported on the road's construction cost leaping from $875 million to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2008

    Why The Toll Road Is Dead

    The Foothill-South (241) toll road extension, as we know it, is dead. Bold claim, you say? Presumptuous, maybe? Not so. Recently, mi hermano Gustavo Arellano pinpointed the root cause of the Transportation Corridor Agencies' failure to gain Coastal Commission approval for their Final Solution to ... More >>

  • Culture

    January 5, 2006

    The Children of Imperialismo

    Glenn Stern captures Latin American political graffiti

  • Music

    October 27, 2005

    The Ideal Nafta

    Orishas: Latin Americas only great hip-hoppers

  • News

    February 20, 2003

    Are OCs Democrats Dunn?

    Orishas: Latin Americas only great hip-hoppers

  • Columns

    March 21, 2002

    Felony Foods

    Bushs DEA criminalizes hemp foods

  • News

    July 12, 2001

    Shrubs Man In Madrid

    Lets send someone with lots of money and no experience to Spain

  • News

    December 7, 2000

    Just Declare Victory

    Little Saigon embraces Vietnam trade

  • News

    April 20, 2000

    Shut Em Down!

    Green Party candidate Medea Benjamin brings trade politics to OC

  • Columns

    January 13, 2000

    How About a Future That Doesnt Blow?

    And includes The Sopranos

  • Columns

    December 16, 1999

    The New New World Order

    Legal demonstrators, the Idiot Party and Arthur Carmona

  • Columns

    July 15, 1999

    Letters

    Legal demonstrators, the Idiot Party and Arthur Carmona

  • News

    July 1, 1999

    Ho Chi Minute Rice

    Congress debates trade with Vietnam, Little Saigon goes shopping

  • News

    September 3, 1998

    How to Kill a Factory

    Was an Irvine plant's closing payback for its union's budding internationalism?

Most Popular Stories

for free stuff, news info & more!
Browse Voice Nation
  • Voice Places

    Voice Places

    Discover restaurants, nightlife, travel, shopping...

  • VOICE Daily Deals

    VOICE Daily Deals

    Get 50 to 90% off every day on restaurants, movies, massages...

  • Best Of

    Best Of...

    More than 10,000 of the BEST things to eat, drink, and experience

  • My Voice Nation

    My Voice Nation

    Join the Village Voice community and get exclusive deals and info

  • Happy Hour

    Happy Hour

    Your local Happy Hour guide at your fingertips

or

Log in or Sign up

Social Connect:

Use your favorite account to access My Voice Nation.


Use your My Voice Nation account to log in:





Forgot password?
or

Sign Up or Log in

Social Connect:

Sign up for My Voice Nation with your preferred network.


Sign up for a My Voice Nation account:



Privacy policy