- Manufacturing Groups Say, Keep Going on Doha: From NAM President John Engler, “We need to see real market access in the advanced developing countries that are charging the bulk of world tariffs through a strong tariff-cutting formula, avoiding exempting entire industries from trade liberalization, obtaining strong participation in sectoral tariff liberalization agreements, and seeing significant reduction of non-tariff barriers (NTBs).” Manufacturing associations signing the statement — available here — represent the United States, Canada, the EU, New Zealand, Taiwan, Japan, Korea and Australia.
- Dickie Scruggs, Mississippi trial lawyer extraordinaire, to be sentenced today.
- From Reuters: “More than three-quarters of big U.S. employers offer formal health and wellness programs, while more than half have disease management programs amid rising health-care costs.” An NAM survey of employers is cited.
- Mostly Absent from the Headlines: Warranting less attention but still notable among the U.S. Supreme Court decisions this week was this opinion in Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc. v. Public Util. Dist. No. 1 of Snohomish Cty. From the San Diego Union Tribune: “Efforts by utility regulators to reopen costly long-term electricity supply contracts struck at the height of the California energy crisis were deflected by the U.S. Supreme Court in a ruling yesterday.”
- Stop Talking Down the Economy: Now the Finns are getting depressed.
