President Obama tells the UN Summit on Climate Change that climate change is serious, urgent and growing. “Our generation’s response to this challenge will be judged by history, for if we fail to meet it — boldly, swiftly, and together — we risk consigning future generations to an irreversible catastrophe.”
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A relatively high unemployment rate for young people has been a persistent problem in industrialized countries in recent decades; still, the number of youth who are unemployed has been falling with declining youth populations and more years spent in education.
Written by Gary Martin, A Portrait of the Youth Labor Market in 13 Countries, 1980-2007 appeared in the July 2009 issue of the Monthly Labor Review produced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The 13 countries included in the survey are: USA, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Republic of Korea, Spain, Sweden, and the UK.
U.S. meat imports (including prepared meat) almost doubled during the 10-year period (1998-2007). Australia and Canada accounted for most of the beef imports, while imports of lamb and goat meat came primarily from Australia and New Zealand, according to U.S. Food Import Patterns 1998-2007.
Australia’s shares of milk powder imports rose dramatically over this period from 16 to 25 percent for Australia — likely from the U.S.-Australia Free Trade Agreement.
This August 2009 report was produced by the Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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