Episode 394 • • 1:30:08 - 1:35:09
394: No Bagles for You!
Russia WTO Accession, PNTR, and Human Rights
Congress debates granting Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) to Russia as it joins the WTO. Senator Max Baucus argues the deal is a "one-way street" benefiting US exporters, while Senator Jon Kyl opposes it on human rights grounds and Russia's failure to protect intellectual property. The hosts mock the use of human rights as a political tool given US incarceration rates.