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Finance & Development September 1, 2002 Adhikari & Yang	What Will WTO Membership Mean for China and Its Trading Partners? After 15 years of arduous negotiations, China became the 143rd member of the World Trade Organization. The opening of an economy as large as China's can be disruptive to some developing countries in the short run, but, in the long run, it should benefit not only China but also its trading partners.
Finance & Development December 1, 2001 Robert Sharer	An Agenda for Trade, Investment, and Regional Integration The importance of enhancing sub-Saharan Africa's trade performance, which was very weak in the 1980s and 1990s, cannot be overemphasized.
Finance & Development December 1, 2006 Gupta & Yang	Unblocking Trade To underpin growth, Africa needs to adopt a comprehensive approach to boosting trade. Only by adopting a holistic approach can African economies succeed.
Reason February 2006 Griswold, Slivinski & Preble	Six Reasons to Kill Farm Subsidies and Trade Barriers The time is ripe for unilaterally removing America's distorting agricultural trade policies. Here's how: 1. Lower Food Prices for American Families... 2. Lower Costs and Increased Exports for American Companies... etc.
Finance & Development December 1, 2007 Dadush & Nielson	Governing Global Trade The multilateral system that has underpinned world trade for over 50 years is facing serious challenges.
Finance & Development September 1, 2002 Peter D. Sutherland	Why We Should Embrace Globalization For the first time, many companies are operating on a global basis. Although this change has raised fears among some people in both industrial and developing countries, it offers new and exciting opportunities for raising living standards worldwide.
Finance & Development December 1, 2001 Bannister & Thugge	International Trade and Poverty Alleviation How does trade liberalization affect the poor, and how can they be protected against its negative short-term effects?
Finance & Development September 1, 2002 Dustin Smith	The Truth About Industrial Country Tariffs Average tariff rates mask one important fact: the poor get hit the hardest
Finance & Development June 1, 2000 Oussama Kanaan	Tanzania's Experience with Trade Liberalization After Tanzania's economy deteriorated during the 1970s and early 1980s, it took a series of bold steps to liberalize trade. How successful have these efforts been in improving its economic performance, and what lessons can other developing countries derive from Tanzania's experience?
Finance & Development March 2010 Henn & McDonald	Avoiding Protectionism So far the world has resisted widespread resort to trade measures, but the hardest part may be yet to come.
Finance & Development December 2009 Brad McDonald	Back to Basics: Why Countries Trade IF there is a point on which most economists agree, it is that trade among nations makes the world better off. Yet international trade can be one of the most contentious of political issues, both domestically and between governments.
Finance & Development June 1, 2007 Harry G. Broadman	Connecting Africa and Asia Improved Asian market access can boost Africa's exports, but Africa needs domestic reforms to fully capture the economic benefits
Finance & Development December 2010 Elborgh-Woytek & Gregory	Poorest Economies Can Export More Advanced and emerging economies can make it easier for the least developed countries to sell more products abroad.
Reason June 2006 Bruce Bartlett	The President's Rotten Record on Trade Why George W. Bush is the most protectionist president since Herbert Hoover.
Finance & Development December 1, 2008 Ivanic & Martin	Ensuring Food Security Trade policy must be complemented by other measures to ensure food is available to all.
Finance & Development June 1, 2000 Janet Stotsky, Esther Suss, & Stephen Tokarick	Trade Liberalization in the Caribbean Since the mid-1990s, the governments of Caribbean countries have demonstrated a firm commitment to trade liberalization. What steps have they taken, what have the results been, and what further steps should they consider taking?
Knowledge@Wharton September 24, 2003	Collapse in Cancun: The World Trade Agenda Gets Sidetracked Despite a recognition that free trade in theory leads to greater global prosperity, participants at Cancun fell into two general, and opposing, camps.
IndustryWeek November 1, 2007 Thomas J. Duesterberg	The Competitive Edge -- Time to End the Global Gridlock Lack of movement in world trade negotiations could be costing U.S. manufacturers half a trillion dollars.
BusinessWeek December 15, 2003 Magnusson et al.	Where Free Trade Hurts Thirty million jobs worldwide could disappear with the end of strict U.S. and European import quotas on textiles.
Finance & Development September 1, 2001 Jagdish Bhagwati	Targeting Rich-Country Protectionism Even as the rich countries have lowered their trade barriers over the past five decades, they have continued to maintain a strongly protectionist stance against the labor-intensive products made in poor countries. This is a deplorable fact, attention to which is certainly welcome...
Finance & Development December 1, 2000 Ernesto Hernandez-Cata	Raising Growth and Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa: What Can Be Done? Sub-Saharan Africa must increase economic growth to reduce poverty and improve living standards. This article discusses some obstacles to growth in the region, as well as some policy actions that would improve its prospects.
Finance & Development March 1, 2002 Kevin Watkins	Making Globalization Work for the Poor In the view of the IMF, the World Bank, and most northern governments, removing barriers to trade is one of the most powerful things that governments can do to give the poor a bigger stake in global prosperity...
Finance & Development June 1, 2001 Paul Streeten	Integration, Interdependence, and Globalization Although many commentators say we are living in a time of unprecedented global integration, the world economy was actually more integrated at the end of the nineteenth century. Despite increasing integration in some respects, today's world is in many ways fragmented and without coordination...
Finance & Development December 1, 2000 Nora Lustig & Nicholas Stern	Broadening the Agenda for Poverty Reduction: Opportunity, Empowerment, Security Experience from the 1990s has led to a poverty reduction agenda that, in addition to promoting economic growth, addresses ingrained inequalities, institutional failures, social barriers, and other risks.
Finance & Development September 1, 2000 Rene Weber & Gunther Taube	Estonia Moves Toward EU Accession Estonia's rapid transition to a market economy and integration into the world economy have intensified its economic and political ties with Western Europe. It now faces the challenge of meeting the remaining requirements for EU membership and eventual participation in EMU.
BusinessWeek December 15, 2003 Robert J. Barro	The GOP Doth Protect Too Much, Methinks Tariffs and giveaways help only the special interests -- as outlays soar.
Reason January 2006 Kerry Howley	I, T-Shirt The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, and Politics of World Trade, by Pietra Rivoli posits that to see what we are sacrificing by embracing protectionism while preaching free markets, Americans need look no further than their closets.
Finance & Development December 1, 2007 Simon Johnson	The (Food) Price of Success Higher global demand for calories brings inflationary pressure and more.
Finance & Development March 1, 2000 Claudio M. Loser & Martine Guerguil	The Long Road to Financial Stability Most countries in Latin America and the Caribbean weathered the economic crises of the late 1990s better than expected, thanks to the policy reforms of the past two decades. Further reform is urgently needed, however, to put the region on a faster growth path and reduce its vulnerability to external shocks.
Finance & Development June 2011	Esprit de Currency The IMF and WTO must pull together to iron out exchange rate policy disputes.
Finance & Development December 1, 2001 Evangelos A. Calamitsis	The Need for Stronger Domestic Policies and International Support Globalization is a powerful engine of world prosperity, and it is certainly here to stay. Income disparities remain large. The basic issue is what policies and reforms are most likely to bring about sustainable economic growth for the benefit of all the peoples of the world.
Finance & Development September 1, 2007 Amiti & Freund	China's Export Boom China's export dynamism is revealed in a sharp move into electronics and machinery.
BusinessWeek October 20, 2003	Behind Brazil's New Assertiveness Foreign Minister Celso Amorim explains the rationale for its much tougher positions on world and regional trade
CFO May 1, 2004 Tim Reason	Euro Clash Removing tariffs is easy. Breaking down social barriers to trade is hard.
IndustryWeek April 1, 2004 Jill Jusko	The Two Sides Of Trade Manufacturers are full of praise and criticism as the WTO's influence spreads. Meanwhile the 146-member group finds itself at a crucial crossroads as globalization alters the trade landscape.
Finance & Development September 2011	Trading Places Emerging markets are becoming major trading centers thanks to global supply chains and high-technology exports.
Finance & Development March 1, 2006 Zagha, Nankani & Gill	Rethinking Growth Economists are reconsidering what they really know about economic growth and how to go about formulating global national policies in the absence of reliable models.
Inc. January 2005 Elizabeth Wasserman	Happy Birthday, WTO? An organization best known for sparking riots also deserves some credit for promoting the interests of American entrepreneurs.
Knowledge@Wharton	Testing His Metal -- and His Motives: Bush's Steel Tariffs Spark an Uproar Is the competition unfair? And is the American steel industry really important enough to justify public support in the form of higher prices for cars, refrigerators and other metal products?
Finance & Development September 1, 2002 Berg & Krueger	Lifting All Boats: Why Openness Helps Curb Poverty It is important to assess the quality of the evidence regarding the links between openness, growth, and poverty reduction. This article provides a critical survey of recent studies.
Inc. May 2008 Stephanie Clifford et al.	Trading Places Who has petrodollars to spend? Where can you sell construction equipment? Jewelry? Management consulting? And where is the market that grew an astounding 55,414 percent last year? Read on.
The Motley Fool September 13, 2005 Rich Smith	EU Is Still a Banana Republic More than a year after the EU promised to eliminate quotas on the volume of bananas that can be imported to the Continent from Latin America, and nearly a decade after complaints against the quota system were first voiced, Europe still hasn't embraced the principles of the free market.
BusinessWeek December 8, 2003	The Folly Of Slapping Quotas On China America's second-largest trading partner buys lots of U.S. exports -- and mountains of U.S. debt
Finance & Development December 1, 2001 Paul Chabrier	Growth Strategy for North Africa: A Regional Approach Independent business surveys show that private investors generally feel that the business environment in the region has many serious problems, such as excessive red tape and weak domestic institutions---particularly the legal and judicial systems.
BusinessWeek April 18, 2005	A Looming Battle Over Textile Trade? Facing surging imports of textiles and apparel from China in the first quarter the U.S. Commerce Dept. said it is launching investigations that could lead to new tariffs on cotton knit shirts and blouses, trousers, and underwear.
BusinessWeek May 9, 2005 Paul Magnusson	There's No Holding Back China's Textile Tide In the U.S. and in Europe, the rhetoric about trade with China is intensifying. Even if new quotas are imposed, they are unlikely to provide relief for the U.S. and European industries.
BusinessWeek December 20, 2004 Paul Magnusson	Who'll Survive the Textile Trade Shakeout? With the new year, three decades of quotas on U.S. and European textile and apparel imports will become history -- meaning companies will be free to source from the cheapest suppliers. Some 30 million jobs worldwide could be affected, including an estimated 650,000 in the U.S.
Reason December 2003 Nick Gillespie	Poor Man's Hero Controversial writer Johan Norberg champions globalization as the best hope for the developing world.
Finance & Development September 1, 2007 Li Cui	China's Growing External Dependence The country's economic fortunes are increasingly tied to those of the global economy.