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IndustryWeek January 1, 2005 John S. McClenahen |
Doha Unfinished World trade talks miss one deadline and may not be complete in 2005. Is a manufacturing free-trade agreement an alternative? Nevertheless, two templates for an agreement limited to manufacturing, which accounts for nearly 60% of world trade, do exist. |
IndustryWeek July 20, 2011 Stephen Gold |
Free Markets Make Trade Deficits Disappear It's time for policymakers to boost our exports through free trade agreements. |
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. |
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 March 1, 2007 Thomas J. Duesterberg |
The Competitive Edge -- Global Strength Will Boost U.S. Manufacturing Expect to see exports become a source of economic growth for U.S. companies in the near term. |
Finance & Development September 1, 2002 Anne McGuirk |
The Doha Development Agenda The launch of a new trade round in Doha last November was a major breakthrough following the debacle in Seattle in 1999. The new round places the needs and interests of developing countries at the heart of its work, but a successful outcome is by no means a foregone conclusion. |
IndustryWeek June 23, 2010 |
TradeTension As the volume of world trade grows, trade disagreements also are growing in complexity and number. Here are some key trade disputes that manufacturers should have on their radar. |
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 Hans Peter Lankes |
Market Access for Developing Countries Poor countries could boost growth and reduce poverty by expanding exports to the rich countries and to each other. But, despite the progress made in trade liberalization under successive multilateral agreements, many barriers persist in both developing and industrial countries. |
IndustryWeek April 15, 2009 |
The Competitive Edge -- The Trillion-Dollar Club and the Health of U.S. Manufacturing The United States must take steps now to participate in the high-growth promise of these emerging economies. |
BusinessWeek July 16, 2009 James C. Cooper |
Business Outlook: A Resurgent Asia Will Lead the Global Recovery Robust exports to China and other emerging markets will help stabilize the U.S. economy, but U.S. demand will be too weak to offer its traditional support to world growth. |
Reason June 2006 Bruce Bartlett |
The President's Rotten Record on Trade Why George W. Bush is the most protectionist president since Herbert Hoover. |
IndustryWeek September 1, 2008 Thomas J. Duesterberg |
The Competitive Edge -- Looking Ahead to Manufacturing's Future Growth in U.S. manufacturing will be led by exports, capital investment and growth abroad. |
IndustryWeek October 1, 2005 John S. McClenahen |
Trade: Pressures Dampening Outlook CAFTA's close vote might be a sign of tougher times for other pacts. |
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. |
BusinessWeek November 5, 2007 James C Cooper |
A Helping Hand from Foreign Demand Solid growth around the world, in developed and emerging markets, means trading partners provide extra oomph just when the U.S. needs it. |
Finance & Development September 2011 |
Trading Places Emerging markets are becoming major trading centers thanks to global supply chains and high-technology exports. |
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 |
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. |
InternetNews October 11, 2005 Roy Mark |
Ag Proposal Could Benefit IT Trade Talks IT trade groups praise U.S. efforts to spark stalled trade talks on broadening the global tech marketplace. |
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. |
IndustryWeek July 1, 2005 Patricia Panchak |
Editor's Page -- Globalization, Freer Trade And Labor What's gone wrong in the global march toward increasingly open markets? And, more important, how can we fix it? |
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. |
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 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... |
BusinessWeek October 6, 2003 Mark L. Clifford |
Trade: "We Would Like a Fair Deal" India's Commerce & Industry Minister, Arun Jaitley, talks about the failure in Cancun and the future of trade talks. |
BusinessWeek September 27, 2004 |
A Mexico-Japan Trade Deal After six years in the making, Mexico and Japan are finally set to sign a Free Trade Agreement covering most industrial products along with certain agricultural goods -- only the second such deal for Japan. |
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. |
BusinessWeek May 22, 2006 Peter Coy |
Why Free-Trade Talks Are In Free Fall As the total benefits from lowering trade barriers in goods diminish, there simply isn't enough added wealth generated to buy support for the deal by such measures as retraining unemployed workers. So the winners in each nation are drowned out by the losers. |
BusinessWeek October 20, 2003 Jonathan Wheatley |
Lula's Trade Crusade Is Far From Over It's a rude awakening for the Bush administration. Brazilian President Lula da Silva, emboldened after bringing together 22 developing countries to confront the U.S. and Europe at global trade talks in September, now looks ready to derail talks for a Free Trade Area of the Americas. |
BusinessWeek December 22, 2003 Geri Smith |
Fox: "Mexico Is a True Business Partner" Mexico's President says the key is to see NAFTA as "an association seeking prosperity among the three countries." |
BusinessWeek May 10, 2004 Paul Magnusson |
Take That, U.S. Farmers! A WTO court ruling on subsidies could tip the power balance in world trade talks |
On Wall Street October 1, 2008 Milton Ezrati |
The Bric Economies: No Longer a Cornerstone These markets are starting to perform in very different ways, so investors need to step up research efforts to determine the best bets. |
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. |
IndustryWeek July 1, 2003 John S. McClenahen |
Unruly Trade As the global economy grows, the rules of international trade take on greater significance. Not every nation plays by the rules -- nor sees them the same way. And that makes a world of strategic difference for U.S. manufacturers. |
Entrepreneur October 2003 Joshua Kurlantzick |
Made in America? More and more U.S. businesses are trekking overseas to explore cheaper ways to make their products. But what does that mean for small manufacturers left behind on the home front? |
BusinessWeek October 7, 2010 |
The United States of Tariffs Congress' call for punitive tariffs on Chinese goods goes against the free-trade ideology the U.S. has espoused for years. Yet the U.S. has used tariffs for more than two centuries to raise revenue and protect American industry. |
Finance & Development June 1, 2006 Raymond Lim |
Creating a Globally Connected Asian Community As Asia connects to the world, there is every reason to hope that the same principle and structure of a community based on complementary growth and positive competition, held together by overlapping political and economic relationships, can serve as a model for the rest of the world. |
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. |
Entrepreneur June 2004 Joshua Kurlantzick |
Trading Up? Free trade deals offer a world of possibility for entrepreneurs. |
IndustryWeek May 1, 2008 Thomas J. Duesterberg |
The Competitive Edge -- A Manufacturing To-Do List for the Next President The manufacturing sector could be the engine propelling us out of recession - but do the candidates recognize that potential? |
IndustryWeek June 20, 2012 |
Free Trade: Is it Time for a New Game Plan? As the nation's trade deficit grows in the face of rising exports, critics say it's time for the U.S. to take a tougher stance on China and other trade- rule violators. |
BusinessWeek May 24, 2004 |
A Breakthrough In Trade Talks? Efforts to unblock stalled multilateral trade talks received a boost with a surprise May 10 offer by the European Union to do away with billions of dollars in agricultural export subsidies. |
BusinessWeek November 12, 2009 Roberts & Engardio |
China's End Run Around the U.S. As more free-trade deals exclude America, Beijing could dominate a new Asian trade bloc. |
BusinessWeek September 10, 2009 Steve LeVine |
Free Trade in the Slow Lane The White House is delaying deals with Panama and Colombia in favor of protectionist measures. |
IndustryWeek January 1, 2008 Thomas J. Duesterberg |
The Competitive Edge -- Implications of the Falling Dollar on U.S. Manufacturers A weaker dollar makes it easier for foreign investors to acquire key U.S. assets, such as manufacturers. Will the U.S. government intervene? |
BusinessWeek September 17, 2009 James C. Cooper |
Business Outloook: How the Global Economy Is Rebalancing This time Asia, the Americas, and Europe are all accelerating together. This synchronized rebound will lift trade broadly, to the benefit of U.S. exports. |
The Motley Fool May 11, 2011 Morgan Housel |
Exports on Fire The U.S. might not be the fastest-growing economy in the world, but it doesn't have to be. Riding the back of tomorrow's giants is nothing to be ashamed of. |
BusinessWeek March 17, 2011 Johnston & Goldman |
Obama Heads to South America to Head Off China The President will focus on strengthening trade ties with the region's booming economies, especially Brazil, and counter rising Chinese influence. |
AskMen.com Nick Kennedy |
Who Are The New BRICs? Jim O'Neill, economist for Goldman Sachs, believes he's indentified four new emerging markets that have achieved BRIC status. They are Turkey, Indonesia, Mexico, and South Korea |