China Blocks World Meeting on Workers' Rights

China cites inconvenient timing in withdrawing visas for participants of an OECD sponsored meeting
Joseph Kahn
December 9, 2004

Textile Quotas to End, Punishing Carolina Towns

Is it possible to protect global localities from free trade?
Elizabeth Becker
November 2, 2004

Trading in Pieties

World trade negotiations should focus on liberalization rather than peripheral policy measures
October 22, 2004

A Rampaging Market, but a Long Way from Global Power

To become a 21st century hegemon, China will need to share its wealth
Isabel Hilton
November 13, 2004

The Looming Revolution

China, the world's workshop, is poised to become its tailor. What will happen to textile industries elsewhere, especially in South Asia?
November 16, 2004