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Caught in the Pull of Globalization

Aaron Davis November 10, 2003
White collar jobs are moving with increasing rapidity from US soil to India, China, and other major Asian players. Corporations can pay less than half an American employee's wage for the same work and, they argue, can free up American workers for more "interesting" jobs. Labor interests in the US fear this trend, claiming that jobs are leaving "overnight" or while...

Another American Casualty: Credibility

Zbigniew Brzezinski November 9, 2003
After using faulty intelligence to justify war, the US has isolated itself and lost the world’s trust, argues Zbigniew Brzezinsky, national security adviser to President Jimmy Carter. This isolation is enhanced by the US government’s “paranoic” view of the world, in which nations who oppose elements of US foreign policy are seen as enemies. The US “cannot have a relationship if we only dictate...

Grievances That Can Bring Globalization to Grief

Larry Rohter November 5, 2003
Ten years ago, an American company won a bid to extract lithium from Bolivia's rich deposits. Protests from the impoverished Indian majority – who feared that the deal would only make the rich richer and leave most Bolivians worse off – helped stop the deal. Now, Bolivians may be regretting that decision. Such a deal would have forced greater investment in the nation and perhaps have...

A Winter of Discontent?

Robert A. Kapp November 3, 2003
The recent trade and currency disputes between the United States and China have given some in Washington the impression that a crisis is developing in US-China relations. The entire US Congress seems to be raging about China's unfair trade policies and manipulation of its currency. Robert A. Kapp, the President of the US-China Business Council, says here that the current stable US-China...

The Fine Art of China-Bashing

Neil King Jr. October 31, 2003
As the Bush administration pushes even harder on China to revalue the yuan, the real motivations behind the "China-bashing" by US officials remain shady. Is the administration's rhetoric really meant to "help U.S. manufacturers compete against Chinese companies", ask the authors, "or just help U.S. politicians score points with anxious voters"? When the US...

Immigrant Voters' Split Ticket

Phuong Ly October 30, 2003
As American political candidates court growing numbers of Asian and Latino immigrants, so too are political contenders in overseas elections. Candidates from El Salvador and Taiwan have made certain US cities campaign stops this year. Experts say the phenomenon is occurring for both monetary and political reasons. In addition to campaign contributions, countries such as El Salvador receive more...

Bolivia's Backlash

October 23, 2003
Uncertainty looms over Bolivia again now that isolationist and populist politicians have taken over former President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada's post. Bolivia is the fourth country that has fallen victim to the trend in Latin America's political leadership of failing to complete presidential terms due to trying circumstances. His forced resignation, which followed violent clashes that...