During the Clinton presidency, “globalization with a human face” was the motto that underlined US trade policy. Today, under pressure from the outsourcing debate, both the Bush administration and the Democratic candidates are pushing to close the doors on open markets. Gene Sperling, director of...
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As the US confronts stubborn unemployment and a shrinking industrial base, a battle is shaping up about reviving manufacturing. Running for reelection, President Obama has embraced manufacturing and export renaissance, even as free-market supporters find fault in what they call his “industrial...
:Politics of manufacturing
WASHINGTON: In his January 2012 State of the Union address, US President Barack Obama mentioned the word “manufacturing” eight times. By comparison, his predecessor, George W. Bush, mentioned manufacturing once in eight of...
North Korea, intent on developing its nuclear weapons program, has conducted at least six increasingly advanced missile tests this year. The nation is a threat and could attack South Korea, Japan, US naval bases in the Pacific or even the US mainland in the not-so-distant future. Tackling this...
Can they find a way? US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping; North Korean nuclear-capable missile tests
BEIJING: With the threat from North Korea’s nuclear breakout growing daily, repair of Sino-US relations has...
About 25 percent of the world’s human population confronts severe water shortages. The Water Resources Institute reports that 17 nations are under extremely high water stress. Reasons for shortages vary including waste, pollution and excessive reliance on groundwater. “Climate change heightens the...
Boris Johnson’s Brexit withdrawal agreement, similar to one proposed by former Prime Minister Theresa May, won approval in the House of Commons. Members of parliament who feared Britain would lose influence with May’s plan have higher expectations for a similar plan proposed by Boris Johnson. “The...
Visitors to Africa have long been intrigued by the continent's art, eager to introduce the work to global markets. Stone sculpture was revived in Zimbabwe, the former British colony known as Southern Rhodesia, in the 1960s after a British art adviser, Frank McEwen, became director of the...
BURLINGTON: Underneath a tent, not far from formal rose gardens and manicured boxwood of the Royal Botanical Gardens, two sculptors chisel away at blocks of stone. Sponsored by an international dealer, the artists travel six months of the year,...
Disturbing news out of Africa, whether about extremist Boko Haram or the outbreak of Ebola, are aberrations for a young continent eager to grow and innovate. Like China and Europe, the United States is ready to court Africa as signaled by the first US-Africa Leaders Summit, explains J. Peter Pham,...
Hands to Africa: President Barack Obama welcomes African heads of states to a summit meeting in Washington (top); the US will increase its contribution to African Peacekeeping force; in January, the US Air Force transported Rwandan peacekeepers...
The challenges of globalization and global markets require new leadership – of broader collaboration among diverse players. “Countries and organizations can no longer operate under the outdated notion that they are surrounded by intact borders and bear sole responsibility for taking charge over...
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