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US Recovery, Asian Surge Will Boost World Trade 7.5%: WTO

April 6, 2004
The US economic recovery and Asian trade growth should push global trade higher this year, according to the World Trade Organization (WTO). Yet such growth is susceptible to three risk factors: the level of the US current account and budget deficits; the extent of European economic growth and the...

Japan and China Step Up Drone Race, Tension Builds Over Disputed Islands

January 11, 2013
About 200 kilometers north of Taiwan are small islands claimed by major trade partners Japan and China. The islands are uninhabited, but analysts have suggested that oil and gas reserves could rest underneath nearby waters. The new leaders of the two nations are turning to drones and fighter jets...

An Anger in Korea Over More Than Beef

June 13, 2008
Tens of thousands have turned out in South Korea, to protest US beef imports specifically, amid fears of mad-cow disease, and US manipulation of their government in general. “This is a small country in a strategic location with a deep sense of grievance about being manipulated by the great powers...

Easing Its Stance, U.S. Offers Loans to Uruguay

August 5, 2002
Although the Bush administration has been reluctant to give aid to Latin American countries in financial crisis, it recently agreed to bail out Uruguay, a country with a traditionally stable economy. Uruguay has been hit particularly hard by the ripple effects of Argentina and Brazil’s economic...

Reality Overtakes the Illusion of Unity in Gaza

May 18, 2007
No two people could ever agree on every topic, yet government must organize many competing interests into a structure that can create policy for a common good. A Palestinian unity government has failed to find common ground between two parties, Hamas and Fatah, and Gaza has erupted into violence....

The War on Web Anonymity

August 11, 2011
Internet users, like patrons at a library or a grocery store, value privacy and cringe about how reporting even a few choices may influence advertisers, insurers or creditors to make incorrect assumptions about an individual’s health or career prospects. Internet companies, politicians and law-...

The Great Squanderer: China’s Scramble for Energy

September 18, 2006
Known as the “great factory of the world,” China is on a global hunt for energy, minerals and other natural resources. China accounts for about 10 percent of the world’s energy consumption, and with the world’s larges population, per-capita consumption is expected to increase steadily. Despite the...

Unreformed, Unrefined, Unrepentant

June 20, 2003
The 1997-1998 Asian financial crisis seriously disrupted many economies in the Asia-Pacific region and impeded global economic growth. Governments and international institutions have since tried to draw lessons from that nightmare. In this article in The Economist, the author says that there is...
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