February 3, 2010
Op-Ed
Wall Street Journal
Matthew Slaughter argues that tax increases on the foreign operations of U.S. based multinationals would not create American jobs, but destroy them. For many global firms there is an inherent complementarity between foreign and U.S. operations.
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January 26, 2010
Must Read
President Barack Obama had his only trade request last year shot down by lawmakers. He may be lucky to get any through Congress this year as well.
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December 8, 2009
Op-Ed
The Times of India
Proposals that any carbon tax in developing countries which falls below the one in the developed countries should be offset through other means like border taxes spring from fears that have no basis in economic analysis, write Jagdish Bhagwati and Arvind Panagariya.
See more in Climate Change, WTO
December 4, 2009
Expert Brief
Amid the global economic downturn, the World Trade Organization has been reduced to a talking shop as the prospects for a new global trade deal grow dimmer, says CFR's Marc Levinson.
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December 3, 2009
Must Read
The United States Institute of Peace examines the impact of the recent redenomination of the won on the North Korean people and regime.
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Washington D.C., December 3, 2009
Transcript
Representative Paul Ryan discusses the future of trade agreements with the Middle East and how greater economic engagement can lead to strategic, political, and security benefits.
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December 3, 2009
Must Read
John W. Miller reports for the Wall Street Journal on the seventh World Trade Organization ministerial meeting in Geneva. Miller explains why protectionism and the state of the global economy have made several nations "afraid" of a new international trade deal.
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December 3, 2009
Audio
Listen to Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) talk about the future of trade agreements with the Middle East and how greater economic engagement can lead to strategic, political, and security benefits.
See more in Middle East, Economic Development
November 2009
Essential Documents
Report
See more in United States, China
November 12, 2009
Op-Ed
Financial Times
"As U.S. president Barack Obama makes his way through Asia he will find a dynamic region in ferment," writes Evan Feigenbaum. And, as the region continues to grow, the United States needs to assert itself through trade agreements or risk becoming marginalized in a region that will constitute about half the global economy.
See more in Asia, Business and Foreign Policy, Emerging Markets
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