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Finance & Development September 1, 2002 Anne McGuirk	The Doha Development Agenda The launch of a new trade round in Doha last November was a major breakthrough following the debacle in Seattle in 1999. The new round places the needs and interests of developing countries at the heart of its work, but a successful outcome is by no means a foregone conclusion.
Finance & Development September 1, 2002 Hans Peter Lankes	Market Access for Developing Countries Poor countries could boost growth and reduce poverty by expanding exports to the rich countries and to each other. But, despite the progress made in trade liberalization under successive multilateral agreements, many barriers persist in both developing and industrial countries.
Reason June 2006 Bruce Bartlett	The President's Rotten Record on Trade Why George W. Bush is the most protectionist president since Herbert Hoover.
Finance & Development December 1, 2007 Dadush & Nielson	Governing Global Trade The multilateral system that has underpinned world trade for over 50 years is facing serious challenges.
Finance & Development September 1, 2002 Adhikari & Yang	What Will WTO Membership Mean for China and Its Trading Partners? After 15 years of arduous negotiations, China became the 143rd member of the World Trade Organization. The opening of an economy as large as China's can be disruptive to some developing countries in the short run, but, in the long run, it should benefit not only China but also its trading partners.
Finance & Development March 2010 Henn & McDonald	Avoiding Protectionism So far the world has resisted widespread resort to trade measures, but the hardest part may be yet to come.
Knowledge@Wharton September 24, 2003	Collapse in Cancun: The World Trade Agenda Gets Sidetracked Despite a recognition that free trade in theory leads to greater global prosperity, participants at Cancun fell into two general, and opposing, camps.
Reason February 2006 Griswold, Slivinski & Preble	Six Reasons to Kill Farm Subsidies and Trade Barriers The time is ripe for unilaterally removing America's distorting agricultural trade policies. Here's how: 1. Lower Food Prices for American Families... 2. Lower Costs and Increased Exports for American Companies... etc.
Finance & Development March 1, 2002 Eduardo Aninat	Surmounting the Challenges of Globalization In recent years, concerns have grown about the negative aspects of globalization and especially about whether the world's poorest will share in its benefits. There is an urgent need for a broad global debate on how these challenges can best be met and on who should play what role...
Reason December 2003 Nick Gillespie	Poor Man's Hero Controversial writer Johan Norberg champions globalization as the best hope for the developing world.
IndustryWeek November 1, 2007 Thomas J. Duesterberg	The Competitive Edge -- Time to End the Global Gridlock Lack of movement in world trade negotiations could be costing U.S. manufacturers half a trillion dollars.
Finance & Development December 1, 2001 Robert Sharer	An Agenda for Trade, Investment, and Regional Integration The importance of enhancing sub-Saharan Africa's trade performance, which was very weak in the 1980s and 1990s, cannot be overemphasized.
Finance & Development December 2009 Brad McDonald	Back to Basics: Why Countries Trade IF there is a point on which most economists agree, it is that trade among nations makes the world better off. Yet international trade can be one of the most contentious of political issues, both domestically and between governments.
Finance & Development December 1, 2006 Gupta & Yang	Unblocking Trade To underpin growth, Africa needs to adopt a comprehensive approach to boosting trade. Only by adopting a holistic approach can African economies succeed.
Finance & Development September 1, 2001 Jagdish Bhagwati	Targeting Rich-Country Protectionism Even as the rich countries have lowered their trade barriers over the past five decades, they have continued to maintain a strongly protectionist stance against the labor-intensive products made in poor countries. This is a deplorable fact, attention to which is certainly welcome...
IndustryWeek April 1, 2004 Jill Jusko	The Two Sides Of Trade Manufacturers are full of praise and criticism as the WTO's influence spreads. Meanwhile the 146-member group finds itself at a crucial crossroads as globalization alters the trade landscape.
Reason July 2003 Charles Oliver	Tear Down These Walls Two of free trade's most able defenders have written new books arguing for renewed efforts at opening global markets.
Finance & Development June 1, 2007 Harry G. Broadman	Connecting Africa and Asia Improved Asian market access can boost Africa's exports, but Africa needs domestic reforms to fully capture the economic benefits
IndustryWeek January 1, 2005 John S. McClenahen	Doha Unfinished World trade talks miss one deadline and may not be complete in 2005. Is a manufacturing free-trade agreement an alternative? Nevertheless, two templates for an agreement limited to manufacturing, which accounts for nearly 60% of world trade, do exist.
Reason March 2003 Charles Oliver	Global Speculators A billionaire and a Nobel laureate want to fix international trade agencies. Why bother?
Inc. January 2005 Elizabeth Wasserman	Happy Birthday, WTO? An organization best known for sparking riots also deserves some credit for promoting the interests of American entrepreneurs.
Finance & Development March 1, 2001 Flemming Larsen	The IMF's Dialogue with Nongovernmental Organizations The IMF is responding to questions about its role in today's world economy by reaching out to civil society at large and to nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in particular...
Knowledge@Wharton	Does China Pose an Economic Threat to the United States? It would appear so, given the rhetoric in recent months by American politicians and some businesspeople, who have complained about the loss of U.S. jobs to China and unfair Chinese trade practices. But faculty members at business schools say the complaints are misplaced and driven by politics.
BusinessWeek December 15, 2003 Robert J. Barro	The GOP Doth Protect Too Much, Methinks Tariffs and giveaways help only the special interests -- as outlays soar.
U.S. Banker June 2009 Joseph Rosta	Protectionism Is not Self-Defense As anti-trade measures pile up, "this will worsen the contraction of world trade and undermine confidence in an early and sustained recovery in global economic activity," the WTO says.
CFO May 1, 2004 Tim Reason	Euro Clash Removing tariffs is easy. Breaking down social barriers to trade is hard.
BusinessWeek March 22, 2004 Peter Coy	The Convictions Of A Convert In defending globalization, Bhagwati isn't standing up for the status quo. He's making the case for a humane form of globalization guided by enlightened government policies. It made sense in 1963, and it makes sense in 2004.
Finance & Development December 1, 2001 Bannister & Thugge	International Trade and Poverty Alleviation How does trade liberalization affect the poor, and how can they be protected against its negative short-term effects?
Finance & Development March 2009 Pisani-Ferry & Santos	Reshaping the Global Economy The economic and financial crisis marks the end (for now) of a rapid expansion of globalization.
Entrepreneur February 2003 Joshua Kurlantzick	Stay Home? If the great global future of business is here, so far it's not much to look at. Are you trying to find a path to international success in today's world economy?
BusinessWeek May 22, 2006 Peter Coy	Why Free-Trade Talks Are In Free Fall As the total benefits from lowering trade barriers in goods diminish, there simply isn't enough added wealth generated to buy support for the deal by such measures as retraining unemployed workers. So the winners in each nation are drowned out by the losers.
Finance & Development June 1, 2001 Paul Streeten	Integration, Interdependence, and Globalization Although many commentators say we are living in a time of unprecedented global integration, the world economy was actually more integrated at the end of the nineteenth century. Despite increasing integration in some respects, today's world is in many ways fragmented and without coordination...
InternetNews October 11, 2005 Roy Mark	Ag Proposal Could Benefit IT Trade Talks IT trade groups praise U.S. efforts to spark stalled trade talks on broadening the global tech marketplace.
Finance & Development March 1, 2002 Kevin Watkins	Making Globalization Work for the Poor In the view of the IMF, the World Bank, and most northern governments, removing barriers to trade is one of the most powerful things that governments can do to give the poor a bigger stake in global prosperity...
Finance & Development December 1, 2008 Ivanic & Martin	Ensuring Food Security Trade policy must be complemented by other measures to ensure food is available to all.
IndustryWeek June 23, 2010	TradeTension As the volume of world trade grows, trade disagreements also are growing in complexity and number. Here are some key trade disputes that manufacturers should have on their radar.
Finance & Development March 1, 2002	Globalization: The Story Behind the Numbers Has globalization raised living standards?... What is globalization?... Has globalization helped the poor?... Has globalization reduced inequality?... What should governments do?... Globalization timeline...
Finance & Development December 1, 2001 Mohamed Daouas	Africa Faces Challenges of Globalization
Finance & Development June 1, 2000 Janet Stotsky, Esther Suss, & Stephen Tokarick	Trade Liberalization in the Caribbean Since the mid-1990s, the governments of Caribbean countries have demonstrated a firm commitment to trade liberalization. What steps have they taken, what have the results been, and what further steps should they consider taking?
Finance & Development June 1, 2000 Oussama Kanaan	Tanzania's Experience with Trade Liberalization After Tanzania's economy deteriorated during the 1970s and early 1980s, it took a series of bold steps to liberalize trade. How successful have these efforts been in improving its economic performance, and what lessons can other developing countries derive from Tanzania's experience?
BusinessWeek October 6, 2003 Mark L. Clifford	Trade: "We Would Like a Fair Deal" India's Commerce & Industry Minister, Arun Jaitley, talks about the failure in Cancun and the future of trade talks.
Finance & Development September 1, 2007 Li Cui	China's Growing External Dependence The country's economic fortunes are increasingly tied to those of the global economy.
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BusinessWeek May 10, 2004 Paul Magnusson	Take That, U.S. Farmers! A WTO court ruling on subsidies could tip the power balance in world trade talks
Fast Company September 2000 Sara Terry	Free Trade Isn't Fair Mike Dolan is leading a long-shot crusade against the new economy's most widely shared belief: that global economic integration -- of countries, companies, currencies, and markets -- is both virtuous and inevitable.
Reason September 2004 Prakash Loungani	Globalization Without Tears The book In Defense of Globalization tries to show that major complaints about the adverse social effects of globalization are mistaken. Globalization in fact reduces poverty and the use of child labor, fosters women's rights, promotes respect for democratic norms, enriches culture, and even sustains the environment.
HBS Working Knowledge August 22, 2005 Geoffrey Jones	Restoring a Global Economy, 1950-1980 World War II left the United States in a uniquely powerful position. And the 1950s onwards saw the beginning of the reconstruction of a new global economy.
IndustryWeek July 1, 2003 John S. McClenahen	Unruly Trade As the global economy grows, the rules of international trade take on greater significance. Not every nation plays by the rules -- nor sees them the same way. And that makes a world of strategic difference for U.S. manufacturers.
Reason December 2001 Brink Lindsey	The Decline and Fall of the First Global Economy How nationalism, protectionism, and collectivism spawned a century of dictatorship and war...
BusinessWeek July 11, 2005 Laura D'Andrea Tyson	Behind The EU Backlash The recent votes against the EU Constitution by the citizens of France and the Netherlands were a stunning rebuke to globalization. But governments must address justifiable fears with an agenda to create jobs of the future.