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BusinessWeek April 14, 2011 Mark Drajem |
The Benefits of a U.S.-Colombia Free-Trade Deal A trade pact could boost U.S. exports by $1.1 billion, with companies such as GE, Wal-Mart, and Citigroup as big beneficiaries |
BusinessWeek October 22, 2009 Steve LeVine |
A U.S. Emissions Tariff: Who'd Get Hurt? The measure, now in the Senate, is aimed chiefly at carbon-intensive products from China and India. But would it spark a trade war? |
BusinessWeek March 17, 2011 Johnston & Goldman |
Obama Heads to South America to Head Off China The President will focus on strengthening trade ties with the region's booming economies, especially Brazil, and counter rising Chinese influence. |
BusinessWeek December 9, 2010 Nichols & Drajem |
How the U.S. Unfroze a Trade Deal with South Korea Obama hopes a South Korean trade deal will improve ties with American business and pave the way for more accords with other nations. |
The Motley Fool November 7, 2008 Hanson & Weisshaar |
Will Obama End Global Trade? Emerging economies react to the U.S. election. |
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. |
IndustryWeek June 20, 2012 |
Free Trade: Is it Time for a New Game Plan? As the nation's trade deficit grows in the face of rising exports, critics say it's time for the U.S. to take a tougher stance on China and other trade- rule violators. |
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. |
Reason June 2006 Bruce Bartlett |
The President's Rotten Record on Trade Why George W. Bush is the most protectionist president since Herbert Hoover. |
IndustryWeek July 22, 2009 Steve Minter |
Raw Materials: U.S. Files WTO Complaint Against China The materials at issue are bauxite, coke, fluorspar, magnesium, manganese, silicon metal, silicon carbide, yellow phosphorous and zinc -- key metals and chemicals used in steel, aluminum and chemical manufacturing. |
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. |
BusinessWeek April 16, 2007 Peter Coy |
Now It's A Worldwide Stalemate The latest bad news for free-trade advocates was the U.S. announcement on Mar. 30 of tariffs on coated-paper imports from China and the signal that more tariffs could be in the offing. |
IndustryWeek March 17, 2010 Jonathan Katz |
Is EFCA's Time Now? With the Obama administration focused on the economy and health care reform, there's been little movement on the Employee Free Choice Act. Still, unions see the next three years as their window of opportunity. |
BusinessWeek November 12, 2009 Roberts & Engardio |
China's End Run Around the U.S. As more free-trade deals exclude America, Beijing could dominate a new Asian trade bloc. |
BusinessWeek March 10, 2011 Hans Nichols et al. |
Time to Reshuffle the Export Deck Chairs? Obama weighs an overhaul of the government trade bureaucracy. |
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. |
BusinessWeek July 1, 2010 Drajem & Naughton |
The $68 Billion U.S.-South Korea Trade Question Ford and the UAW want Washington to keep a 25 percent tariff on pickup truck imports into the U.S., but South Korea wants it phased out. |
IndustryWeek October 1, 2005 John S. McClenahen |
Trade: Pressures Dampening Outlook CAFTA's close vote might be a sign of tougher times for other pacts. |
IndustryWeek October 1, 2008 David Blanchard |
Taking Care of Business: The Great Debate Where do McCain and Obama stand on key manufacturing issues? |
BusinessWeek February 10, 2011 Julie Hirschfeld Davis |
Obama's Trump Card on Oil Subsidies The President (again) calls for cutting oil industry tax breaks |
BusinessWeek September 23, 2010 Paula Dwyer |
How Obama Is Getting Ready for 2011 With a likely Republican-controlled House, the President is working on triangulation, revising his team and policy agenda. |
BusinessWeek October 7, 2010 |
The United States of Tariffs Congress' call for punitive tariffs on Chinese goods goes against the free-trade ideology the U.S. has espoused for years. Yet the U.S. has used tariffs for more than two centuries to raise revenue and protect American industry. |
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. |
BusinessWeek November 18, 2010 Kate Andersen Brower |
Why Obama Keeps Mentioning China With a GOP-led House likely to push spending cuts, he sees China as a good rallying issue for U.S. spending policy. |
Finance & Development September 1, 2002 Peter D. Sutherland |
Why We Should Embrace Globalization For the first time, many companies are operating on a global basis. Although this change has raised fears among some people in both industrial and developing countries, it offers new and exciting opportunities for raising living standards worldwide. |
BusinessWeek September 23, 2010 Peter Coy |
Commentary: On the Yuan, Be Careful What You Wish For Trade war fever is rising in Washington. Slapping China with unilateral tariffs would feel good -- and make matters worse. |
BusinessWeek June 23, 2010 Peter Coy |
Five Options for Tackling Trade With China The U.S. needs much more than an exchange-rate "head fake" from Beijing to correct the glaring trade imbalance. Policies must be challenged |
Knowledge@Wharton |
Testing His Metal -- and His Motives: Bush's Steel Tariffs Spark an Uproar Is the competition unfair? And is the American steel industry really important enough to justify public support in the form of higher prices for cars, refrigerators and other metal products? |
BusinessWeek July 22, 2010 |
Major Corporate Gripes Big Business has some issues with Obama's new rules. |
BusinessWeek August 6, 2009 |
Health Reform: A Timeline The latest battle over how to overhaul the U.S. health-care system intensified last fall with the election of Barack Obama. |
Inc. May 2008 Stephanie Clifford et al. |
Trading Places Who has petrodollars to spend? Where can you sell construction equipment? Jewelry? Management consulting? And where is the market that grew an astounding 55,414 percent last year? Read on. |
IndustryWeek July 20, 2011 Stephen Gold |
Free Markets Make Trade Deficits Disappear It's time for policymakers to boost our exports through free trade agreements. |
Global Services May 5, 2008 William B. Bierce |
The U.S. Presidential Race: Impact on Global Services-I Global enterprises will face new legal and regulatory trade and outsourcing policies, depending on whether Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, or John McCain wins the U.S. Presidential election in Nov. '08. |
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. |
Food Processing October 2012 Susan Ruland |
Election Pains or Gains? How will the food industry fare depending on whether Barack Obama or Mitt Romney wins on November 6th? |
BusinessWeek January 27, 2011 Kate Andersen Brower |
Obama School Reform Plan Relies on Big Business With Republicans gunning for the Education Dept., the President needs companies to help him fend off deep budget cuts. |
BusinessWeek October 28, 2010 Simon Kennedy et al. |
A Test of U.S. Trade Clout with China Just how much pull President Obama has with Beijing may become clear when G-20 leaders meet in Seoul to consider a U.S. proposal to limit trade surpluses and deficits. |
Reason November 2008 Mangu-Ward et al. |
Is There Any Hope For This Man? Assessments of Barack Obama from several libertarians. |
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. |
Pharmaceutical Executive December 1, 2008 Jill Wechsler |
Challenge and Challenges Expanded healthcare coverage also fits the goals of pharma manufacturers. |
BusinessWeek January 27, 2011 Heidi Przybyla |
Social Security Gets a Reprieve--for Now Obama may put off Social Security reform until a hoped-for second term, unless Republicans take the initiative. |
BusinessWeek September 9, 2009 Jane Sasseen |
Obama's Woes Are Emboldening Lobbyists The President's health-care troubles are giving lobbyists the confidence to go after a bigger swath of his agenda. |
BusinessWeek December 8, 2003 |
The Folly Of Slapping Quotas On China America's second-largest trading partner buys lots of U.S. exports -- and mountains of U.S. debt |
The Motley Fool September 30, 2010 Rich Duprey |
China Has Beef With U.S Chicken A virulent trade battle looms as China retaliates for tire quotas. |
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. |
BusinessWeek June 17, 2009 Catherine Arnst |
Why the AMA Will Likely Support Health-Care Reform Obama's plan might lower specialists' pay, but it would help primary-care doctors, save the industry billions, and please voters. |
BusinessWeek March 5, 2009 |
Business vs. the White House Obama's budget is spurring companies to protest everything from its planned health-care reform to curbs on emissions. |
BusinessWeek February 10, 2010 |
Obama's Corporate Messaging In a wide-ranging Oval Office interview, President Barack Obama takes aim at the perception that he and his Administration are anti-business. |
The Motley Fool November 7, 2008 Alex Dumortier |
Obama: No Free Pass for Free Trade For fans of globalization, Obama's platform presents some concerns. |
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. |