Tag: Trade
60 Articles
- Human Rights & Development
Curbing Illicit Financial Flows to Pay for Sustainable Development and COVID-19 Recovery
As states seek to cope with the economic and social consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, budget deficits and debt burdens widen. This is particularly true in Africa, where post…
March 2, 2021
- Dialogues
Amb. Ong Keng Yong on the Role of ASEAN
GJIA: Perhaps you could begin by telling us a bit about your time in the foreign service. OKY: I joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs after I graduated from law school at the…
February 26, 2021
- Society & Culture
Resilient Supply Chain Initiative: A Political Driver to Revive Asian Regional Growth
The most notable regional response to the repositioning of supply chains due to COVID-19 has been the announcement of the Resilient Supply Chain Initiative (RSCI). Economic…
January 30, 2021
- Business & Economics
US Trade Policy in the Biden Administration: The Challenge of China’s Rise
The Emergence of China as a Focus of US Trade Policy Despite a period of rapid growth between 1979 and 1990 under Chinese Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping’s economic reforms, China…
December 21, 2020
- Business & Economics
Is the Future of Central America’s Growth Sustainable?
Introduction Because of the Central American Common Market and the region’s access to the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, Central America has a strategic trade and investment…
December 18, 2020
- Dialogues
Amb. Frank Lavin on Trade with China Under the Biden Administration
GJIA: You have recently referred to the US president-elect Joe Biden as generally pro-trade from a left-of-center perspective. Yet, trade–specifically undoing the current…
December 13, 2020
- Global Governance
Indo-Pacific Needs the Third Pole, ASEAN+1
The United States and China seem to be competing on every front in their recent disputes over the WHO, WTO, 5G, outer space sovereignty, and trade. The matter of regional…
November 24, 2020
- Business & Economics
The End of Petrodollar Recycling and the Future of Islamic Finance
What Islamic Finance Does Not, But Should Muslims account for a disproportionate share of the world’s poor. Not only are Muslim majority countries likely to have…
November 6, 2020
- Human Rights & Development
What the Pandemic Reveals: Workers’ Rights in Bangladesh and Garment Supply Chains
The Pandemic EffectAt the same time, it has thrown into relief the chronic weaknesses of the Bangladeshi garment industry itself, including its “labor management” practices,…
September 3, 2020
- Business & Economics
Puerto Rico Can Emerge Stronger; But It Needs Help
The tiny Caribbean island of Puerto Rico is on the rocks. Recent spikes in COVID-19 cases and deaths have forced the island to close beaches and limit visitors. The island is…
August 27, 2020