Tag: Trade
60 Articles
- Business & Economics
Mexico’s Positive Impact on the U.S. Trade Balance
Trump’s administration is almost certainly right to decry the costs to the US economy of persistent trade imbalances. While many blame these deficits on bad American work and…
March 20, 2018
- Business & Economics
A Passive Congress Allows the KORUS Renegotiation to Proceed Without It
Although just five years old, the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS) could be drastically modified or even abolished by the Trump Administration. President Trump has…
February 21, 2018
- Business & Economics
The Trans-Pacific Partnership: More Questions than Answers for Chile?
The TPP negotiations began in 2010 with twelve countries at the helm: the United States, Chile, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Malaysia, Mexico, Japan, New Zealand, Peru,…
November 24, 2015
- Online Archive
India-Pakistan Trade: Opportunities and Constraints
Pakistan’s decision to grant India most-favored-nation (MFN) status in November 2011, which came fifteen years after India granted MFN status to Pakistan, represents a…
May 16, 2013
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The Absent Agriculturalist in International Affairs
Although issues of land, agricultural commodities, trade, pricing, productivity, patents, and farm subsidies are central to international negotiations, the agriculturist…
May 16, 2013
- Online Archive
Challenges and Opportunities: Aviation Emissions and the European Cap & Trade System
On January 1, 2012, the European Union extended its cap and trade system, the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), to include CO2 emissions from all airlines arriving in and departing…
May 16, 2013
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A Brief History of Energy: Where We’ve Come From and Where We’re Going interview with Daniel Yergin
GJIA: Were you heartened by the discussion of energy in the recent U.S. presidential election? What has changed in the rhetoric of politicians as of late? Yergin:I was quite…
May 16, 2013
- Business & Economics
- Online Archive
U.S. Export Control Reform: Progress in Normalizing U.S. Space Trade
Although satellite exports were still possible with a State Department export license under prior versions of the law, the more draconian process currently employed has increased…
February 15, 2013
- Conflict & Security
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A Better Plan for Port Security
Checking every shipping container entering American ports encumbers commercial activity, places an unnecessary burden on ports authority, and does little to deter terrorists and…
September 11, 2012
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Indo-Pakistani Trade Pact: Pakistan’s Win-Win Situation
On 26 September 2011, India and Pakistan engaged in a fresh round of trade diplomacy. Islamabad heralded the talks as the beginning of a ‘golden era’ in trade…
October 24, 2011