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Tag Archives: China
Global Trade & Geopolitics Today — China, Cyberespionage, Sanctions, Bribery ……. Trade is More than Trade.
Huge issues concerning global trade policy have emerged the last few weeks. They range from new economic sanctions, inequality and trade agreements, foreign investment treaties, global bribery, new WTO panel decisions against China, multinational taxation, and cyberespionage for commercial … Continue reading
Posted in Global Trade Relations
Tagged China, cyberespionage, global trade rules, WTO
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“That Used to Be Us” — Get Back to Our Values, Job Creation and Today’s Global System.
Here are many of the major points that are made in the new book by Tom Friedman and Mike Mandelbaum, THAT USED TO BE US (2012). They have been made before but they should be repeated until they sink in. … Continue reading
Mexico G-20 Meeting Promises Not to Use Trade Restrictions to Promote Business — How Long Will this Last? We’ll See.
The G-20 meeting recently concluded in Mexico with a promise by countries not to protect their businesses by restricting trade (“stand-still agreement”). This is somewhat of a success in light of creeping protectionism and the declining global economy. How long observing this … Continue reading
Corporate Responsibility & Global Tax (FACTA) – Unilateral or Multilateral?
The ever-increasing set of international economic problems has renewed the debate over corporate responsibility in the global economy. At the heart of this revived debate are complex issues of risk-taking investment, management-oriented corporate governance, and extraterritorial U.S. regulation of foreign source income and … Continue reading
Two New Trade Decisions — Fair Determinations for Newer Trade Issues? … Yes.
There were two interesting developments yesterday in the U.S. pertaining to trade law and import remedies. The first involved an administrative setback for Apple and the second a judicial setback for the U.S. Dept. of Commerce. Both decisions seem to be fair and … Continue reading
Reshoring, Corporate Strategy & Globalization — Overriding Low Wages & Low Taxes? …. Not Likely.
Over the last two years the Boston Consulting Group published two studies assessing global business strategy and leadership in the era of globalization. Two salient conclusions jump out from these studies. One, U.S. firms are likely to return some off-shore manufacturing … Continue reading
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Tagged China, corporate leadership, corporate leadership and corporate strategy, corporate strategy, corporate strategy and globalization, foreign wages, globalization, jobs, labor, leadership and globalization, manufacturing jobs returning, offshore earnings, offshore production, outsourcing, reshoring, trade, U.S., U.S.-China, U.S.-India
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National Security, Global Competitiveness, and Rules of the Road — The Right Balance at APEC & ASEAN — Promoting A Rules-Based Foreign Policy.
At the recent APEC and ASEAN trade meetings President Obama was concerned about balancing strategic and national security with global trade and competitiveness of U.S. firms. He also set a clearer tone for U.S. foreign policy, one promoting a rules-based system. This … Continue reading
Solar Panel Litigation & the Emerging Clean Energy Trade War — Good for Whom?
A new dumping / subsidies case was filed recently by American solar panel makers attacking China’s subsidies to its manufacturers. This filing with the International Trade Administration / U.S. International Trade Commission is a new skirmish in the emerging clean energy trade war … Continue reading
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Tagged actionable subsidies, antidumping, China, china subsidies, chinese dumping, chinese exoirt subsidies, countervailing duites, countervailing duties, export subsidies, industries of the future, International Trade Administration, new China dumping case, protected industries, solar panel filing, solar panels, solar power, U.S. Dept. of Commerce
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Trade Remedy Actions — Which countries are the biggest users and biggest targets? — Some Surprises.
Which countries are the biggest users of trade remedy actions? Which countries are the most often targets of these investigations? What are the global trends in these cases? Here’s some very interesting data from the WTO concerning antidumping cases, countervailing … Continue reading
U.S., China and EU — Recent Trade Cases — What do the Portend?
The four major cases noted below have been decided by the WTO concerning China, the U.S. and the EU during 2011. What do they indicate? One, that China has won a major case against the EU. This is China’s biggest victory in the … Continue reading
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