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Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Nov 20, 2010

  Free trade or nothing
By David Roberts So, not surprisingly, last week's G-20 summit in South Korean capital Seoul failed to resolve the global spat over currencies and their supposed undervaluation in certain countries, most notably the US and China. Beijing and Washington accuse each other of...... [view]
Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Nov 13, 2010

  G20 summit fails to resolve global trade, currency conflicts
By Barry Grey The G20 summit of leading economies held in Seoul, South Korea concluded Friday without any agreement on policies to bridge differences over global currency and trade issues that have grown increasingly bitter in recent weeks. President Barack Obama failed to obtain a...... [view]
Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Oct 3, 2010

  The rising danger of US-China trade war
The overwhelming vote on Wednesday in the US House of Representatives for a bill opening the door for punitive tariffs against China over its currency marks a dangerous step toward trade war. The legislation, directed against any country whose currency is assessed as “fundamentally...... [view]
Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Apr 1, 2009

  The G20 Summit - or the T20?
By Kamalesh Sharma: Commonwealth Secretary-General - Ninety percent of global GDP will be represented at the G20 table in London on 2nd April. All that will be missing is 90% of the world’s countries. The simple fact of globalisation dictates that all countries, the world over, have...... [view]
Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Mar 30, 2009

  China: the future great economic power
(Taken from Cubadebate THESE days many cables are talking about China’s economic potential. Yesterday, March 28, it was the turn of the principal U.S. news agency to acknowledge that "China is the only economy growing at a fast clip… "In his second rebuke of U.S. leadership this...... [view]
Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Mar 15, 2009

  More news on the agonies of capitalism
Reflections of Fidel: TODAY I read the cables from March 11th. Information is continuing to rain down on the international economic crisis. This time, it was Joseph Stiglitz, the well known economist and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences speaking; the press and academia...... [view]
Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Oct 31, 2008

  Economic illiteracy
Reflections of Fidel: IN Zulia, Chavez made reference to “comrade Sarkozy,” and did so with a certain irony but he meant no offense. On the contrary, he was rather recognizing the sincerity of the president when he spoke in Beijing in his capacity as chairman of the European Community....... [view]
Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Oct 3, 2008

  The battle of hope and experience
From The Economist print edition: Will America choose the old hero who favours tax cuts for business and the rich and backed George Bush’s wars? Or the young man who promises health care for all, a swift exit from Iraq and more money for the average worker? As America’s financial system...... [view]
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