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Yuan appreciation and the trade "deficit"

Blog Author: Alec van GelderWho knew that while the yuan appreciated against the U.S. dollar between 2005-2008 China’s trade surplus with the U.S.read more

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Sugar import quotas need to be axed

Blog Author: Alec van GelderIt’s time to end the disgrace that is agricultural protectionism in rich countries.

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US government report highlights barriers to trade

Blog Author: Alec van GelderThe U.S. Trade Representative has released its annual report on foreign trade barriers.  We’d all be better off if, say, Brazil reduced its average import tariff from 11%...

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Brazil's Dangerous Gamble

Authors: Alec van GelderPhilip StevensDate and timePublished date: Thursday, April 1, 2010Teaser: US cotton subsidies are bad, but they are no reason for Brazil to undermine intellectual property...

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US shows its true colours on climate change and the BRICs are not going to...

Blog Author: Caroline BoinLeaked document confirms that Obama administration is going for a single “take it or leave it” agreement on climate change. With China, India, Brazil and other developing...

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Green tariffs make no sense

Authors: Caroline BoinAlec van GelderDate and timePublished date: Sunday, April 11, 2010Teaser: Restricting trade as a climate measure would be counterproductiveInternational climate talks in Bonn last...

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Unlike trade, political bickering with Chinese will cost US jobs

Blog Author: Alec van GelderEverybody knows that the obsession in Washington D.C. with the valuation of the Chinese currency is a proxy for concerns about the American bilateral trade deficit with...

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Green protectionism vs. growth

Authors: Caroline BoinAlec van GelderDate and timePublished date: Monday, April 12, 2010Teaser: As world delegates tried in Bonn (9-11 April to revive the climate-change talks that collapsed in...

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Proof that Obama’s tyre tariff didn’t “save” US jobs

Blog Author: Timothy CoxMore evidence that Obama’s tariff on Chinese tyre imports (Sept 2009) did little more than precipitate reciprocal tariffs from Beijing.  According to the latest figures,...

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Seven Myths About Green Jobs

Publication date: Monday, August 30, 2010Teaser: While governments around the world pour taxpayers' money into a whole range of supposedly win-win "green investments", this paper finds that these waste...

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