international trade

I wonder what effects of the financial crisis have been on international trade and balace of payments, especially for Japan and the US (my own personal interest), but also for other countries.

Right now, Danish truckers are blocking three or four ports all over Denmark and also the border crossing at Padborg. They are fed up with, what they consider, arbitrary enforcement of driving regulations, and huge fines being doled out retroactively. They say it's unfair that they are being...