trade

So, now that it is clear the US will soon be in a trade war with all of it's biggest traders, how do you think this will affect your country? The feeling I get in the Netherlands is a big "meh, we'll import that stuff from somewhere else and retaliate" so there is not that much worry about...

Dr. Gregory Sadler of Marist College recently discussed Ayn Rand's The Virtue of Selfishness in his Spring 2013 Ethics class and posted the video to YouTube: exxA_uegl-8 I remember that my professor in Philosophy 101 discussed Ayn Rand and that the textbook had an excerpt from the introduction...

Looking through some numbers, I noticed that cars have not gone down in value relative to consumers income, rather, cars today cost more as a percentage of total household income than they did in 1968. Why are cars more expensive today when trade agreements, labor costs, technology, etc.. would...

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.

The explosions taking place in the World Trade Center lobbies, basement, and several floors above is one of the most tricky subjects to understand (to me anyway). There are a few points I'm struggling to comprehend: 1.) After Flight 11 struck the north tower, exactly what and which shaft(s)...

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...

This is a first for anyone in the top inner circle. Up to now neither the President, Secretary of State nor Rumsfield have acknowledged this problem in public. More than affect the democratic process, the funds from the sale of heroin go to fund terrorist attacks against civilians, the fledgling...

The National Association of Manufacturers has released it's February 2006 study showing some disturbing trends in US research and development, technological innovation and manufacturing: * the US now has a trade deficit in technology * the US share of global manufacturing trade has decreased by...

From the article: Good old UN.

Sounds like the looming trade war between the US and the EU has been averted. Bush's spokesman just announced the end of the steel tariffs. Joly good.

Yes! the US, that bastion of free trade, has still not removed its illegal tax breaks three years after being told to do so by the WTO. This is in addition to the US slapping illegal 30% tariffs on steel imports. Isnt globalisation great? Its one rule for the rest of the world and the US does...

U.S. Trade Deficit Widens As China Imports Hit Record http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB106328317180701400,00.html?mod=home_whats_news_us