Issues / Trade

  • Postcard from Mumbai

    Commentary / Postcard From... Department

    By Joshua Leon, April 18, 2013

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    Mahalaxmi Dhobi Ghat is one of many reminders that the modern economy has not transcended the realities of undercompensated manual toil.

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  • Blood Phones and the Congo

    Column

    By Kwei Quartey, April 5, 2013

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    The slaughter in the DRC is intricately linked to electronic components carried by millions of people in the United States and Europe.

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  • An Agreement on Arms -- With No Teeth

    Commentary

    By Caleb Rossiter, April 3, 2013

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    While the Arms Trade Treaty doesn't do anything to affect American gun owners, it's so weak that it doesn't seem to affect anybody at all.

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  • Will China Wear Out Its Welcome in Africa?

    Commentary

    By Nan Chen, March 18, 2013

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    In some corners of Africa, the seams of the tight Africa-China relationship are becoming stretched.

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  • NAFTA at 20: The New Spin

    Commentary

    By Manuel Perez-Rocha and Javier Rojo, March 14, 2013

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    Nearly 20 years since NAFTA went into effect, its empty promises have been laid bare for the people of Mexico.

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  • U.S. Arms Fuel Asian Tension

    Commentary

    By Richard Heydarian, February 11, 2013

    The U.S. 'pivot' to the South and East China Seas has energised the American industrial-military complex, dimming the prospects for a peaceful resolution of the ongoing disputes in the region.

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  • Four More Years: Europe's Meltdown

    Column

    By Conn Hallinan, February 6, 2013

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    Why is the Obama administration pressing Europeans to increase military spending? And what should it matter to Washington if Britain remains in the EU?

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