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The fund we have in mind would be able to generate market-compatible returns by investing in technology companies and service providers that track
trade
in endangered species from source to end product.
But perhaps what countries really fear is not so much high prices but a total market breakdown and descent into an autarkic “Mad Max” world in which oil is scarce, no country is willing to allow
trade
in the oil it produces, and there is no world market clearing price.
Nevertheless, and understandably, many countries make decisions to locate production locally and to protect it against foreign trade, fearing market breakdown through war,
trade
sanctions, or simply shortsighted decisions by foreign governments to protect their own populations from price increases.
In lieu of capital-flow restrictions, Turkey’s monetary authorities began to cut overnight borrowing rates in November 2010, in order to reduce the profitability of the carry
trade
(purchases of foreign-currency assets to take advantage of a higher interest rate).
They have learned that China can have a greater impact on Taiwanese voters through
trade
and making people feel richer than by threats – even threats to fire missiles – which had been China’s electoral tactics in previous Taiwanese elections, particularly when a pro-independence candidate looked popular enough to win.
Liberalisation, free
trade
and competition in a larger EU should, in the medium-term, produce benefits for all, including existing members; and in its present form the CAP is in any case unsustainable, with or without enlargement.
It was the single market’s establishment in 1992 – not the euro’s introduction seven years later – that brought free trade, increased competitiveness, and new wealth to Europe.
We must update – not abandon – the rules of global
trade
and investment to spread their benefits more widely.
Decoupling did not occur in 2008, when exports accounted for about 45% of pan-Asian GDP (excluding Japan) and every emerging country in the region experienced a sharp contraction in growth as world
trade
plummeted.
Intra-regional
trade
flows have surged during the last decade, but they have been concentrated in parts and components that go into finished products assembled in China for export to developed countries.
With depressed markets in the developed world, intra-regional
trade
in the future will depend more on exports to satisfy Chinese domestic demand.
These products are exported to Europe under bilateral
trade
agreements between the EU and Israel.
This is partly because much of world
trade
and finance is indexed to the dollar, leading many countries to try to mimic Fed policies to stabilize their exchange rates.
On the contrary, despite China’s massive GDP and
trade
volume, the renminbi’s share in the global foreign-exchange market remains negligible.
Indeed, as Arvind Subramanian has argued, China’s share of global GDP and
trade
is what makes the renminbi likely to become a global reserve currency.
In January, the pharmaceutical industry took a big step toward solving this problem when more than 100 companies and
trade
associations from more than 20 countries signed a declaration calling on governments to adopt a new model of antibiotic development.
Calling the Protectionists’ BluffBRUSSELS – Most reports about globalization in recent years have focused on its problems, such as declining levels of
trade
and the abandonment of “mega-regional”
trade
agreements.
Indeed, US President Donald Trump has now terminated the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) – a
trade
deal among a dozen Pacific-rim countries, including the United States and Japan; and negotiations on the Transatlantic
Trade
and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the US and the European Union have come to a halt.
Although new
trade
deals can spark controversy, it is highly unlikely that protectionism will prevail.
To be sure, the presidency grants Trump considerable power to shape
trade
policy, so one cannot ignore the possibility that he will pursue protectionist measures to appease his supporters.
Many Europeans see
trade
as an opportunity, rather than as a threat to jobs; and even Europe’s staunchest anti-globalizers show little appetite for more protectionism.
Still, if there is little support for reversing free
trade
nowadays, why is there such vocal opposition to major
trade
deals?
As these trends coincided with high
trade
deficits, the two issues became politically intertwined, even though most studies show that automation has been a much more important factor in the decline of manufacturing as a share of overall employment.
But there are still protests against the TTIP – and, to a lesser extent, against the EU’s recent
trade
deal with Canada – because some object to “new” deals that supposedly subordinate local standards and regulations to those of trading partners.
Large
trade
deals often introduce new health and safety requirements that become much more politically charged than cuts to already-low tariffs.
But the unpopularity of mega-regional
trade
deals in advanced economies does not imply broad-based support for a return to protectionism.
The “bicycle theory” of
trade
liberalization – that it will collapse unless it keeps moving forward – is wrong.
Multilateralism – long enabled by the same sort of asymmetric contribution, though typically proportionate to countries’ income and wealth – will also lose steam, as the trend toward bilateral and regional
trade
and investment agreements accelerates.
Trump is likely to be a leading proponent of this tack; in fact, even regional
trade
deals may be ruled out, as his opposition to ratifying the 12-country Trans-Pacific Partnership suggests.
This creates an opportunity for China to lead the establishment of a
trade
pact for Asia – an opportunity that Chinese leaders are already set to seize.
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