Trade
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On questions of trade, for example, Europe is the equal of the US and able to balance American power.
All three candidates support Chirac’s opposition to the Iraq War, will protect French agriculture in global
trade
negotiations, and will promote French leadership in Europe.
When diamonds’ role in fueling violent conflict in Africa gained worldwide attention, the diamond industry established the Kimberley Process in order to keep “blood diamonds” out of international
trade.
The initiative has met with some success, although it has not completely halted
trade
in diamonds from conflict-torn countries like the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Recently, however, concern has been expressed – from within the diamond
trade
– that the scope of the Kimberley Process is too limited, and that consumers have thus been lulled into believing that there are no longer any ethical problems with diamonds.
It is therefore encouraging that concerns about Zimbabwean diamonds are being raised within the diamond
trade
itself.
Finally, the world faces many serious challenges, ranging from the need to halt the spread of weapons of mass destruction, fight climate change, and maintain a functioning world economic order that promotes
trade
and investment to regulating practices in cyberspace, improving global health, and preventing armed conflicts.
Heads of state tripped over one another to meet business leaders in Mumbai, hoping to pave the way for a significant expansion of
trade
and investment.
Trump’s
trade
policy, however, is risky.
But if it precipitates a long-term
trade
war, it could do serious damage.
Aside from threatening to withdraw the United States from the North American Free
Trade
Agreement and to start a
trade
war with China, Trump praises Russian President Vladimir Putin and suggests that America should not honor its commitment to defend its NATO allies unless they pay more for that protection.
But the growth of the domestic economy, the role of international trade, and America’s new positive energy position also receive substantial attention.
The NSS’s proposals for dealing with foreign
trade
combine some valuable initiatives with a false analysis of the causes of the United States’
trade
deficit.
“[T]rading partners and international institutions can do more to address
trade
imbalances,” the NSS asserts.
Basic economics tells us that the US
trade
deficit reflects the aggregate levels of domestic saving and investment.
More specifically, the size of the US
trade
deficit – imports minus exports – equals excess of US investment over US national saving.
So, to reduce the
trade
deficit, households, businesses, and governments must increase their saving – obviously the preferred solution – or invest less.
When it turns to specific
trade
policies, the NSS emphasizes that the US will seek to “break down
trade
barriers and provide Americans with opportunities to increase their exports.”
Looking ahead, the US government should focus on combating foreign governments’
trade
policies – such as technology theft, non-tariff barriers to US exports, and forced technology transfers – that hurt American firms without any offsetting benefits to American consumers.
I hope that this emphasis leads to better domestic and
trade
policies.
Second, the EU, with its technical, financial, and market strengths, is China’s largest
trade
partner and a major source of technology transfer.
As it stands, China-EU relations are based largely on economic and
trade
linkages.
In a bid to retain its international authority – and to prevent an increasingly influential China from setting new standards for international
trade
– the EU has been pursuing an ambitious
trade
and investment agreement with the US.
First, both sides should build on their economic relationship by pursuing more strategic
trade
policies – for example, China could sell rare earth minerals to Europe rather than to Japan – and expanding their ties to include financial cooperation.
At the same time, bilateral
trade
has soared to more than $40 billion in 2008, from about $12 billion in 1998.
Even where the two governments continue to disagree – for example, on the Doha round of
trade
negotiations and on the solution to climate change – the potential for new and creative cooperation outweighs their differences.
The US should tap India’s potential as an engine for economic recovery, and consult much more closely with it on matters of finance, trade, and investment.
In the long run, a global
trade
agreement will not be completed without India’s engagement.
By including the other components of public investment and single-market completion, the Merkel Plan (or, better, the Merkel-Hollande-Cameron Plan) would be able to restart economic growth while opening countries to more
trade
and greater competition.
The proportion of China’s merchandise
trade
settled in renminbi has been declining since mid-2015.
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