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So the European Union’s rate of productivity growth, not the size of its
trade
surplus, will largely determine its economic prospects.
China is eager to take advantage of its position as South Korea’s largest trading partner, accounting for nearly one-quarter of its external trade, and main source of foreign tourism.
Given these dynamics, if the dispute over the THAAD system escalates into a full-fledged
trade
war, both China and South Korea will suffer.
Cross-border production, trade, and tourism will become less costly, if only slightly in most cases.
Fourth, the volume of agricultural
trade
between countries must be increased, which can be accomplished by harmonizing
trade
regulations, lowering transportation costs, reducing tariffs, and improving warehouse and cold-storage facilities.
A more robust intra-African food
trade
would promote economic growth, attract new investors, create jobs, and help prevent food insecurity.
With rising protectionism, burgeoning
trade
disputes, and a troubling lack of concern for shared interests like climate change, the world seems to be turning its back on multilateralism.
The second came from Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, who seemed to rejoice at the prospect of waging and winning a
trade
war.
The 1948 rejection of the Havana Charter (an early attempt to create a global
trade
organization), congressional hostility to the Bretton Woods institutions, or the refusal by President George W. Bush to ratify the Kyoto Protocol on climate change are just a few examples.
Arm-twisting with Japan in the 1980s circumvented established
trade
rules.
Until the Cold War’s end, the system of rules and organizations that formed the institutional infrastructure of international trade, investment, and finance was considered by the US establishment to be vital to the prosperity of the “free world” and the containment of Soviet influence.
For example, it was not the rules of the system that offered a response to the 2008 crisis; it was a series of ad hoc initiatives – a standstill on
trade
protectionism, coordinated bank rescues, a global stimulus, and the provision of dollar liquidity through swap lines, to name only the main ones – that owed much to the US.
The second approach is to provide
trade
protection to affected industries, as US President Donald Trump has promised to do.
Clearly,
trade
protection does not help if Detroit is competing with Blue Springs, Mississippi.
This highlights the need for what UK Prime Minister Theresa May has called a Modern Industrial Strategy, aimed at “delivering jobs and economic growth to every community and corner of the country” to “ensure [that] free
trade
and globalization work for all.”
Now, however, China is attempting to disguise its strategy, claiming that it wants to create a twenty-first-century maritime Silk Road to improve
trade
and cultural exchange.
Indeed, by working to establish its dominance along major
trade
arteries, while instigating territorial and maritime disputes with several neighbors, China is attempting to redraw Asia's geopolitical map.
China's plans for the Silk Road combine economic, diplomatic, energy, and security objectives in an effort to create an expansive network of linked facilities to boost trade, aid strategic penetration, and permit an increasingly potent and active submarine force to play an expanded role.
Then, the US responded to the Turkish government’s failure to release an imprisoned American pastor by “punishing” the country with
trade
barriers and targeted sanctions.
The international community has long agreed that
trade
wars pose a direct threat to the global trading system, and thus should be used only as a measure of last resort (and usually through multilateral institutions).
Expanding South-South
trade
and investment links could enhance the region’s growth potential and contribute to global economic stability by promoting worldwide rebalancing.
A combination of massive upfront direct financial assistance, enhanced
trade
preferences, and temporary debt relief is needed.
Gradually, many countries, with prodding from their
trade
unions, now have some form of benefit protection plan for private pensions.
The latest example is the United Kingdom, where
trade
unions have spurred the creation of the Pension Protection Fund, which will begin operating next year.
In fact, by maintaining large
trade
surpluses, Germany is exporting unemployment and recession to its weaker neighbors.
Moreover, Germany has sold $15 billion worth of technology to China, and bilateral
trade
hit a high of $169 billion in 2011, accounting for 30% of total China-EU
trade.
The two countries have set a bilateral
trade
target of $280 billion for 2015.
However, Merkel’s focus may well remain on trade, investment, and currency flows.
While only 3-4% of voters admit to changing their minds about Brexit, large majorities want to keep most of the benefits of free trade, easy travel, immigrant labor, and strong environmental, consumer, and health regulation.
In the following decade, Vietnam generated an even larger export boom, with no major
trade
agreements.
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