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Japan's Rice Stockpiles Could Ease Food Crisis
By Kent Garber -
Nation & World
- May 20, 2008
A new supply of rice could lower prices and curb speculation and hoarding.
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Is the U.S. Slump Spreading? Part 2
By Kirk Shinkle -
Money Matters
- April 30, 2008
No. Auto demand abroad is still high.
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Abroad, Not Overboard
Money & Business
- April 29, 2008
Ex-Im Bank financing lessens the risk of doing business abroad.
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Administration Confident of Pelosi Deal on Colombia Free Trade Agreement
By Paul Bedard -
News Desk
- April 18, 2008
While a deal remains a long way off, administration officials say they are now hopeful an agreement will be met for two reasons.
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The Bright Side of the Dollar's Decline
By Matthew Bandyk -
Money & Business
- April 18, 2008
As exports boom, small businesses go along for the ride.
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How Countries Worsen the Food Price Crisis
By Kent Garber -
Nation & World
- April 9, 2008
Extreme reactions like hoarding food and banning exports can make prices higher.
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Falling Dollar Pinches Small Businesses
By Matthew Bandyk -
Money & Business
- April 7, 2008
The sliding currency hurts importers and others.
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Susan Schwab on the Colombian Trade Deal
By James Pethokoukis -
Nation & World
- March 26, 2008
The latest free-trade agreement is caught in the crossfire.
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Selling Trade Helps With Props
By Paul Bedard -
Washington Whispers
- March 19, 2008
We've got to hand it to Sean Spicer, the U.S. Trade Representative Office spokesman. The guy knows how to sell his stuff.
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Singing Its Praises
Money & Business
- March 11, 2008
Small but strong, Singapore is ideal for American businesses looking East.
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Trade Wars: Obama vs. ... Obama?
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- February 29, 2008
His harsh antitrade rhetoric seems of recent vintage.
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Small Businesses Go Global
By Matthew Bandyk -
Money & Business
- February 22, 2008
With exports surging thanks to a weak dollar, small companies are finding ways to boost sales abroad.
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Tips for Small Businesses Looking Abroad
By Matthew Bandyk -
Money & Business
- February 22, 2008
Online resources make foreign trade easier, but firms still need to budget for bumps in the road.
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More Plays on the News in Cuba
By Kirk Shinkle -
Money Matters
- February 19, 2008
Here are some companies that could profit if the U.S. embargo ends.
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Don't Fret, Sovereign Wealth Funds
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- January 11, 2008
Trade is key to world peace.
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Recession Fears Continue to Fade
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- October 12, 2007
More and more, it looks as if the economic expansion will continue.
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Learning From Mattel's Chinese Apology
By Rick Newman -
FlowChart
- September 21, 2007
The toy maker reminds Americans that not all mistakes are made in China.
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Fast Chinese Growth Sure to Alarm Trade Hawks
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- July 18, 2007
Tomorrow, the Chinese government will release its second-quarter gross domestic product report. Economic growth for the period will probably come in between 10 percent and 11 percent.
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Free Trade: Under Siege
Capital Commerce
- May 24, 2007
"It's going to be the perfect storm" is how one knowledgeable Capitol Hill insider described the upcoming efforts by protectionists of both parties in Congress to pass trade legislation punishing China for running a $200 billion-plus trade surplus with the United States. This week's high-level "strategic dialogue" between a Chinese trade delegation and American officials from the White House and Congress did nothing to change that assessment.
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The Paulson Bull Market?
By James Pethokoukis -
Capital Commerce
- May 16, 2007
Maybe it's a coincidence, but the stock market hasn't had a down day since that trade compromise between the White House and congressional Democrats–brokered by Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson–on adding labor and environmental standards to future trade agreements. But the winning streak shouldn't be surprising given how heavily trade issues and protectionism have been weighing on the mind of many on Wall Street.
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Buchananomics for the Dems?
Capital Commerce
- April 30, 2007
Which Democratic presidential candidate will pull the trigger? Which Democrat will come right out and advocate some old-fashioned protectionism–or "economic nationalism," as some trade warriors like CNN's Lou Dobbs prefer to call it? While both parties have grown more skeptical of trade, the Dems are certainly more so, especially after the last election, where many of their new House and Senate members ran with an anti-free-trade agenda. Now as I noted in my last posting, the recent Democratic presidential debate really didn't touch too much on economic issues.
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Rangel Proposal Won't Pacify the 'Seattle Democrats'
Capital Commerce
- March 29, 2007
Has Charlie Rangel, the personable chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, pulled it off? After unveiling "A New Trade Policy for America"–which would attach tougher labor and environmental standards, among other provisions, to U.S.
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Stock Market Drop Should Scare Congressional Protectionists
Capital Commerce
- March 1, 2007
Remember the 1994 movie Speed? It's the one where a madman (Dennis Hopper) takes a bunch of bus passengers hostage and then rigs the vehicle to explode if its speed falls below 50 mph. That's a pretty good way of thinking about China right now.
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Why the Pelosi Democrats Scare China
Capital Commerce
- February 16, 2007
"She scares the hell out of them." That's the way an American businessman, one with strong ties to the Chinese elite and a frequent traveler to Beijing, described to me how that nation's leadership views Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.
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