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 How Australia Dodged 
 the Recession

How one country ducked the economic downturn

Oct 16, 09 5:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Australia has weathered the financial crisis better than any other developed country. Last week its central bank raised interest rates, indicating its primary concern is now inflation, not growth. What were the keys? Phil Dobbie of BNET explains:
  • Befriending China: Australia used to export much of what it made
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China • international trade • real estate • Australia • globalization • United Kingdom • United States • trade • housing • recession • global economy • banking • bilateral trade • economy • what recession? • population growth

 Phillies Strike Deal for Cliff Lee 

Indians trade away 2008 Cy Young winner

Jul 29, 09 3:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Phillies will get pitcher Cliff Lee from the Cleveland Indians, Fox Sports reports. In return for the 2008 Cy Young winner and outfielder Ben Francisco, Philadelphia will trade Jason Knapp, Carlos Carrasco, Jason Donald and Lou Marson to the Indians. More »

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MLB • Philadelphia Phillies • Cleveland Indians • trade • pitcher • baseball

OPINION

Only Trade Can Rescue World Economy: Brown

'A banking crisis has become a trade crisis,' writes British PM

May 28, 09 8:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - The banking crisis has stabilized, according to Gordon Brown, but a new calamity has replaced it: "a trade crisis" that is killing jobs in industrialized nations and exacerbating poverty in developing ones. Globalization has compounded the downturn, but it can also accelerate the pickup, the British PM writes in... More »

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Germany • Japan • United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • trade • global economy • protectionism • protectionist trade measures • trade barriers • Doha Round • financial crisis

 Mexico Slaps US With Tariff 


Mar 17, 09 1:00 AM CDT
(AP) - Mexico said yesterday it will increase tariffs on about 90 US products in retaliation for last week's decision to end a pilot program that allowed some Mexican trucks to transport goods in the United States. The measure will affect about $2.4 billion in trade involving goods from 40 states.... More »

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Mexico • trade • NAFTA • tariffs • free trade • protectionism

New White House Tougher
on Trading Partners 

Trade nominee vows renegotiated pacts, tougher enforcement

Mar 10, 09 8:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration is taking a harder line with trading partners, reworking policy to  emphasize priorities from unemployment at home to climate change, the Washington Post reports. The White House will seek to renegotiate trade deals with South Korea and Colombia and will demand broad concessions from other countries at... More »

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Barack Obama • trade • free trade • protectionism • US Trade Representative • Obama administration • Ron Kirk

Commerce Nom Locke a Rock Star in China

As Washington state governor, he cultivated deep trade ties

Feb 25, 09 9:44 AM CST
(Newser) - The third time was the charm for China—at least in terms of President Obama's picks to head the Commerce Department, reports the New York Times. Former Washington Gov. Gary Locke, to be introduced today as the administration's latest nominee, brings a reputation for pragmatism, a scandal-free resume, and deep... More »

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China • trade • Washington state • Department of Commerce • governor • commerce secretary • Gary Locke

 Falcons Move to Trade Vick 

Imprisoned QB's contract extends until 2013

Feb 13, 09 3:13 PM CST
(Newser) - The Falcons are looking to trade Michael Vick, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. His contract runs through 2013 and includes a base salary of $9 million, sweetened with a $6.43 million 2009 bonus. But with Vick in prison on dogfighting charges and rookie Matt Ryan having led the team to... More »

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NFL • Atlanta Falcons • Michael Vick • football • trade • quarterback • Matt Ryan • dog fighting

What Embargo? HP Printers Find Their Way to Iran

Company skirts US 
law with help from
overseas distributor

Dec 29, 08 11:41 AM CST
(Newser) - HP printers have become top-sellers in Tehran, despite a 13-year embargo against US companies doing business with Iran, the Boston Globe reports. An Indian-owned distributor sells HP products in Iran, enabling it to skirt American law. But questions remain: If HP execs cut the deal with Redington Gulf knowing their... More »

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Iran • Tehran • sanctions • trade • embargo • Department of Commerce • printers • Hewlett-Packard

Pakistan Moves to Mend Fences With India

Zadari extends olive branch, proposes economic union

Nov 24, 08 12:28 PM CST
(Newser) - Pakistan has proposed an economic pact and a general détente with India, marking the country’s friendliest overture in decades, the Financial Times reports. Asif Ali Zardari promised not to use his nuclear first-strike capabilities, a departure from Pakistan’s official policy, and offered to join India in... More »

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nuclear proliferation • Pakistan • India • trade • Asif Ali Zardari • nuclear arsenal

Powell Will 
Pass on 
Cabinet Post 

I'll step aside for
new leaders, former State chief says

Nov 5, 08 1:22 PM CST
(Newser) - Colin Powell doesn’t want a job in Barack Obama’s “historic” administration, preferring instead to see a new generation of leaders. “Why? I've done it,” Powell told the Wall Street Journal today in Hong Kong. The Bush-era secretary of State, who endorsed Obama last month, also... More »

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Barack Obama • Hong Kong • trade • Colin Powell • Election 2008 • Obama administration • President Obama

OPINION

 Our Economic Cure? Innovation 

Innovation, and making it more efficient, can turn gray skies blue

Sep 14, 08 1:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Democrats and Republicans do have something in common: Both parties are wrong on how to resuscitate the flat-lining US economy, Michael Mandel argues in BusinessWeek. Tax cuts or increased government spending aren’t the cure. “Innovation is the best—and maybe the only—way the US can get out... More »

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China • Democrats • Republican • India • trade • biotechnology • innovation • economist • nanotechnology • US productivity • tax cuts • research and development • information technology • foreign oil

 As Darfur Starves,
 Sudan Exports Staples

Exports crops to rich nations, still gets aid

Aug 10, 08 12:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - As the UN trucks in food to millions of starving people in Darfur, Sudan is exporting important staple crops to other nations, the New York Times reports. Critics charge the government profits on big agribusiness while receiving more free food in aid than any other nation in the world.... More »

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United Nations • agriculture • Darfur • Sudan • trade • exports • starvation • malnutrition • food aid

 Sox Discussing Manny Trade

Boston may send Ramirez to Florida

Jul 31, 08 7:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Red Sox fans are used to "Manny being Manny," but could they accustom themselves to Manny being a Marlin? Talks about sending Manny Ramirez to Florida have turned serious, but many still doubt that any deal will be made by today's trade deadline, sources tell ESPN. Ramirez, for... More »

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MLB • Boston Red Sox • Manny Ramirez • trade • Florida Marlins • baseball

 Angels Land Slugger Teixeira 

American League's best send infielder Kotchman, minor leaguer to Atlanta

Jul 29, 08 5:40 PM CDT
(AP) - The Los Angeles Angels acquired slugging first baseman Mark Teixeira from the Atlanta Braves today, a trade that further bolsters the team with the best record in the major leagues. The Angels—who entered tonight's games with a whopping 11½-game lead in the American League West and are clearly... More »

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Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim • Atlanta Braves • trade • Mark Teixeira • Casey Kotchman • trade deadline

 Miami Deals Taylor to Redskins 

'DWTS' defensive end leaves Dolphins in exchange for 2 draft picks

Jul 21, 08 5:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dancing With the Stars hunk Jason Taylor is a Dolphin no longer. After spending his career in Miami, the defensive end will head for Washington after the teams agreed on a trade that sends two Redskins draft picks to the Dolphins, the Miami Herald reports. "I love Miami, will... More »

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NFL • Washington Redskins • football • Miami Dolphins • trade • draft pick • Jason Taylor

 Trade Spices Up
 Frosh-Heavy
 Draft 

Rose goes first, in glut of college freshmen

Jun 27, 08 8:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Bulls grabbed Derrick Rose with the first overall pick last night in a wild NBA draft dominated by college freshmen. For the first time in history, the top three picks all were first-year wonders, ESPN reports. The Timberwolves then traded that third pick—OJ Mayo—for No. 5 pick... More »

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NBA • basketball • trade • NBA draft • Derrick Rose • Kevin Love • OJ Mayo • Michael Beasley

OPINION

How the Middle Class Was Systematically Betrayed

Our 'land of equality' is now a 'bankers' utopia'

May 14, 08 1:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Thomas Frank tackles the decline of the American middle class in an outraged op ed piece in today's Wall Street Journal. He confesses fascination with "the mechanics of this huge social reconfiguration," which has, over several decades, shunted the nation's wealth into fewer and fewer hands, until the... More »

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middle class • slave labor • trade • tax cuts • income disparity • deregulation

Mexico Bans All Car Imports— Except '98s

New law allows only 10-year-old jalopies across the border

Mar 3, 08 9:00 AM CST
(Newser) - For used-car shoppers in Mexico, 1998 is about to become a very popular year. Starting today, only 10-year-old cars—nothing newer, nothing older—can be imported in Mexico, a move designed to curtail the flood of “vehiculos chatarra,” or jalopies, clogging the streets. Before the change, imports needed... More »

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Texas • Mexico • imports • trade • Mexican border • car dealers • used cars • jalopies • cars

NAFTA Casts Wide Shadow on Ohio Vote

Clinton, Obama look
to score points
bashing trade pact

Mar 1, 08 5:50 PM CST
(Newser) - As Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama battle for votes in Ohio, each pushes a simple theme: NAFTA is bad. Ohio has been hit hard by free trade, which is why Obama reminds voters that Bill Clinton backed NAFTA. And both hopefuls have mined each other's comments for anything that favors... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Chrysler • Delphi • Cleveland • General Motors • Ohio • trade • Ford • working class • NAFTA • manufacturing • Ohio primary • Dayton, Ohio

EU May Name Censorship a Trade Barrier

Measure takes aim at the 'Great Firewall
of China'; would inject web into trade talks

Feb 28, 08 2:33 PM CST
(Newser) - The EU is out to hack down the Great Firewall of China, Ars Technica reports. A new proposal would classify the web censorship China and other oppressive regimes employ as a trade barrier, an approach its creator calls “unusual, but effective.” The measure already sailed through the European... More »

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China • European Union • censorship • trade • web traffic • Internet censorship • web censorship • Great Firewall of China • European Parliament

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