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 China Accuses US of  
 Dumping Chicken, Auto Parts 

Latest targets: chickens and tires

Sep 14, 09 6:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - US-China trade tensions escalated yesterday when Beijing announced it was investigating whether the US dumped auto parts and chicken products onto the Chinese market, the LA Times reports. An expert calls the retaliatory move, which comes days after the White House slapped a 35% import tariff on Chinese tires, "... More »

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China • exports • tariffs • labor unions • protectionism • chicken • Chinese exports • tires

Economy Shrinks Faster Than Expected
in 1st Quarter

6.1% pace fueled by biz cutbacks, export drop

Apr 29, 09 8:13 AM CDT
(AP) - The US economy shrank at a worse-than-expected 6.1% pace at the start of this year as sharp cutbacks by businesses and the biggest drop in US exports in 40 years overwhelmed a rebound in consumer spending. Today's Commerce Department report dashed hopes that the recession's grip on the country... More »

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United States • exports • consumer spending • Department of Commerce • economy • financial crisis

 China-India Friction 
 Rises Amid Downturn 

But tensions persist between two boom economies

Mar 20, 09 8:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - With US demand shrinking, China is looking to India to keep its exports buoyant and buy everything from iron ore to stuffed animals. But although China is its largest trading partner, India's not happy: this year it banned toy imports for safety reasons, and the country has lodged a dozen... More »

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China • India • globalization • exports • Chinese exports • economic downturn

analysis

 The Next Economic 
 Victim: Globalization 

Plunging exports, protectionism undercut 'golden age'


Mar 5, 09 9:02 AM CST
(Newser) - World trade has quadrupled since 1982, but economic woes are eating away at globalization’s “golden age” as exports fall, foreign workers head home, and governments seek to protect their own, the Washington Post reports. “The collapse of globalization is absolutely possible,” said a US economist. “... More »

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globalization • exports • global economy • immigrant • protectionism

Sony Swings to First
Annual Loss in 14 Years

Global downturn, strong yen reverse earlier expectations

Jan 22, 09 6:25 AM CST
(Newser) - Sony announced today that it would go down to its first annual loss in 14 years, after having forecast just months ago that it would turn a profit. The Japanese electronics giant said it expected to lose $1.7 billion, the result of declining demand from the global recession. The... More »

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Japan • profits • Sony • exports • yen • consumer electronics • Sony Electronics • recession depression

Mexico Halts Shipments From Top US Meat Plants

Move is seen as retaliation for country-of-origin labeling initiative

Dec 26, 08 5:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Mexico has temporarily banned meat from 30 US plants run by some of the largest American meat companies, Reuters reports. The Mexican government says violations in standards of packaging, labeling, and transport conditions occasioned the ban, but many US analysts suspect Mexico is registering its dissatisfaction with an American law... More »

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Mexico • United States • meat • imports • exports • imported food • meat and poultry • consumers • Country-of-Origin Labeling

 Plunging Exports Roil Asia 

Declining global demand sends shock across the continent.

Dec 23, 08 9:12 AM CST
(Newser) - Asia, the manufacturing powerhouse of the last few decades, is experiencing a plunge in exports unprecedented in modern history, the Washington Post reports. Japan, the world’s second-largest economy, reported yesterday that exports dipped 27% in November, while Thailand’s exports shed 19%, the most in 17 years. Taiwan’s... More »

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exports • recession • global economy • supply and demand • financial crisis • Chinese exports

 Surging Whiskey Sales 
 Inspire Eco-Distillery 

Demand for whiskey hits an all-time high

Dec 14, 08 3:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Worldwide demand for whiskey has prompted Scotland to start building a new eco-friendly distillery, the Guardian reports. The huge, industrial-scale plant will emit only 15% of the usual CO2 and recycle all of its water; its leftover liquids will be used to generate heat. "The important point is that... More »

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Scotland • exports • green construction • whiskey • emissions standards • distillery • eco-friendly

 Chinese Exports See 
 First Drop in 7 Years 

Unexpected 2.2% fall has analysts fearing major crisis for powerful economy

Dec 10, 08 2:32 PM CST
(Newser) - China’s exports have taken a sudden, unexpected hit from the global economic crisis, possibly an early indication that the world’s fourth-largest economy is on the verge of crisis. Exports, expected to rise at least 15%, shrunk instead by 2.2%, marking the first such fall in 7 years... More »

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China • economic growth • exports • recession • Chinese economy • economy • financial crisis

Detroit Collapse Would
Fuel Mexican Crisis

Mexican auto industry, economy tied to America's

Dec 9, 08 10:20 AM CST
(Newser) - A Big Three collapse could spell disaster for Mexico, where the auto industry—and the economy—is tightly bound to America’s, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Mexico sends 80% of its auto-related exports to the US, and its auto industry employs more than 500,000 workers, many of whom... More »

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Mexico • exports • auto industry • Big Three • bailout

MARKETS

 Rally Fizzles Despite Oil's Drop 

Traders becoming more focused on economic strength than fuel

Sep 2, 08 3:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - An early rally faded today and the markets closed with mild losses, the Wall Street Journal reports. Oil fell $5.75 as Gulf Coast oil-production facilities appeared to have emerged mostly unscathed from Hurricane Gustav, but the news failed to give equities lasting momentum. The Dow closed down 26.63,... More »

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Dow Jones • exports • Nasdaq • US exports • S&P 500 • oil prices • Hurricane Gustav

Economy

GDP Grew More in Q2
Than First Reported

Commerce Department revision shows healthier growth

Aug 28, 08 12:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - GDP growth was higher than initially reported in the second quarter, the Wall Street Journal reports. Commerce Department revisions put the increase at a seasonally adjusted 3.3% annual rate—the original estimate was 1.9%. Businesses decreased their inventories less than previously thought. At the same time, exports rose... More »

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economic growth • imports • exports • unemployment • GDP • Department of Commerce • unemployment benefits • economy • inventory growth

China Overtakes US as
Top Market for Japan Goods

Exports to US from Japan fall for 11th consecutive month

Aug 21, 08 3:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - China imported $11.8 billion in Japanese goods in July, MarketWatch reports, barely surpassing the US as the world’s largest importer of products and services from Japan for the first time. The 11.5% drop in shipments to the US was the 11th consecutive month of declines; exports to... More »

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China • Japan • United States • exports • US imports

 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

ANALYSIS

Rich Countries Getting Soaked for a Change

Developing markets faring better in current economic downturn

Jul 17, 08 10:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - As the US and other developed economies feel the crunch of a housing collapse and credit crisis, emerging economies, especially those fueled by commodities, have yet to feel the pinch, the Washington Post reports. "We are overloaded with money, crazy amounts of money from the energy market," a... More »

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China • India • Japan • Europe • exports • economy

 Distillers Like Taste
 of Bourbon Boom 

Weak dollar, rising exports help fuel spike in sales

Jul 7, 08 8:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Kentucky bourbon is popular in the likes of Russia and China as drinkers worldwide flock to the US drink, the AP reports. A weak dollar, rising exports, and a bourbon trend among young Americans are also fueling the boom. "Younger consumers are interested in drinks that were, you might... More »

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alcohol • Kentucky • drink • exports • beverages • expansion • liquor • US exports • distillery • bourbon

Export Bans Push Food Costs Even Higher

29 nations move to keep more food at home

Jun 30, 08 7:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Alarmed by high food prices and shortages worldwide, some 29 countries are banning or reducing exports of foods to make sure they have enough at home. Such limitations pose a threat to countries that rely on imports, forcing prices up further, the New York Times reports. What’s more, the... More »

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food scare • exports • rice • food prices • food shortage • World Trade Organization.

Asian Inflation Zapping US Pocketbooks

Fuel costs and weak buck promise to send US prices spiraling

Apr 8, 08 4:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cheap Asian imports have helped keep American inflation down for decades—but those days appear to be over, the New York Times warns. Rapidly rising costs of fuel, food and labor in countries like China, Vietnam, and Taiwan are beginning to be passed on to their export markets, just as... More »

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China • inflation • Vietnam • Asia • exports • US dollar • US imports

 Crisis Looms as Rice Prices Soar

Countries ban exports, chastise hoarders

Apr 6, 08 2:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rice feeds half the world's population, but this year there isn't enough to go around and prices have risen by 50% over the last two weeks alone. Population growth is outpacing production, and stocks are at a 30-year low after droughts decimated harvests in China and Australia. Countries are banning... More »

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climate change • India • drought • McDonald's • Asia • exports • rice • Bangladesh • consumer prices • wheat prices • food riots • rice prices • export ban

 Japan's Inflation Surges 

Unemployment also rises in world's second-largest economy

Mar 28, 08 8:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - A double whammy of rising inflation and unemployment has experts worried that Japan’s economy—the world’s second largest—is fast losing steam, reports the Wall Street Journal. Inflation in February rose 1%, its fastest spike in a decade, and household spending stalled in the face of rising... More »

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inflation • Japan • exports • Tokyo • unemployment • Japanese economy

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