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globalization stories: 66 news summaries

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US, UK Workers to Create First Trans-Atlantic Union

Steelworkers close to pact with huge guild in Britain

May 24, 08 10:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Workers from the US and UK are close to joining forces in what would be the first trans-Atlantic labor union, the Wall Street Journal reports. United Steelworkers is in talks with Britain’s Unite to create a 3-million-member group that would act as a single union in the US, Canada,... More »

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globalization • labor unions • Britain • United Steelworkers

OPINION

Who Cares Who We Talk to?

The only way to revive US influence is to
stop empowering our foes with oil dollars

May 21, 08 1:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Though politicians and pundits alike are caught up in which foes the US should or shouldn't be reaching out to, Thomas Friedman, in the New York Times, points out that few world leaders of any stripe are sitting by the phone waiting for our call. Waning American influence and the... More »

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Bush administration • oil • globalization • Thomas Friedman • energy dependence • developing world • foreign oil

OPINION

 US Should Welcome 
 New World Order 

'Rise of the rest' good news for America, Zakaria argues

May 5, 08 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The age of American dominance is ending, and Americans should be fine with that, writes Fareed Zakaria in his new book The Post-American World. In an excerpt in Newsweek, Zakaria argues that America’s long-preached globalization gospel has produced a prosperous “post-American” landscape. “It is the... More »

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globalization • economic growth • global economy • emerging markets

OPINION

Globalization Gives Pols an Easy Villain

Stump talk against free trade ignores real jobs stealer: technology

May 2, 08 3:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - The candidates can complain all they want about globalization killing American workplaces, David Brooks writes in the New York Times, but job losses “would be happening even if you tore up every free trade deal ever inked.” It's no mystery, he argues: "The chief force reshaping manufacturing... More »

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globalization • free trade • skilled labor • pandering

Billionaire Pays $500K for 27 Bottles of Wine

Global economic downturn? What global economic downturn?

Apr 19, 08 2:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - As the global economy falters, many people are fighting to make ends meet. And then there’s the Chinese billionaire who spent $500,000 for 27 bottles of wine today. The sale set a record for a single lot. “I don’t think he has bought this as an... More »

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ultra rich • globalization • wine • recession • luxury goods • luxury

OPINION

7 Deadly Sins? Try These On
for Size

PJ O'Rourke disagrees with Vatican, comes up with his own no-nos

Apr 10, 08 7:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Vatican has released a list of seven new Deadly Sins, and satirist-curmudgeon PJ O’Rourke isn’t impressed. Writing in the Weekly Standard, O’Rourke details the updated catalogue, which includes “morally debatable experimentation,” “social inequality and injustice,” and “genetic manipulation.” Finding it... More »

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technology • globalization • Vatican • Catholicism • Seven Deadly Sins • P.J. O'Rourke

 Troubled US off the Rails: Poll 

81% say nation is chugging to grim future

Apr 4, 08 3:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - The vast majority of Americans are pessimistic about the nation's future and believe the problem-plagued US is heading in the wrong direction. More than 80% believe that “things have seriously gotten off on the wrong track.” That's the highest dissatisfaction rate since the New York Times/CBS News poll... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • Wall Street • globalization • recession • US economy • Iraq war • George W. Bush • Congressional incumbents

Book Review

Superclass Exposes Global Elite . . .Sort Of

Ultra-powerful rule the world, author argues, and that's not all bad

Mar 15, 08 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - What do Bill Clinton, Osama Bin Laden, and Bono have in common? All are members of the powerful global elite that’s reshaping the planet, David Rothkopf argues in his new book Superclass. But Rothkopf’s isn’t a conspiracy-laden indictment, writes Salon’s Laura Miller. Rather,... More »

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globalization • Bill Clinton • Bono • power • global economy • Osama bin Laden • Davos • elite • nonfiction books

Made in Italy — in a Chinese Sweatshop

Italian luxury goods made by Chinese labor cost 90% less

Feb 20, 08 9:21 AM CST
(Newser) - For consumers of luxury goods, the "Made in Italy" designation remains so prestigious that it can add 300% to an item's price. But the days of artisans plying their trade in little workshops are largely over, the Los Angeles Times reports, replaced by thousands of Tuscan factories employing Chinese... More »

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fashion • Prada • globalization • Italy • minimum wage • Tuscany • luxury goods • manufacturing • sweatshop • Chinese workers • workplace safety

EU Frets Over Fallout From US Economy's Slide

Subprime woes spread across Atlantic; euro drops

Jan 22, 08 10:38 AM CST
(Newser) - Stock markets around the world continued to hemorrhage today on worries the US would slide into recession, prompting finance ministers to warn that the slump is threatening EU growth. They revised forecasts downward for the 15-member EU, reports Bloomberg. “There is great concern about the financial crisis,” said... More »

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globalization • European Union • recession • US economy

Quality Boosts US Exports

Experts credit weak dollar, manufacturing know-how for surge

Dec 26, 07 12:55 PM CST
(Newser) - The sinking dollar is fueling a booming export market in tractors, medical equipment, and electrical machinery, helping some US manufacturers overcome a falloff in domestic sales, reports the Washington Post. The trend may even help reduce the trade deficit: For 2007, US exports are projected to increase even more... More »

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globalization • US economy • manufacturing • US exports • weak dollar

10 Firms
Destined to Be Global Giants

Mexico, Brazil, India home to booming companies

Dec 4, 07 2:10 PM CST
(Newser) - American companies should sleep with one eye open: These firms may not be familiar right now, but they're poised to "reshape global industries," the Boston Consulting Group says. CNN lists 10 standouts, based on BCG's 2008 Global Challengers report.
  1. Johnson Electric (China): Produces small motors designed for
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China • Russia • India • Mexico • globalization • Brazil • list • Boston Consulting Group

Bush Vows Free Trade Push

Slams executive compensation as 'unfair'

Oct 12, 07 6:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush believes many Americans have lost confidence that they can compete in the world economy and he plans to champion his free trade agenda in the final months of his presidency, he told the Wall Street Journal. Bush also criticized excessive executive compensation, saying some salaries "send a... More »

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globalization • executive compensation • Colombia • US economy • tariffs • free trade • isolationism • protectionism • Hugo Chávez • George W. Bush

China's Africa Aid Has a Price

Manufacturing suffers on the continent as Asian imports flood
the market

Aug 21, 07 8:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - As China increases its economic investment in Africa, locals are finding that the benefits of increased trade with the East comes at a price. In the third of a series of articles in the New York Times, workers at a Zambian factory describe how Chinese imports have undercut their market... More »

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China • Africa • globalization • trade • Hu Jintao • Zambia

Musharraf Talks at Peace Jirga

General meets with Afghan and Pakistani leaders to discuss extremism

Aug 12, 07 11:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf  today pledged to fight the "particularly dark form" of extremism that afflicts his country and Afghanistan, speaking to 600 tribal leaders from the two countries at the close of a peace jirga in Kabul, the AP reports. He said the rise of militancy is preventing... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • globalization • Hamid Karzai • extremism • jirga • peace jirga • tribal council

US Economy Surpasses Forecasts

Second-quarter growth rate higher than expected

Jul 27, 07 12:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sumbrime-lending and housing-market woes didn't hold back the rest of the economy in the second quarter, as overall growth exceeded expectations and hit a 3.4% projected annual rate, the government said today. Economists pointed to the expanding global economy, which drives demand for exports, as well as greater business... More »

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globalization • housing market • economic growth • subprime mortgages • global economy • US economy • GDP • investment

Governments Spurn Foreign Investment

Officials fret over growth in what US
sees as protectionism

Jul 6, 07 12:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Governments all over the globe are increasing restrictions on foreign investments, raising worries in the US that new limits will check international economic growth. The motivations for the newly imposed and impending limits are complex, mixing worries over national security, backlash against rampant globalization, and perhaps a measure of retaliation... More »

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globalization • foreign investment

Tech Companies Cool on Indian Outsourcing

Rising labor costs
make hiring at home more attractive

Jul 3, 07 10:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - India, the destination of choice for American tech companies looking for sophisticated but cheap labor, is beginning to lose its appeal, the Wall Street Journal reports. Rising pay scales are making it  too expensive to justify the complications of globalizing. Now some are outsourcing their outsourcing to slower climes like... More »

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technology • Silicon Valley • India • globalization • wages • Bangalore

Inflation-Free Growth Is Too Good to Last

Inflation and higher interest rates
could cool world markets

Jun 6, 07 2:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Globalization and access to low-cost labor has allowed the world economy to grow without high inflation, but this economist's dream may soon end, the Wall Street Journal predicts in a cautionary report. Demand for everything from workers to lumber is increasing, raising prices—and the prospect of higher inflation. More »

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inflation • globalization • labor • global economy • US economy • interest rate

G8 Protesters Clash With German Police

Demonstration ends with activists arrested, officers injured

Jun 2, 07 2:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Riot police and anti-globalization activists collided in the streets of the German port of Rostock today after an early show of opposition to next week's G8 summit degenerated into violence. Police used water cannons and tear gas against demonstrators who showered them with bottles and stones, causing more peaceful protesters... More »

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Angela Merkel • Germany • globalization • G8 summit • protests • Heiligendamm • Rostock

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