Principle Economic Indicators The million (or should we say 'billion' now) dollar question is whether or not the United States' economy will stay in it's record 107 month expansion (according to the index of leading indicators) or come out of the boom and take a downturn into a recession. No...

In China the banking system is completely under government control with the Chinese yuan serving as the basic unit of currency (8.70 yuan equal U.S.$1). The People's Bank of China is the central financial institution and the sole source of currency issue. China's international accounts and foreign ...

On January 1, 1994, Canada, Mexico and the United States passed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Promoted to Congress by the Clinton administration, with the assurance that it would give rise to more jobs - exactly how many though, is not precisely known. Yet, according to the ...

ABSTRACT It was said that the failed World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations at Cancún in September 2003 have plunged the WTO into crisis. Given the aim of this round of negotiations at taking stock of progress of the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) launched at the fourth WTO Ministerial Confere...

Antidumping and the WTO While antidumping doesn't get a lot of press, it is certainly one of the biggest issues that the World Trade Organization (WTO) is dealing with today. During the recent WTO Ministerial Conference in Seattle, much media attention was given to protesters who were demanding ...