Tag Archive | Trade
Posted on August 21, 2018. Tags: Beijing, China, Donald Trump, Kissinger, protectionism, soft power, Trade, trade war, Trump administration
The opening shots in the “trade war” between Washington and Beijing have raised concerns around the whole world, causing a heated debate about the logic of the Trump Administration’s policy against China. While most analysis has focussed on the economic effects of the trade war, less discussed has been the dispute’s impact on other areas […]
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Posted on August 4, 2017. Tags: Brexit, catalonia, Economics, European Central Bank, European Union, Independence Referendum, Politics, spain, Trade, United Kingdom
Image by David Tubau (Energético) One year on from the Brexit vote, Europe’s economy faces yet another monumental challenge in the shape of the Catalan independence referendum. There are doubts as to whether the referendum will go ahead; a referendum on independence was held in 2014, but after the Spanish constitutional court anhttp:\/\/global-politics.co.uked it, the […]
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Posted in Economic Security, Economics, European Union, Global Economy, World
Posted on April 27, 2018. Tags: Africa, African Union, Continental Free Trade Area CFTA, Economics, Trade
Following two years of negotiations, a historic agreement that formally establishes the African Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) was signed on 21 March 2018 by representatives of 44 member states of the African Union in the Rwandan capital. Once adopted, greater market integration on the continent will follow. Global competition is fierce and African nations […]
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Posted in Africa, Economics, Global Economy, World
Posted on March 27, 2018. Tags: China, Economics, Globalization, Infrastructure, international trade, one belt one road, Politics, Security, Trade, World, Xi Jinping
In the autumn of 2013, China’s president, Xi Jinping, first introduced plans for what has become known as the ‘One Belt, One Road’ initiative, the largest integrated international infrastructure project the country has yet undertaken. The plan consists of a land-based economic belt and a string of ports constituting a ‘maritime silk road’, stretching from […]
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Posted in Asia, China, Economic Security, Economics, Global Economy, Political Security, Security Issues
Posted on April 17, 2017. Tags: Asia, CETA, EU, Globalization, International Political Economy, TPP, Trade, United States
With an overwhelming majority of 408 votes against 254, the European Parliament recently approved the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada. This came only three weeks after Donald Trump’s formal withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) – a deal involving 12 nations around the Pacific Ocean. As trade is silently shaking world politics […]
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Posted in Europe, Global Economy, US, World
Posted on January 24, 2016. Tags: Arctic, canada, Justin Trudeau, Ocean, Putin, Russia, The West, Trade
14,000 feet beneath the frozen surface of the Arctic Ocean at the North Pole, a Russian flag forged in titanium rests on the seabed. The flag, planted by a manned submersible during a 2007 expedition, was conceived as a publicity stunt intended to promote Russia’s territorial claims in the Arctic. The expedition was immediately rebuked […]
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Posted in Environmental Security, Global Economy, Russia, Security Issues, World
Posted on February 10, 2017. Tags: Brexit, EU, Global finance, Globalization, International Political Economy, Trade, United Kingdom, United States
Brexit, Donald Trump and the growing nationalism wave sweeping across the Western world represent a new political backlash against globalisation, which might seriously threaten the world liberal economic order and global security. In her much-anticipated speech on 17 January, UK Prime Minister Theresa May announced her plans for a “Hard Brexit”, which will end […]
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Posted in Europe, Global Economy, US, World
Posted on May 3, 2016. Tags: development, development assistance, Economics, foreign aid, foreign investment, Globalization, international trade, Politics, Trade, UN
By Amanda Beal and Maria Sofia This past September, many of the world’s leaders gathered in New York to sign the United Nations (UN) new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Numerous man-hours and unspeakable amounts of money have been used to promote this transition and enhance the global partnership for development. However, no one yet […]
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Posted in Africa, Asia, Economics, Global Economy, Humanitarian Intervention, Latin America, UN, World
Posted on April 5, 2015. Tags: Cuba, December 17, embargo, Latin America, normalization, Obama, relations, Trade, U.S., World Bank
“Hello, happy holidays!” In mid-March? Strolling down the cobble stone streets that skirt the Plaza of the Cathedral and the Plaza de Armas, this phrase is ubiquitous. As any visitor of Old Havana can attest, Cubans often hurl this at passing tourists irrespective of the season. To U.S. citizens, the moment may falsely present itself […]
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Posted in Latin America, US
Posted on March 25, 2015. Tags: Business, China, Economics, European Union, Interest groups, NATO, Obama, Trade, Transatlantic Relations, TTIP, U.S., World
The European Union (EU) and the United States (U.S.) have been negotiating the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) since 2013. Intended to revive the transatlantic economies by eliminating tariffs and accepting various degrees of regulatory convergence or mutual recognition across a wide range of sectors, and solidify EU-U.S. relations, it now appears to be […]
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Posted in Economic Security, Economics, Europe, Germany, Global Economy, Political Security, Security Issues, US, World