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Does the WTO have any provision on what other countries can do against forced labor?
The European Union reached a provisional agreement on Tuesday to ban
goods made using forced labour, advancing legislation that was broadly
written with China in mind.
The ban, which still needs to be ...
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Which countries have the highest number of state owned enterprises after China?
The state sector has always been an important element of many
economies, including the most advanced ones. There are legitimate
economic and non-economic reasons for state ownership and views on the
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Why are most developing countries not using China's mercantilistic and state-led economic policies with heavily subsidized state companies?
The commitments and concessions that China made were deeper than those
made by almost all other WTO members. Countries that joined the WTO
after 1995, including China, acceded through the process ...
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Do Ireland and the United Kingdom have a trade alliance similar to NAFTA?
Do Ireland and the United Kingdom have a trade alliance similar to NAFTA or USMCA?
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Can the difference in development between India and China be explained on one of them (China) embracing free markets before the other?
They both have similar levels of population although one is projected to rival the USA for superpower status while the other still has huge rates of poverty.
Authoritarian countries seem to have ...
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After stopping production of opium, how does Afghanistan's government plan to offset the lost inflow of money going forward?
Thought some of the sources it cites are ten years old or more, Wikipedia's Afghanistan; Economy; Agriculture says
Agricultural production is the backbone of Afghanistan's economy and has ...
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Are there past examples of China commiting to and then managing to boost its imports by dozens of billions of dollars?
In the recently announced US-China [mini]deal
China has pledged to boost US imports by $200bn above 2017 levels and strengthen intellectual property rules.
I'm curious how realistic is the first ...
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How big is the total bailout ("trade aid") that Trump gave to US farmers since the trade war began?
News from 2018 mentioned $12B:
[07/24/2018] Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on Tuesday unveiled a three-part, $12 billion plan to ease the sting of retaliatory tariffs on U.S. farmers through a ...
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US trade war with China: what is in total with trade balance for today? [closed]
Trade war between US and China lasts nearly since Trump's election. One of claimed goals was to shorten US trade deficite.
There is a hoard of different news and bright claims about trade war, but ...
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Why use tariffs instead of a tax on foreign investment to remedy the "trade deficit"?
Many people and politicians in the United States lament the trade deficit, or more precisely, the current accounts deficit. The necessary corollary to a current account deficit is a capital account ...
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How does the EU Emissions Trading Scheme account for increased emissions outside the EU?
If a third country (say China) is not beholden to the same emissions trading scheme, market forces should push steel production into the countries where costly emissions credits are not needed and ...
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How is the individual person affected by economic changes as a result of Brexit? [closed]
I have a few questions regarding the following topic: How is the individual person affected by economic changes as a result of Brexit?
How are people in the age between 25 and 35 predicted to be ...
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How will brexit affect the British export and import? [closed]
Will there be any positive consequences that are expected from Brexit or is it mainly expected to be bad for the British trade?
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Why doesn’t China negotiate trade deals with each state in US?
Say, let each state send representatives to bid for import quota of specific categories of merchandises, therefore making intra-US cooperation among states into inter-state competition; just like how ...
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Is Belt and Road Initiative cost-effective?
Does the geopolitical advantage of China's Belt and Road Initiative outweigh the financial costs of the loans? Would the loan be better spent internally or kept unused?
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