Major News Items

Note: I will list here, for most of the term, the major news items that have appeared that are relevant for the course. I will usually discuss these, if only briefly, on Mondays. You should be sure to be familiar with them from whatever news sources you are using. Where possible, I will provide links to the items online. I will try to include something about them on exams.

Nov 19 - Dec 2

  1. USITC Rules Against Countervailing Duties on Paper Imports from China WSJ: 11/21 | Proquest | NYT: 11/21 | NewsBank
  2. China Agrees to End Subsidies to Manufactures WSJ: 11/30 | Proquest | NYT: 11/30 | NewsBank | FT: 11/30 | Proquest
  3. Pfizer May Double Its Outsourcing to Asia WSJ: 12/1 | Proquest

Nov 6-18

  1. World Bank Report Shows More Rapid Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa NYT: 11/15 | NewsBank
  2. SEC Drops Accounting Requirement for Non-US Companies WSJ: 11/16 | Proquest | NYT: 11/16 | NewsBank | FT: 11/15
  3. Michigan Democrats Propose to Punish Employers of Illegal Immigrants NYT: 11/18 | NewsBank

Nov 5-11

  1. Bush Proposes Enhanced Regulation of Imported Products WSJ: 11/6 | Proquest | NYT: 11/6 | NewsBank | Proquest
  2. US FTA with Peru Approved in House WSJ: 11/9 | Proquest | NYT: 11/9 | NewsBank | FT: 11/8 | Proquest
  3. US Trade Deficit Falls to Lowest in Two Years WSJ: 11/10 | Proquest | NYT: 11/10 | NewsBank | FT: 11/10 | Proquest

Oct 29 - Nov 4

  1. EU Steel Producers File Anti-Dumping Complaint againts China WSJ: 10/29 | Proquest | NYT: 10/30 | NewsBank
  2. Grassley Proposes Increase in Visa Tax WSJ: 11/2 | Proquest
  3. US Sanctions on Iran Are Interfering with World Bank Aid | NYT: 11/4 | NewsBank

Oct 15-28

  1. Oil Price Rises above $90 WSJ: 10/26 | Proquest | NYT: 10/26 | FT: 10/27 | Proquest
  2. Report to Show that Fewer Illegal Migrants Are Trying to Cross Border WSJ: 10/25 | Proquest
  3. Cost of Bulk Shipping Is Rising WSJ: 10/22 | Proquest

Oct 8-14

  1. US Trade Deficit Decreases in August WSJ: 10/12 | Proquest | NYT: 10/12 | NewsBank | FT: 10/11 | Proquest
  2. News on Immigration, in US and Abroad WSJ: 10/11 | Proquest | NYT: 10/8 | NewsBank | NYT: 10/11 | NewsBank
  3. China Will Help Track Textile Exports to EU WSJ: 10/10 | Proquest

Oct 1-7

  1. Costa Rica Voting on CAFTA WSJ: 10/1 | Proquest | NYT: 10/1 | NewsBank
  2. Appreciation of Euro Hurting Europe WSJ: 10/6 | Proquest
  3. US Congressional Investigators Report on Safety of Food from China WSJ: 10/5 | Proquest

Sep 24-30

  1. US Imposes Financial Sanctions on Myanmar WSJ: 9/28 | Proquest | NYT: 9/29 | NewsBank | FT: 9/26 | Proquest
  2. Bush Does Not Attend UN Talks on Global Warming; Instead Holds Own Meeting Proposing Alternative to Kyoto Protocol WSJ: 9/30 | Proquest | NYT: 9/24 | NewsBank | FT: 9/29 | Proquest
  3. Dominique Strauss-Kahn Named New Head of IMF WSJ: 9/30 | NYT: 9/28 | NewsBank | FT: 9/29 | Proquest

Sep 17-23

  1. World Bank and UN to Help Poor Nations Recover Stolen Assets WSJ: 9/18 | Proquest | NYT: 9/18 | NewsBank | FT: 9/18 | Proquest
  2. Canadian Dollar Reaches Parity WSJ: 9/22 | Proquest | NYT: 9/22 | NewsBank | FT: 9/22 | Proquest
  3. Mattel Apologized to China for Toy Recalls WSJ: 9/22 | Proquest | NYT: 9/22 | NewsBank | FT: 9/21 | Proquest

Sep 10-16

  1. OPEC to Raise Oil Output WSJ: 9/12 | Proquest | NYT: 9/12 | NewsBank | FT: 9/12 | Proquest
  2. US Trade Deficit Shrank in July WSJ: 9/11 | Proquest | NYT: 9/12 | NewsBank
  3. Europe's Central Banks Move in Different Directions WSJ: 9/14 | Proquest

Dates

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