Assigned 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 Tuesdays (or the following Thursdays when Tuesdays are not available). 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 include something about some of them on exams.

Apr 16-22

  1. US customs office placed in Abu Dhabi -- WSJ: 4/18 | Proquest
  2. European Parliament votes against plan to rescue EU carbon market -- NYT: 4/17 | Proquest | FT: 4/17 | Proquest
  3. Germany approves bailout of Cyprus -- WSJ: 4/19 | Proquest | NYT: 4/19 | Proquest | FT: 4/19 | Proquest

Apr 9-15

  1. "Japan returns to surplus despite trade gap" -- FT: 4/9
  2. China's credit rating is downgraded -- WSJ: 4/10 | Proquest | FT: 4/10 | Proquest
  3. France attacks "tax havens" -- WSJ: 4/11 | Proquest | NYT: 4/11 | Proquest | FT: 4/10 | Proquest

Apr 2-8

  1. India court disallows drug patent -- WSJ: 4/2 | Proquest | NYT: 4/2 | Proquest | FT: 4/2 | Proquest
  2. US trade deficit falls -- NYT: 4/8 | Proquest | ST&R: 4/8
  3. Portugal's austerity, required earlier for bailout, has not solved its problem -- WSJ: 4/8 | Proquest | NYT: 4/8 | Proquest | FT: 4/8 | Proquest

Mar 26 - Apr 1

  1. Japan and EU start talks on FTA -- WSJ: 3/26 | Proquest | FT: 3/26 | Proquest
  2. Brics nations agree to create a development bank -- WSJ: 3/27 | Proquest | NYT: 3/27 | Proquest | FT: 3/28 | Proquest
  3. Negotiations aim to limit Sprint from buying equipment from China -- WSJ: 3/28 | Proquest | NYT: 3/28 | Proquest

Mar 19-25

  1. Court permits resale of copyrighted imports -- WSJ: 3/20 | Proquest | NYT: 3/20 | Proquest | Economist: 3/23 | Proquest
  2. EU strikes new bailout deal with Cyprus -- WSJ: 3/25 | Proquest | NYT: 3/25 | Proquest
  3. Canada cuts tariffs on sports equipment -- NYT: 3/22 | Proquest

Mar 12-18

  1. Japan's Prime Minister Abe commits to joining the TPP talks -- WSJ: 3/15 | Proquest | NYT: 3/16 | Proquest | FT: 3/16 | Proquest
  2. CITES extends protection to dozens of animal and plant species -- NYT: 3/15 | Proquest Economist: 3/16 | Proquest
  3. EU deals with crisis in Cyprus -- WSJ: 3/18 | Proquest | NYT: 3/18 | Proquest | FT: 3/18 | Proquest

Feb 26 - Mar 11

  1. Horse meat troubles Europe -- NYT: 3/9 | Proquest
  2. Argentina told by US court to begin repayment of $1.33 billion of debt -- NYT: 3/2 | Proquest
  3. US companies "Park" profits abroad to reduce their tax payments -- WSJ: 3/11 | Proquest

Feb 19-25

  1. Germany's Merkel speaks positively of Turkey's EU Accession -- NYT: 2/25 | Proquest | FT: 2/25 | Proquest
  2. UK lost its AAA credit rating -- WSJ: 2/23 | Proquest | FT: 2/23 | Proquest
  3. Assorted trade news -- WSJ: 2/20 | Proquest | NYT: 2/21 | Proquest | FT: 2/21 | Proquest

Feb 12-18

  1. US-EU FTA Proposed -- WSJ: 2/14 | Proquest | NYT: 2/14 | Proquest | FT: 2/14 | Proquest
  2. G-20 agrees not to manipulate currencies -- WSJ: 2/16 | Proquest | NYT: 2/17 | Proquest | FT: 2/16 | Proquest
  3. EU proposes Tobin Tax -- WSJ: 2/14 | Proquest | FT: 2/14 | Proquest

Feb 5-11

  1. US trade deficit shrank in December -- WSJ: 1/9 | Proquest | NYT: 1/9 | Proquest | FT: 1/9 | Proquest
  2. ECB's Draghi fuels the currency wars -- WSJ: 2/8 | Proquest | NYT: 2/8 | Proquest | FT: 2/8 | Proquest
  3. Venezuela devalues currency by 32% -- WSJ: 2/9 | Proquest | NYT: 2/9 | Proquest | FT: 2/9 | Proquest

Jan 29 - Feb 4

  1. US to increase visas for skilled workers -- WSJ: 1/30 | Proquest | FT: 1/30 | Proquest
  2. Events in the "currency wars" -- WSJ: 1/31 | Proquest | WSJ: 1/31 | Proquest | FT: 1/31 | Proquest
  3. Trade barriers come and go -- NYT: 2/4 | Proquest | FT: 1/29 | Proquest | ST&R: 1/29

Jan 22-28

  1. Trade among developing countries now exceeds their trade with developed countries -- Economist: 1/19 | Proquest
  2. World economy subject of discussion at Davos -- NYT: 1/26 | Proquest | FT: 1/28 | Proquest
  3. UK Prime Minister plans referendum on membership in EU -- WSJ: 1/23 | Proquest | NYT: 1/23 | Proquest | FT: 1/23 | Proquest

Jan 15-21

  1. Walmart pledges to buy more in US -- NYT: 1/16 | Proquest | FT: 1/16 | Proquest
  2. Germany to bring home the gold -- WSJ: 1/17 | Proquest | NYT: 1/17 | Proquest
  3. New research re-evaluates global trade data -- FT: ?1/17/a> | Proquest