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Let’s Make Small Go Big: Financing The Engines Of Growth
From the Brink: As part of a regular series featuring content from BRINK, Kati Suominen discusses the need to focus on the gap in growth capital — not just trade finance — for small and mid-size...
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No Gain Without Pain: We Need Better Economic Shock Absorbers To Prevent...
Policymakers need to think much more urgently about how to provide for and accelerate adjustment for the victims of economic shocks. The mathematical models of economic theory have always sacrificed...
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Why Trade Deals Work For U.S. Workers
A review of the impact of U.S. trade deals since NAFTA shows they have improved U.S. trade balances and boosted exports, getting U.S.-made goods on the shelves of its trading partners. Today’s...
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Why Millennials Believe That Globalization Is Hip
The issue of U.S. trade continues to be hotly debated this election year. One group of supporters, Millennials, may shape public sentiment and policy about the topic in surprising ways. Getting free...
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Dig This: The Panama Canal Expansion Used Enough Steel To Build 22 Eiffel Towers
The Cosco Shipping Panama freighter made history Sunday by being the first working ship to slip through the Panama Canal’s huge new locks. The expansion project swallowed enough steel to build 22...
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Supporting Trade, Not Aid, In Africa
When it comes to Africa, President Obama’s mantra has always been “trade not aid.” Two years ago he put that idea into practice at the first U.S. – Africa Business Forum, which drew $33 billion in...
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5 Ways To Make Global Trade Work For Developing Nations
The benefits of trade, such as jobs and income growth, won’t see their full potential with stifling regulation. About 96 percent of world trade is affected by at least one regulation. Here are five...
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How Blockchain Can Restore Trust In Trade
Transparent and efficient, blockchain could lift the lid on international supply chains. International trade is under pressure. Fears fueled by the global refugee situation and terrorist threats have...
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How Free Trade Agreements Affect You, Even If They Don’t Affect Your Country
In this increasingly connected world, the number of trade agreements is expanding globally, not contracting, despite political rhetoric. Evaluating current trade agreements, even those that don’t...
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Let’s Upgrade NAFTA To Compete With The World
International trade agreements typically only pique the interest of trade experts, economists or diplomats. One trade agreement, however, has become a household name in the United States – the North...
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