Backgrounder posted August 25, 2000 by Denise Froning
The Benefits of Free Trade: A Guide For Policymakers
International trade is the framework upon
which American prosperity rests. Free trade policies have created a
level of competition in today's open market that engenders
continual innovation and leads to better products, better-paying
jobs, new markets, and increased savings…
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Executive Memorandum posted December 10, 1999 by Denise Froning
An Absence of Leadership: Clinton and the WTO
"Developing nations stand absurdly
accused, by new and old protectionists alike, of taking advantage
of the doubtful benefit of being poor."--Luiz Lampreia,
Brazilian Minister of Foreign Relations, December 1999
The
Seattle ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO)
ended late December 5 with nothing more to show for its…
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Executive Memorandum posted November 19, 1999 by Denise Froning
U.S. Priorities at WTO Meeting in Seattle: Lower...
When
the World Trade Organization (WTO) meets in Seattle on November
30th, a cacophony of competing interests is expected to disrupt its
agenda. At this Ministerial meeting of its 134 member nations, the
WTO intends to launch a new round of multilateral trade
negotiations to address trade liberalization in market sectors
ranging from…
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Backgrounder posted June 29, 1999 by Brett Schaefer, Denise Froning
How Congress Should Relieve Poor-Country Debt
Over
the past several years, policymakers have come to realize that many
of the world's poorest countries cannot finance the debt that they
owe to other countries, multilateral lending institutions such as
the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and
private creditors. For many of these countries, this external debt
is…
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