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angrybear.blogspot.com - 2/8/2009
Legal Protectionism: A New Mercantilism
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By Stormy How does legal protectionism work? It has been my contention that many developing countries--those in Asia, specifically China--do engage in what might be called "legal" protectionism. "The WTO rules are very porous," said C. Fred Bergsten, director of the Peterson Institute for ...
China outraged after India bans all toy imports
telegraph.co.uk - 2/4/2009
China outraged after India bans all toy imports
— telegraph.co.uk — The ban came amid growing global tensions about protectionism, with Europe and Canada warning the US about... its determination to get consumers to buy American goods and wildcats strikes in the UK over the use of foreign workers. State media reported ... (more) China outraged after India bans all toy imports

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economicdiscourse.com - 2/5/2009
Links for 2/04/2009 - Mortgage Mods, Russian Reforms, and China Outraged over Protectionism
— economicdiscourse.com — Mortgage Modification is just a "band-aid" Moscow abandons bail-outs for companies, instead will focus on supporting banks... One down, forty-nine to go (Madoff) Protectionism on the rise: China outraged after India bans all toy imports. The ban came amid growing global tensions about ... (more) Links for 2/04/2009 - Mortgage Mods, Russian Reforms, ...

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delong.typepad.com - 2/6/2009
Ah. The Weaker Version of "Buy America" Is Not Quite Toothless After All...
— delong.typepad.com — Alan Beattie in Washington, Peter Smith in Sydney and Mure Dickie in Tokyo for the FT: World... wary of softer Buy American plan : US trade partners reacted warily on Thursday after the US Senate tried to head off an international trade conflict ... (more) Ah. The Weaker Version of "Buy America" Is Not Quite ...

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naked capitalism — Australia fires rage with 49 dead BBC Why sustainable power is unsustainable New Scientist Who's Messing with Wikipedia? MIT Technology Review Bailout Revamp Could Use Private Bank for Bad Assets Wall Street Journal. I wish I had the energy to shred this one right now, but the headline idea is another crock, and I hope to explain why tomorrow. It is also troubling to se how many trial balloons have been floated in the last few days. For something this important, they seem to be making it up on the fly. Here is a good first cut analysis: YOU, the U.S. Taxpayer, Can't Handle the Truth Roger ...

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