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Economic Growth, Energy, and Economic Partnership: Japan’s Current Obstacles and New Opportunities

May 3, 2013

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Obama’s Mexico Trip: Putting Trade and Investment at the Top of the Agenda

May 2, 2013, Diana Villiers Negroponte

President Obama's Trip to Mexico Emphasizes America's Future Economic Prosperity and Security

May 2, 2013, Diana Villiers Negroponte and Ted Piccone

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A Conversation on President Obama’s Trip to Mexico and Costa Rica

May 1, 2013, Joshua Meltzer, Diana Villiers Negroponte, Ted Piccone and Neil Ruiz

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There’s a great advantage in complementary trade and I’d say it’s something we should think about. We need to have a viable economy, and a viable economy today is not just trade with the United States and it’s not in manufactured goods. It’s in the knowledge sector.

May 1, 2013, Bessma Momani , Ottawa Citizen

The bilateral relationship at least with Mexico has been dominated by drugs and violence. I think there is going to be a concerted effort here to refocus attention on the depth and size of the economic relationship.

May 1, 2013, Joshua Meltzer, New York Times

Free Trade Is Not Quite President Obama's Neglected Stepchild, But...

May 1, 2013, Bill Frenzel

[Roberto Azevêdo] knows how the system works, how to get a deal done. But he has been saddled by the positions that he has had to take as Brazil’s ambassador. During the Doha round Brazil has not always been the most constructive contributor.

April 26, 2013, Joshua Meltzer, Financial Times

Don't Forget Free Trade with Turkey

April 15, 2013, Kemal Kirişci

There’s an actual attempt by the U.S. government to encourage American businesses to invest in Egypt. They’re really taking companies there on a ‘Team USA’ kind of approach.

April 12, 2013, Bessma Momani , Bloomberg

The Obama-Peña Nieto Meeting: Critical Issues in the Upcoming U.S.-Mexico Talks

April 11, 2013

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In a country [like Japan] where pork barrel projects have been rampant, infrastructure projects that seek to cater to the needs of construction companies have been a very common fact of political life. That it's in an electoral year gives me plenty of reasons to worry that when you are putting together a very hefty stimulus package, you are indeed using it in a wise manner and not just for the sake of spending to generate political support.

April 5, 2013, Mireya Solís, Council on Foreign Relations

What makes me more hopeful is that I see a positive convergence between the domestic efforts, the economic strategy, and what's been going on in the trade front. But this is just the tip of the iceberg. Three more [Trans-Pacific Partnership] countries have to say yes to the plan, including the United States. There are many different hurdles, and we will have to see how it turns out in the future.

April 5, 2013, Mireya Solís, Council on Foreign Relations

Priorities for International Trade: A Conversation with Special Adviser to the Secretary-General Amina Mohammed

April 4, 2013

Transforming the U.S.-Africa Commercial Relationship

April 2013, Witney Schneidman

Value-Added Trade and Its Implications for International Trade Policy

April 2, 2013, Kemal Derviş, Joshua Meltzer and Karim Foda

Natural Gas Liquids: The “Other” Driver of the U.S. Oil and Gas Supply Resurgence

March 2013, Charles K. Ebinger and Govinda Avasarala

Economic Growth in Senegal and Regional Stability in West Africa: A Conversation with His Excellency President of Senegal Macky Sall

March 29, 2013

Such [White House] meetings [with President Obama] have served to reward those countries that have made advances in the cause of democracy and human rights.

March 28, 2013, Mwangi S. Kimenyi, Bloomberg Businessweek

The EU and North Africa: Defining the Criteria for Effective Partnership

March 26, 2013, Ruth H. Santini

Japan’s Big Bet on the Trans-Pacific Partnership: The TPP Nations Should Reciprocate

March 25, 2013, Mireya Solís

Going Global: Boosting Metro Atlanta's Economic Future

March 20, 2013

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The Department of Energy’s Strategy for Exporting Liquefied Natural Gas

March 19, 2013, Charles K. Ebinger

Japan to Join the Trans-Pacific Partnership – Finally!

March 18, 2013, Joshua Meltzer

Business Advocacy in Asian PTAs: A Model of Selective Corporate Lobbying with Evidence from Japan

March 15, 2013, Mireya Solís