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Wed, 27 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Homi Kharas, The Brookings Institution (6/27/07)
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Wed, 27 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Paul Blustein, The Brookings Institution (6/27/07)
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Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT
For countries to engage successfully in the international trading system, their industries, firms, and workers must respond continually to new conditions of competition.
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Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT
Poor countries are rarely challenged in formal WTO trade disputes for failing to live up to commitments, reducing the benefits of their participation in international trade agreements. This paper examines the political-economic causes of the failure to challenge poor countries and discusses the static and dynamic costs and externality implications of this failure. Given the weak incentives to enforce WTO rules and disciplines against small and poor members, bolstering the transparency function of the WTO is important to make trade agreements more relevant to trade constituencies in developing countries. While our focus is on the WTO system, our arguments also apply to reciprocal North-South trade agreements
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Thu, 05 Oct 2006 10:00:00 GMT
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- October 05, 2006, 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM

As the world leader in science and technology, America is now competing with rising powers seeking to establish their own prowess in the field. How can America continue to compete effectively in a world in which globalization and technology have enabled international workforces to compete across time zones? How will American workers be affected? On October 5, 2006 Brookings addressed America's standing in the field of science and technology as it relates to economic competitiveness with the second Bernard L. Schwartz Forum on Competitiveness.
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Tue, 25 Jul 2006 10:00:00 GMT
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- July 25, 2006, 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM
The Hamilton Project released its second set of policy papers, examining trade and government reform.
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Wed, 14 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Martin Mayer, The New York Times (6/14/06)
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Mon, 05 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMT
Interview with Lael Brainard The Brookings Institution (12/5/05)
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Thu, 22 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMT
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- September 22, 2005 at 12:00 AM
The Global Markets Institute at Goldman Sachs joined Brookings to host a multilateral, two-day conference, "The Top Ten Financial Risks to the Global Economy: A Dialogue of Critical Perspectives."
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Fri, 08 Oct 2004 00:00:00 GMT
Article by William Antholis, YaleGlobal Online, 10/8/04
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Sun, 01 Aug 2004 00:00:00 GMT
Paper by Jong-Wha Lee, Warwick J. McKibbin, and Yung Chul Park (5/2004)
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Thu, 01 Apr 2004 00:00:00 GMT
Policy Brief #132 by Lael Brainard and Robert E. Litan. (April 2004)
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Sat, 01 Sep 2001 00:00:00 GMT
Brookings Review article by Lael Brainard (Fall 2001)
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Thu, 01 Mar 2001 00:00:00 GMT

This book provides the key elements needed to build and preserve corruption-free institutions, systems, and private enterprises.
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Tue, 05 Jan 1999 00:00:00 GMT
Subscribe to Brookings Trade Forum
The Brookings Institution introduces a series of annual volumes that provide the most author
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Sat, 01 Jun 1996 00:00:00 GMT
The semiconductor industry is at the forefront of tensions over international trade and investment in high technology industries. This book traces the struggle between U.S. and Japanese semiconductor producers from its origins in the 1950s to the nov