√√ “What the new bank of BRICS is all about”::washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-c…
alanbeattie @sdonnan @xtophercook @carlocantore Actually neither is dead and neither is really alive. They are zombie trade deals wandering the earth.
Summers fails Int. Econ:”[Eximbank] subsidies… counter foreign subsidies… to maintain a level global trading systeft.com/intl/cms/s/2/a…ASKQ
Study suggests 2014 Farm Bill subsidies mean the end of hopes for #WTO farm policy reforms (in next 4 years)::ictsd.org/themes/agricul…
@kw_watson a role here for a private certification authority?
“…For the interests of the consumer are the interests of the human race”. Happy birthday Frédéric Bastiataei-ideas.org/2014/06/happy-…PF
Yes! Productivity Commission asks for a reference on FDI barriers::theaustralian.com.au/business/econo…
√√ “Just because an action by one company damages others does not mean that the first…is acting anti-competitively”catallaxyfiles.com/2014/06/25/sho…u7
snlester Krugman: “under current conditions mercantilism works” krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/24/exi… Is there a procedure to impeach Nobel Prize winners?
Fascinating story of discovery and path dependency in (and of) quantum/fluid physics. Good writing, too::simonsfoundation.org/quanta/2014062…
Anti-dumping’s boogaloo “reversed” is still boogaloo. Import price competition good for consumers, exports, growth::theaustralian.com.au/opinion/column…
Plain-packaging turning out to be great fun! Such interesting design, data flaws (+ reversal for the nanny state!)::theaustralian.com.au/opinion/column…
It’s not apostasy in the voodoo church of A-D that shocks, but that any trade ‘remedy’ relies on secrets, influence
:theaustralian.com.au/business/spc-e…
“This is bad policy at its worst; it should never have been adopted…@HenryErgasas on rotten timber import bars:theaustralian.com.au/opinion/column…h7
What a surprise! “Japan Retreats from Farm Cooperative Overhaul Plan” If ever settled, #TPP will be stuck in 20th C::online.wsj.com/articles/japan…
insteconomics Best FIRB can say on Graincorp: ‘Most people understand occasionally politics intrudes into all areas of our lives’ theaustralian.com.au/business/lates…
“Four myths about the Great War” [VoxEU.org/index.php?q=no…] Strongest anti-war force was business + labor (‘commercants’ not ‘doux commerce’?)
So 5% of kids on working holiday are so good at the job their employers want to keep them on. Great! Everyone wins! theaustralian.com.au/national-affai…
More on complementarity of migrant workers (457 visas in AU). “How highly educated immigrants raise native wages”::
voxeu.org/article/how-hi…
“Jobless lose out to migrant workers”? Nope! It’s called specialization. It’s where trade gains come from (hoorah!) theaustralian.com.au/national-affai…
Alan Winters: “[#TPIP] might add about 0.025% to EU GDP; gains to the US are around the same level.”voxeu.org/article/proble…
@VirginAustralia turns up (useless) ‘safety demonstration’ volume to uncomfortable levels. Feel safer? Airlines like to control, not serve.
Sounds about right::aei-ideas.org/2014/05/sino-r…
Business wants G-20 to scrap “more than 1500 non-tariff restrictions”[ theaustralian.com.au/national-affai… ] They could start with anti-dumping!
Russian WTO membership always a trade-off: manage disruption inside or outside? Not guaranteed to work (all the time):ictsd.org/bridges-news/b…