@sdonnan What comes next @ #WTO? Chatter, probably. TFA A Good Thing but an aspiration, not obligation, for most Members. Ag? Services? Meh!
“Then there are the turkey truthers and linguistic revisionists…” Just wonderfultheatlantic.com/international/…dr
E. Drew’s fine article on Sec. Hagel, his “resignation” and the character of Pres. Obama’s White House::nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/…
US & Euro. business shared a vision for reconstruction after the Great War, but govts. did not. @iccwbo a private effort to bridge the gap.
Nice article from @dikenson on the growth benefits of FDI (tinyurl.com/opsdgvt) reprising this excellent paper::ofii.org/sites/default/…
That image of the Traymore again (RHS, domes). Some 350 US/European business leaders set up @iccwbo here in Oct 1919 pic.twitter.com/XmjlAqtxm2
@iccwbo was born Oct. 1919 at the Traymore hotel, Atlantic City. “Tray” is long gone but here’s a glimpse (domes RHS) pic.twitter.com/pEQlgQMDyQ
snlester “[anti-dumping] law has nothing to do with … harmful practices; … just a cleverly designed form of
protectionism” papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
Coming in 2015: centennial history of @iccwbo, the voice of world business. Enterprise, not government, delivered 20th C’s great prosperity.
Agree with FT trade agreements over-rated (ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/4…). Services agreements (esp. modes 3, 4) more relevant but disappointing.
@dikenson Also…(ham or spam?)… IND+AUS pledged to complete FTA in 2015. Still, Modi, like Xi, impressed in AUS parliament address.
Met, admired BF as Minority Leader W+M Committee: great free trader RT @BrookingsInst: On the passing of Bill Frenzel brook.gs/1xRcV8A
No text yet for AUS/CHN FTA. Services deal in DFAT’s marketing brief seems especially vague, tied to Shanghai FTZ::dfat.gov.au/fta/chafta/fac…
In which I respond to @sdonnan’s call for a “healthier” multilateral trade regime. I favour a more modest ambition::petergallagher.com.au/index.php/site…
Looks like the integer 223,092,870 (product of the first 23 primes) has a bigger part in the Great Tapestry than you::en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green%E2%…
Through “their…tax cartel, governments have both written the rules and divided up the global income-tax share”catallaxyfiles.com/2014/11/17/eva…Ba
In an Augustine FTA w/ CHN (theaustralian.com.au/opinion/column…) our gains depend not only on what CHN left on the table but also on what AUS took off.
HCA decides that VLAD Act does not impugn power of State courts. Has not decided whether it offends our (inexplicit) rights of association.
“India needs a trade deal with itself “: Victor Mallet::ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/6…
Ironic (?) that USA, whose Farm Bill cd. stymie #WTO subsidy reforms (ictsd.org/themes/agricul…) should make a deal with IND on farm support.
Desperate spin or wood-for-trees? G20 host says we’re enjoying the biggest boom in the history of humanity::ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/c…
Unsnarling the ‘disorder’ of G20’s creeping protection is one step, not the key, to restoring trade/growth (@iccwbo)::iccwbo.org/News/Articles/…
“The culture of the world’s biggest banks is fundamentally rotten”[Seven conspired over 6 years to defraud clients]::ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/d…
@snlester @MattBlunt For a century, business has touted fixed exch. rates, forgetting that capital controls always follow & strangle growth.
Press talks about differing ‘visions’ of USA, CHN for Asia-Pacific. But interests, not ‘vision’, are most on display::japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/11/0…
RT @parisreview: “Power is power. The reason it’s power is because it doesn’t listen.” —Arthur Millerbit.ly/118pqknX
“At my age, either you’re dead or you’re 80. And given that choice, I’d definitely rather be 80.”Acker Bilk (d. 2014):ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/6…
“Since Obama is a very smart man, these blunders were bewildering.” E Drew’s reviews the campaign and more:: nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/…
sdonnan Three more conversations today reinforce what I was saying a few weeks ago… Congress is very, very unlikely to pass #TPA in the lame duck.
“Chickenshit”? 159 #WTO govts. can ratify their only Agreement in 20 years w/out the other 1. So why don’t they?::ictsd.org/bridges-news/b…
dikenson @Halsrethink @pwgallagher GOP Cng can do nothing on #TPP til presented w/TPP, which won’t happen b4 it has granted #TPA, then 6-12 mon 4 TPP
Halsrethink @pwgallagher Political foundation for TTIP or TPP not yet prepared, but in new Cong.Session TPA possible
@scottlincicome @snlester Fair enough. But.. this is ‘signature’, and the currency has a sharp discount rate. What price fame etc.?
@scottlincicome @snlester OK, ‘concluded’ is ambiguous. HWB signed NAFTA but the negotiations went on some months. Will Obama try the same?
What will the Republican Congress do on #TPP? @snlester isn’t sure. Has any lame-duck concluded a big trade deal?::worldtradelaw.typepad.com/ielpblog/2014/…
“There is room in Asia for another institution to leverage Chinese capital into infrastructure”::theaustralian.com.au/business/opini…
Econlib RIP Gordon Tullock. reason.com/24-7/2014/11/0…
Car dealers insist on barriers to personal imports. It’s time manufacturers, on-line sales put dealerships off-line::theaustralian.com.au/in-depth/cars-…