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The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation announced that Robert Prieto has been appointed to its business advisory council.
Prieto has 20 years of exper...
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BUSAN, South Korea -- Fears that the current global trade round could collapse and the potential for a bird flu crisis that could sicken millions of workers are major concerns of business leaders participating in a Pacific Rim economic summit.
The Asia Pacific -Economic Cooperation forum's -Business Advisory Council kicked off a three-day meeting in this southern port city Monday, with participants urging the 21 member -governments to use their collective clout to try to end a deadlock in World Trade Organization negotiations.
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President Obama is on a nine-day junket soaking up some sun on the other side of the Pacific. Aside from visiting his boyhood home of Indonesia, he dropped into Hawaii to grace the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit with his presence. In between calling corporate America lazy and complaining about how his new half-trillion stimulus package can't get passed, he's bellyaching about China, saying they need to play by the rules. A recent Gallup poll revealed that 70 percent of Americans perceive the People's Republic to be a threat, but they're not exactly sure why. Here's a list of 10 books to help the curious reader bone up on Beijing: "When China Rules the World: The End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order," by Martin Jacques (Penguin, 2009): The title s...
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Foreign visitors in Washington this week:
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Pressures from financial market turbulence, declines in the housing industry, and escalating oil and commodity prices will trigger a significant economic slowdown in the US. The severity and duration of the slowdown in US growth will cast a shadow on the outlook for the overall world economy in 2008. Continued, although slowed, economic growth is expected for China, India, and Asian emerging economies, while weak economic growth is forecast for Europe and the UK The Federal Reserve's ability to engineer a soft landing for the US economy remains a major question. Its inability to do so may result in a recession in the US and significantly impede the economic growth of the many other countries closely linked to US economic health.
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