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Japan Can’t Ratify the TPP This Year | The Diplomat Japan Can’t Ratify the TPP This Year Despite positive spin from his allies, Abe cannot afford the TPP’s political backlash. By Clint Richards October 29, 2014 The latest round of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) talks between the prospective...

I think Pratt & Whitney and GE want to have a word with you.

Here's another great example of how trade may eventually manifest itself politically. TTIP is driving a wedge between Europe and Turkey (and Turkey and the US, to some degree). --- Turkey should start alternative trade talks with US, says World Bank envoy - ECONOMICS Turkey should start...

Interesting divergence between Taiwan's and SK's trade relationship with China. I wonder if this will manifest itself politically as well (Taiwan gravitating further into China's orbit, SK moving away). Or perhaps this is a short-term phenomenon, and we shouldn't read too much into it. ---...

Even though this is an economic article, this is a nice follow-up to the previous post. It's clear that North America and China are pulling away from the rest of the world, thus reinforcing the view that these are the new poles going forward. --- Global Consumer Confidence Rises in Third...

My commentary: The issue of transparency is less interesting than the fact that sovereign wealth funds are now influential enough that there is a fear they will be used as political weapons. --- Gulf SWFs Still Lag on Transparency, Report Says - Middle East Real Time - WSJ October 29...

First, investing through anime, now tourism promotion through anime? --- Embassy of Israel Releases Promotional Anime - Japan Real Time - WSJ October 29, 2014, 2:53 PM JST Embassy of Israel Releases Promotional Anime ByJohn D'Amico The Embassy of Israel in Japan unveiled an...

Shared values provide good political cover, and make collaboration easier. That said, we have collaborated many times in the past with dictators who do not share our values, if the strategic interests were compelling enough. Azerbaijan presents such a case. Is Russia any different?

Yes, that has not been an impediment before. Turkey also does not have the best history of democracy, but it's still a member of NATO. This is about interests, and the interests of the US and the interests of Turkey have severely diverged. Azerbaijan's and the US's interests are converging.

Mexico’s Powerful Energy Reforms by Martin Feldstein - Project Syndicate ECONOMICS MARTIN FELDSTEIN Martin Feldstein, Professor of Economics at Harvard University and President Emeritus of the National Bureau of Economic Research, chaired President Ronald Reagan’s Council of Economic...

The World’s Future: Bipolar Geoeconomics? - Carnegie Moscow Center The World’s Future: Bipolar Geoeconomics? Posted by: DMITRI TRENINTUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2014 At an event in Beijing last week, a leading Chinese academic said that the vision of a multipolar world so central to...

Last Chance for Japan? by Stephen S. Roach - Project Syndicate BUSINESS & FINANCE STEPHEN S. ROACH Stephen S. Roach, former Chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia and the firm's chief economist, is a senior fellow at Yale University’s Jackson Institute of Global Affairs and a senior lecturer at...

Optimizing the Eurozone by Koichi Hamada - Project Syndicate BUSINESS & FINANCE KOICHI HAMADA Koichi Hamada, Special Economic Adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is Professor of Economics at Yale University and Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Tokyo. OCT 28...

http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2014/10/28/will-tunisias-polls-free-the-mediterranean-tiger/ Will Tunisia’s polls free the Mediterranean tiger? Oct 28, 2014 10:12amby Mian Ridge Hopes are high for Tunisia’s economy after Nida Tunis, the country’s main secular party,won power in the second...

Finance, but I'm not an economist, just someone with an avid interest in these areas. You are most welcome to contribute articles, and I am sure all of the readers of this thread would appreciate it. Thank you.

Thank you for the analysis--certainly some surprising numbers, there. I share your concern over this issue, and sadly, it has long been thus in the US. One of the aspects of the United States that has frustrated me for decades is the celebration of sport. When I was younger, I used to dismiss...

http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2014/10/28/venezuelas-debts-to-china-well-thats-alright-then/ Venezuela’s debts to China – well, that’s alright then Oct 28, 2014 2:17pm When oil prices fall, it’s a fair bet that Venezuela’s economy will suffer. After all, that has been the case every time...

Note that Turkey joined NATO after the Korean War started. Do you think that's coincidence? Isn't it more reasonable to believe that Turkey's show of good faith, in turn, gave NATO confidence that Turkey would be a trusted partner? Turkey didn't join selflessly, it has gained immensely from...

Asia Unbound » Bangladesh: Capitalist Haven Bangladesh: Capitalist Haven by Alyssa Ayres October 28, 2014 Dhaka, April 2014. Photo by Sharada Prasad CS licensed under CC BY 2.0 / Cropped from original. Share 2 7 Earlier this month, the Pew Research Center released the second of two major...

From the Potomac to the Euphrates » Egypt’s Economy: Bringing The State Back In Egypt’s Economy: Bringing The State Back In by Steven A. Cook October 28, 2014 Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (R) meets with U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew at the presidential palace in Cairo (Hassan...