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Sep 9, 2015

Getting to $500 billion in US-India trade: A view from the Indian industry

By Ben Polsky

On September 9, business leaders representing some of the largest industries in India’s private sector convened at the Atlantic Council to discuss the state of the Indian economy. A week after it was announced that the Indian economy grew by 7%—tying China as the world’s fastest growing economy—the titans of Indian business addressed the potential […]

India Trade and tariffs

SyriaSource

Sep 3, 2015

Syria Banks Will Wait Out the Conflict

By Rashad al-Kattan

Many observers have dubbed the conflict in Syria (and rightly so) an international one, as regional and global powers compete through direct and proxy actors on Syrian territory. Their different forms of intervention has both shaped and transformed the Syrian revolution, which started with local protests in March 2011 as a rejection to the untenable […]

Economy & Business Syria

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Sep 2, 2015

Aslund on Russia’s Currency and Economy

By Anders Aslund

The Wall Street Journal quotes Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Resident Senior Fellow Anders Aslund on the economic impact of the slipping Chinese market in Russia: 

China Economy & Business

In the News

Sep 1, 2015

Roscini on China’s Stock Market

By Dante Roscini

The Harvard Gazette interviews Global Business and Economics Program Nonresident Senior Fellow Dante Roscini on the impact of China’s economic woes on the global economy: 

China Economy & Business

In the News

Aug 21, 2015

Manning on Trans-Pacific Partnership

By Robert Manning

The National quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow Robert Manning on the significance of reaching a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement:

Economy & Business

In the News

Aug 16, 2015

Manning: Stalled TPP Leaves Obama’s Pivot In Doubt

By Robert Manning

Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow Robert Manning writes for Global Times on the stalled Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP): 

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs

In the News

Aug 13, 2015

Pham on Putin’s Russia and Africa

By J. Peter Pham

The Council on Foreign Relations quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on Russia’s economic and military ties with Africa:

Africa Economy & Business

In the News

Aug 13, 2015

Metzl on China’s Currency Change

By Jamie Metzl

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow for Technology and National Security Jamie Metzl joins CBS News to discuss China devaluing its currency by 2 percent, leading to a drop in the US stock market:

China Economy & Business

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Aug 8, 2015

Åslund: The Western World Had Better Expect the Worst

By Anders Aslund

Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Resident Senior Fellow Anders Åslund writes for Swedish daily Svenska Dagbladet on the ways in which the widespread corruption in Russia stifles its economy:

Economy & Business Russia
TTIP Action July 30

Trade in Action

Aug 4, 2015

TTIP Action – July 30

By Global Business & Economics Program

TPP ministers this week are looking towards Ed Fast, Canada’s Minister for International Trade, to make a new market access offer on Canadian dairy. Goodbye for the Summer After today, we will be taking a short break from TTIP and will resume our comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of U.S.-EU trade in the fall. The TTIP […]

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs

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