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China stated that the appreciation of Yuan will not solve trade imbalance with United States. China have continued to execute monetary policy to curb its inflationary pressure.

While Chinese officials said they will take measures to solve trade imbalances between the United States and China, they also said that the appreciation of the Yuan will not solve trade imbalance.

China's trade partners are asking for a stronger currency to help with trade imbalances. China, however, says it will adjust its currency policy if it the yuan's appreciation is contributing to the nation's trade deficit.

This article is about the possibility of a free trade area in Africa. This has been suggested as an anti-poverty strategy. Many barriers to trade currently exist between African countries, and their removal may encourage economic growth.

Malaysia is planning to join on the Trans-Pacific Partnership that United States is pushing to help its companies compete with counterparts in China and Europe.

Colombia initiated talks about a free trade agreement with Singapore that could clear the path to Colombia's membership of the APEC Pacific Rim trading bloc.

This article talks about how the Congress of South African Trade Unions has pledged full support for SAMWU's 130 000 municipal workers who have been on a national protected strike from 12 April 2010. Trade unions, if powerful and well organized, and if many workers belong to them, can have devastating consequences on the economy if they go on strike.

This article considers deteriorating terms of trade in Chile, and examines the current value of exports and currency.

This article is talking about the unbalance between rich and poor countries in free trade. Here the article is raising the question about whether Africa benefits from free trade, or if it actually hurts the economy.

This article analyses the economic rationale of Brazil's tariff policy during the first two years of the Plano Real. To this end, a study is made of the changes made in import duties for all the products traded. The tariff reform process in Brazil was begun in 1988, after the old Tariff Act had been in effect for thirty years, and represented a marked intensification in the process of trade openness, with the definition of a schedule of gradually decreasing tariffs which was further speeded up as from 1990.

This is about the positive effect that trade has had on the UK economy. When more foreigners are buying UK goods, the economy benefits. This shows that decreasing a deficit of the balance of payments is beneficial for the economy.

This article is about the decrease in world trade. As the world has just emerged from a recession, and many countries are still experiencing economic difficulties, aggregate demand is down. This means that people are buying less exports, decreasing world trade--all as a result of the recession.

This article is about the recent increase in commodity prices. This could significantly alter terms of trade for many countries. For developing countries that depend on commodities, a rise in their prices could increase terms of trade; for developed countries that import commodities, the price increase will hurt terms of trade.

This article is about the Russian automobile industry and it mentions the need for trade to improve technology.

As growth in national economies continues to falter, many countries are attempting to increase their domestic prosperity by discouraging the sale of foreign products. With tariffs and other protective measures, countries are decreasing free trade in the interest of assissting domestic producers.

A group of United States congressmen yesterday sent a letter drafted with their legislative counterparts in Korea to Presidents Barack Obama and Lee Myung-bak urging the renegotiation of the U.S.-Korea bilateral free trade agreement. The letter calls for restrictions on certain service industries and a revision of provisions on a dispute settlement mechanism involving foreign companies. Beef and auto provisions, the main stumbling block to the ratification of the pact on the U.S. side, were not mentioned.

This article is about the UK's record high trade deficit. This means that it imports more goods and services than it exports. This is because it does not hold a comparitive advantage in any production; it is cheaper to import, and have someone else produce a good, than it is to keep production at home.

A surge in imports in June pushed Britain's trade deficit with non-EU countries to its widest level on record.

This article is about the American trade deficit. It likely increased in November, as imports exceeded exports. The imbalance with China is particularly large, and is a source of increased political pressure between the countries.

The price controls implemented on products like seamless steel pipes have caused a glitch in fair trade worldwide. As a result, imports from China have surged and domestic producers have accused the Chinese government of setting unfairly low prices. Another problem undergoing scrutiny is whether or not Beijing has been manipulating its currency.

The objective of this article is to describe how the transformation of the trade and industrialization regime is taking place in Ecuador and what are the systemic factors which condition the realization of this transformation. A long-run perspective of economic policy and growth in Ecuador (considering the whole of the twentieth century) reveals that growth has been relatively fast compared to other countries in the region, with exports as the driving force of that growth