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The article is about the fear that the decrease in imports and exports will slow down the economic growth of China.

This article is about how China's exports have decreased and this small decrease has proportionally decreased the economic growth rate. 

The Journal of Commerce reports on an increase in India's exports.

The Federal Bank wishes to devalue the dollar by 33% over the next 20 years to put Obama's "American Production Power House" idea under way. Obama wants to make America the major exporter that it was in the 1920's but he is kind of cheating. Instead of devaluing the dollar to make exports more attractive, why not create avenues for  entrepreneurship?

Japan believes that one of the deterrents to its growth has been the appreciation of the yen, which has decreased their exports. They are seeking policies to change this and increase their exports, so their economy can grow.

This article discusses about how emerging economies like India and China can grow. This article states that China has prolonged 'export-led growth' for too long, and should now consider consumer led growth. India ont he other hand, should consider private investment as a strategy for growth.

The article discusses trade between Vietnam and Russia and the actions taken to encourage trade

This is a very interesting article about how Chinese economists are going to raise the value of the yuan. It seems that there are outreaching effects in the United States - the exports from China will raise in price and therefore Americans' disposable income will start to decrease. 

This article talks about how the export sector in Switzerland are pressuring the Swiss National Bank into raising the exchange rate from 1.2 frank to 1.4 frank. This is most likely so that the exporters are able to sell their products at a higher price.

The article discusses the reforms as well as the problems associated with export-led growth

It is good to see that USA has increased rate of both exports and imports however trade deficid for oil is quite blockbuster

to attract more consumers purchasing online goods from Chine. this can help the economy in China to boost up with the increase in exporting.

This article is about how the Argentinian government is protecting the domestic production of BlackBerrys in order to "cut foreigners' share of Argentina's mobile-phone market". Even though this seems to be a valid case of protectionism, it will "cost $23m upfront, plus $4,500-5,000 a month per worker, some 15 times more than in Asia". This is because Asian laborers and factories have already perfected the production of cell phones. They have the 'factor endowment' in the production of cell phones. This is because to start a factory in Asia, the price is already low. Also the labor is cheap and skilled. The start up price for this endeavor is already going to be $23m, they will also have to train the workers and pay them more than they would if the Argentinian companies outsourced the production to Asia. Another problem with the domestic production of cell phones in Argentina is that Argentina, at this moment, is not known for their production of cell phones. They are not a place in which companies like Motorola or Nokia look for to manufacture their products.  Argentina could do this but it will take them a long time before they clean of their capital debt. In the short run, they will not make any money but nobody knows for sure what the long run has in store for this unorthodox market. In my opinion, Argentina should focus its money on something that will be profitable not only in the long run but also in the short run. This is possible. Argentina has a factor endowment, its tourism. It does not take that much money and effort to increase the amount of tourism in a country that is obviously beautiful and worth seeing. Even if they were not to invest in tourism, they could focus on, for instance, the exporting of more beef or fish. These are things that people already are accustomed to getting from Argentina. It all bundles down to this: when you think about Japanese production, you think cars and phones. When you think about Argentinian production, you

This article is about the Botswana Bureau of Standards working on developing a new quality of standard for bottled waters (both domestically produced and foreign imports). This is a form of trade barrier as foreign exporters may have to raise their quality of bottled water to the new standard in order to export.

This article talks about the "rare" trade deficit that China may experience next year. This is due to weak demand in Europe and America for Chinese imports. It is ironic in the sense that we perceive China as an exporting 'power-house' and now it is experiencing a trade deficit. This would limit the growth for the Chinese economy.

This article talks about how Australia has experienced a fall in their terms of trade at the end of 2011 (last year), and it is the first time since 2010. This occurred due to an increase in import expenditures and a slight fall in export prices.

This is an article about how Malaysia's terms of trade is improving. 

The Monetary Policy of Turkey's Central Bank meet is meeting to discuss the depreciation of Turkish lira.

The gap between China's imports and exports narrowed in September, official data has shown.

In this article, we can see that united states has its own reasons to claim now to pursue such a strategy, because it has run large deficits for most of the last three decades, become the largest debtor country and accommodated other countries' desire for export-led prosperity.