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The article that I bookmarked for this week is about how exchange rates and bad climate are affecting Brazil's melon shipments. Brazil is a large exporter of melons and Europe is their biggest importer of melons. Because of the recent financial problems in Europe the exchange rates are not in Brazil's favor for exports. Due to these bad exchange rates for an exporting industry and the bad weather also hurting the melons, Brazil's melon farmers are facing some problems.

In Sri Lanka people are finally beginning to focus on export-led strategies (which historically have proven much more beneficial to a country's development) as their currency has deprecated compared to e.g. India's, giving Sri Lanka an advantage in exporting.

This article describes and defines several different types of different economic growth including export-led growth, import-substitution and a new model based upon economic demand which was formulated for the current economic troubles.

This article discusses how China and other Asian countries have used export-led strategies to increase their economic growth. This article examines the notion that these countries, China mainly, have been using illegal practices to achieve economic growth. In reality they are using fair strategies that are working very well for them.

This article discusses a meeting that will go on amongst EU representatives. They feel that the economy is not doing as they'd hope and plan to use various strategies including inward investment and export-led strategies to improve economic development and growth.

This article talks about the global effect of currency changes. Especially the depreciation of the dollar and what affects it had on other countries currencies. Also it discusses some effects on exports and deficits.

China´s currency exchange rate is having a rapidly increasing appreciation. But China´s government is maintaining the exchange rate low in order to promote the exports.

As a result of the natural disasters the last year on top of the global financial crisis, Japanese exports have fallen substantially, while imports were necessary after big parts of Japan were hit by the tsunami and earthquake in 2011. This has resulted in deterioration and a trade deficit.