Kirsten Wandschneider Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Economics and IPE

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS IN THE NEWS

Below are interesting articles from major US and international news sources that relate in some way or another to the class.

1) Here is a nice article that Afifa sent and that relates well to the trade topics we have been talking about in class: Free Trade (BBC 3/6/2005)

2) J.P. found the following two articles that expand on our discussions of trade and labor migration. They are not recent but still very relevant:

Free Trade on Trial (Economist, 12/30/03) The New Jobs Migration (Economist, 2/19/04)

3) Here are two articles on US clothing imports from China and the removal of quotas in the textile sector. Thanks J.P. and Jeff!

Free of Quota (NYT 3/10/2005) China Barges Though Quota Barriers (CNN 3/11/2005)

4) Here two articles on international trade: Beef and Airplanes. Thanks Jeff (CNN 3/19/05)

5) Here is an interesting article on China, thanks Dan (www.slate.com)

6) Will sent this article on China and its fixed exchange rate: Brief Rise... (Washington Post)

Feel free to e-mail me any articles and news storys that you think might be interesting to the class (kwandsch(at)middlebury.edu)!

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