Global Trade

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    Political Situation in Ukraine and Possible Developments

    Olexander Moroz is the leader of Ukrainian Socialist Party, and served as speaker of the Rada from 1994 to 1998. He spoke at the Carnegie Endowment on the possibilities for political change in Ukraine.

    • Commentary

    Washington Consensus: A Damaged Brand

    In many countries, tenets of the Washington Consensus -- privatization, trade liberalization and fiscal austerity -- have become politically noxious ideas. That is too bad. The consensus may be an impaired brand, but some of the ideas remain sound. The blanket repudiations of the Washington consensus in the early 2000s tend to be as superficial as their blanket acceptance a decade ago.

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    Ukraine’s Accession to the WTO

    Ukraine began the WTO accession process in 1993, and is now entering the final stage of accession, as is evidenced by its passage of nine bilateral protocols on market access in the past 18 months, with traditional trading partners such as Slovenia, Latvia and Georgia, as well as Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, South Korea, and most recently, India.

    • Commentary

    Russia's Surprise Economic Success

    After initial consolidation and restructuring, Russian industry is on the verge of a big change. While the first steps to gain productivity required specific Russian skills, Russian businessmen understand that the future calls for foreign technologies and skills. Some are bringing in managerial and technical expertise, and others are selling their companies to foreign bidders.

    • Commentary

    Roots of Corporate Corruption

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    China in Transition: A Look Behind the Scenes

    In the first session of a two-part conference series, over 120 leading observers of U.S.-China relations attended a forum featuring prominent specialists to engage in discussion on the challenges of China’s rapidly changing political, economic and social situation.

    • Commentary

    Environment's New Role in U.S. Trade Policy

    The Trade Act of 2002 integrates environmental policy priorities into U.S. trade negotiations. Resulting tensions between trade and environment requires greater involvement by Congress. Of particular short-term importance to Congress should be how bilateral negotiations with Chile and Singapore are concluded and regional negotiations with Central America begun.

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    Does China Face a Governance Crisis?

    The almost single-minded interest in the personnel matters surrounding China's upcoming leadership transition ignores a far more important point: very serious underlying issues of governance await China's next leadership, no matter who this might be.

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    What the World Bank Has Done for Russia: An Evaluation

    Gianni Zanini, a Senior Evaluation Officer at the World Bank, presented the findings of the recent Country Assistance Evaluation (CAE) on the Russian Federation, prepared for the World Bank Operations Evaluation Department (OED). The moderator was Anders Åslund.

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    Liberalizing Agricultural Trade and Developing Countries

    The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Cordell Hull Institute co-sponsor a conference to discuss the liberalization of agricultural trade. Also read the Carnegie Issue Brief exploring areas of consensus reached among participants.

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