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Update about Antigua and WTO

…Washington has agreed on deals with the European Union, Canada and Japan to change the treaty but not with several other nations, including Antigua. On Friday, the United States trade…

WTO GATS and strategies of regional hubs Part 1

…most of its operations in India, has now opened back offices in Phoenix, Arizona, and in Shanghai. Wipro, another Indian company, has outsourcing offices in Canada, China, Portugal, Romania and…

Buckley on Galbraith

…Trudeau, who ruled over Canada for 15 years, superintending a drop in the Canadian dollar of 25 percent of its value, told the world that his economic policies were based…

Debating Single-Payer Health Insurance

…as Canada’s shows such savings can be large. Finally, single-payer systems offer a solution to conflict of interest problems among doctors, drug companies, and medical equipment makers that lead to…

On the Deterrence Value of the Death Penalty

…in the United States and Canada, and within the United States, between executing and non-executing states. We analyze the effects of the judicial experiments provided by the Furman and Gregg…

The US Trade Deficit

…with Canada; with Mexico and the rest of Latin America; with economically struggling Germany and Japan; with the rest of sluggish and expensive Europe; and even with non-OPEC Africa. The…

The Optimal Gasoline Tax

…I have for now are a couple of things. One is this interesting discussion of fuel taxes in the UK, U.S., Canada, and China. The other comes from one my…

Barriers to Eating Kobe Beef

Canada,” Nelson said in a Senate speech. “Statistically, it’s nonexistent, in terms of the millions of head of cattle that are sent to slaughter every year.” Lawmakers adopted a similar,…

Airline Regulation

…studied air traffic control operations in 5 of the 38 countries that have commercialized operations — Australia, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, and the U.K. — and has determined that commercialization…