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Barter part 1

…is also an synopsis of an interesting book on all this….why and how. Contracts in Trade and Transition: The Resurgence of Barter “the authors find that counter-trade accounted for perhaps…

November trade deficit

…the real trade balance has collapsed. The peak in the chart is the last month of the third quarter. Consequently, trade will be a major negative for the real gdp…

Farm Bill and WTO GATS Part 2

The NYT reports: The World Trade Organization made a last-ditch effort on Tuesday to salvage stalled global trade talks by asking the United States and Europe to lower their barriers…