Trade

Multilateral trade agreements serve the interests of today's global production system in a way that the alternative - a ..... system of bilateral agreements - does not.

Information technology and logistics help dissect the value-added process into ..... parts, with factories, locations and countries assigned for each stage according to their competitive advantage.

With each new bilateral agreement, considerations relating to rules of origin multiply and become more complex in the ..... trade experts call 'the spaghetti bowl effect'.

Trade stimulates growth by directing resources into their most productive uses both within and ..... industries.

The success of openness depends on whether firms can adjust quickly to the new conditions ..... by international competition.

Doing well in the areas of public infrastructure, governance and ease of firm entry clearly correlates with stronger trade-related growth, suggesting that countries may need to simultaneously ..... reform in several areas in order to benefit from trade openness.

The U.S. Commercial Service is the trade promotion arm of the U.S. Department of Commerce's ITA; its Web-based services are provided through the U.S. government's export ....., www.export.gov.

Unfair foreign pricing and government subsidies distort the free flow of goods and ..... affect American business in the global marketplace.

Even the temporary work business is unionized and covered by a ..... collective agreement.

Possibly, the staff were attempting to manage their assignents beyond their capacity, like a freighter loaded so heavily that it sinks below its ..... line.