Trade

Victor K. Fung gives his point of view as a businessman on what is at stake and why WTO negotiators have an interest in finding common ......

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.

Some of the steps that ..... regulated economies need to take are easy and inexpensive; for example, it does not cost much to reduce excess procedures for registering a new business.

Being outside a union is a risky business, as unions control much of labour regulation; though any form of ..... against non-unionized employees is against the law, it can be hidden by employers acting together with unions.

Unionization rates in the service sector are significantly lower than in industry, at least among blue-collar workers; still, they ..... around 70 per cent, a figure that is high enough not to cause serious union worry.

Effective collective ..... arrangements exist in all sectors of the economy.

Banks will certainly start reviewing their internal controls to determine what they have set up to ..... events like the SocGen loss.

The Francona loss was also the result of an over-..... trader's effort at cleverness.

Increased understanding by everyone who is involved of ..... operational processes is most important.