1. Case summary: Russia used export taxes on oil after the fall of Soviet Union which caused a huge GDP declined. After that the new Russian government freed most consumer and producer prices and this abolished the state foreign trade monopoly. The export and the value add were proven as the largest sources of tax revenue for the Russian. Government reduced income tax after implementing this strategy. This strategy accelerate the GDP increase and the budget revenue doubled from 12%-24%. Only for
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CHAPTER SEVEN GOVERNMENTAL INFLUENCE ON TRADE OBJECTIVES • To realize the rationales for government policies that enhance and restrict trade • To interpret the effects of pressure groups on trade policies • To understand the comparison of protectionist rationales used in high-income countries with those used in low-income countries’ economies • To comprehend the potential and actual effects of governmental intervention on the free flow of trade • To understand the major means by which
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through the trading globally. Export is a product that sold to the global market, while the import is bought from the global market. In most countries, international trade represents an important share of gross domestic product (GDP). One of the Asian economies most open to international trade is Vietnam and it has been currently
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1 POLICY REFORMS AND TRADE LIBERALIZATION IN BANGLADESH I. MAIN FEATURES OF BANGLADESH ECONOMY GDP and its composition. During the fiscal year 2002-2003, the GDP of Bangladesh stood at around $52 billion. The growth rate of GDP has picked up in recent years. Thus, during 1980-90, it grew annually at 3.7 per cent on average, barely above the population growth rate. On the other hand, it approached an average annual rate of 5 per cent during 1991-2002. The relative shares of consumption and
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the undervalued Chinese currency. China has been accused of unfairly manipulating its currency exchange rate in order to gain a price advantage in export. While China has benefited from this export trade advantage by artificially defining the value of RMB, it has become even more difficult for U.S. manufacturers to compete with their Chinese rivals. As a result, millions of jobs have disappeared in the U.S., mostly attributed to the U.S. trade deficit with China. It seems that many of those manufacturing
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Chinese Mercantilism .................................................................................................... 3 Chinese New Year .......................................................................................................... 3 China: the spend is nigh ................................................................................................. 4 Dealing With China’s Troubles ....................................................................................... 6 Bangladesh’s
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its trademark character “Xia the Panda Bear”. Xia’s popularity was initially limited mostly to China’s mainland until late 2002; a year after China joined the WTO. In 2002, Xianda Co. saw a surge in demands for Xia products start in France, spread throughout Europe and North America, and move into South America. Today, Brazil is Xianda Co.’s biggest export market for Xia goods, and Xia’s popularity in Brazil alone accounts for 19 percent of worldwide Xia sales and 2 percent of Xianda Co.’s manufacturing
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Introduction As the world economy moves towards globalization, China has become more open to trade with other countries. Its international trade volume had risen from US$20.6 in 1978 to US$1,422 billion in 2005 (Wang & Liu, 2007). Since China’s exports mainly focus on the labor intensive and resource intensive industries, this exports pattern causes a serious environmental problem in China. Green barriers become a kind of emerging non-tariff barrier which is used for the developed countries
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domestic manufacturing will serve multiple objectives. First and foremost, it will enhance job opportunities within the country; second, it will minimize the imports of such products into the country, thereby mitigating the pressure on our trade deficit; third, in the long run, if not in the near-term, it will help augment and diversify our exports from the
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····································· 5 China ················································································································ 6 http://www.jri.co.jp/english/periodical/asia/ January 2015, No.166 ASIA MONTHLY REPORT Topics Korean household debt total expanding The economic stimulus measures announced by the South Korean government in July, 2014, included a substantial easing of housing loan restrictions. Bank of Korea also fell in step with the
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