World News

WTO Chief: Rising Unemployment Threatening Trade

The head of the World Trade Organization said in an interview Thursday that the biggest threat to trade worldwide was rapidly rising unemployment rates.

The Next Economic Superpower

In the wake of the financial crisis, the European Union is in a unique position to challenge U.S. supremacy around the world, especially economically.

The Fall of the Wall

On November 9, 1989 the world watched as the Berlin Wall, the epitome of Cold War standoff, was pulled asunder by East and West Germans alike.

China's Economic Rise Continues

“China is about to leave everyone behind in a big way,” C. H. Kwan, a senior fellow at the Nomura Institute of Capital Market Research, based in Tokyo, told The New York Times.

Asia's Undervalued Currencies

South Korea, Japan, and China have predicated their economic growth on creating and maintaining a currency “peg” against the United States.

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