China this week suffered another defeat at the World Trade Organization when a dispute settlement panel ruled in favor of the US by pronouncing that Beijing violated core global trade rules, including the obligations it undertook to join the global trade body, in restricting foreign books, publications and audio-visual home entertainment products. In a 469-page [...]
Describes some of the matters a Western business person should address when considering the Arab world generally and the Gulf States in particular. Deals with the Sudanese Sharia court and the Teddy Bear.
THE NUMBERS: Health spending as percent of GDP* – 2000 2006 World 8.2 percent 8.7 percent Rich countries 10.0 percent 11.2 percent United States 13.2 percent 15.3 percent * World Health Organization statistics. WHAT THEY MEAN: According to the Department of Health and Human Services, Americans spent 16 percent of GDP on health in 2006: [...]
By Jack W. Sunderlage, Chair of World Trade Center Utah and CEO of Content Watch, a Utah internet content protection firm and Lew Cramer, President and CEO of World Trade Center Utah Eight years ago tomorrow, September 11, 2001, was a horrific day for the free world. The bombing of the World Trade Center in [...]
China will push ahead to open its services sector to foreigners and gradually reduce limits on the equity stakes they can take in their Chinese ventures, Commerce Minister Chen Deming said on Tuesday. Foreign business groups say limits on access to industries ranging from logistics to insurance are among their top concerns about doing business [...]
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