East Asia
EAST ASIA: Continued dependency clouds strong outlook
A combination of strong capital investment and expanding intra-regional trade is producing high...
East AsiaLATIN AMERICA: Output outstripped by East Asia
In the early 1980s, Latin America had the most advanced industrial base in the developing world....
Latin AmericaEAST ASIA: China drives growth, creates vulnerability
The report strikes a remarkably upbeat note on the region's economic prospects. However, the...
East AsiaEAST ASIA: Integration spurs Latin America ties
Mexico President Vicente Fox is scheduled to arrive in Japan on Wednesday. During his visit Fox...
East AsiaJAPAN: Currency intervention
Japanese authorities yesterday bought around 3 billion dollars in an effort to prevent the yen...
JapanEAST ASIA: Consumption shift well entrenched
The trend has important implications for the future balance between exports and domestic...
East AsiaUNITED STATES: Dollar deadline
Comments by Treasury Secretary John Snow yesterday sent mixed signals on White House dollar...
United StatesAPEC: APEC squeezed between WTO and new bilateralism
The summit took place in the shadow of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak,...
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