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U.S. Once Again Sets Bad Example with Shrimp Duties

While it calls for developing nations to open up their markets, the United States this month imposed duties of shrimp from Vietnam and China of 93 percent 112 percent respectively. The duties will hit Vietnam especially hard as shrimp exports … Continue reading

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World Bank: Vietnam Must Reform to Continue Economic Growth

This paraphrase of a World Bank officials pronouncement about the future of Vietnam’s economy should win some form of award for understatement, The bank’s vice president for East Asia and the Pacific, Jemal-ud-din Kassum, says without a modern legal and … Continue reading

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Wacky Proposal for a Rice Cartel

Sometimes there are stories which are so self-refuting that it’s hard to provide further commentary. Such is the announcement that China, India, Pakistan, Thailand and Vietnam are investigating ways to cartelize world rice markets. They want to do for rice … Continue reading

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