News headlines for “Free Trade and Globalization”, page 876
DEVELOPMENT: Currency Friction A Test of G-20 Mettle
- Inter Press Service
South Korea’s leadership faces a serious test when it hosts a summit of the Group of 20 advanced and developing economies this month, amid a currency war that is straining relations among its members.
China Closes In Around its Rare Earth
- Inter Press Service
The western world sees China erecting trade walls. But China sees a throwback to an era of plundering and forceful western politics that followed the Opium wars of the 19th century and precipitated the collapse of the Chinese empire.
Trade, Clean Energy Top Obama's Asia Agenda
- Inter Press Service
Just days after his party suffered defeat in the U.S. congressional elections, President Barack Obama is finally taking a twice-postponed trip to Asia.
Nicaragua on Obstacle Course to Women's Equality
- Inter Press Service
Nicaragua has made some progress promoting gender equity and the empowerment of women, but it will have to step up efforts and overcome a number of hurdles if it is to eliminate inequalities between the sexes at all levels by 2015.
BRAZIL: Battle Between Jungle and Livestock in the Amazon
- Inter Press Service
'Put yourself in God's hands,' his mother told him just before she died. Only later did he understand that as she was dying of kidney failure, she was urging him to continue her work as a Catholic evangelist.
NAMIBIA: Run-of-the River Power Stations Planned for Lower Orange River
- Inter Press Service
Namibia's national power utility says plans are moving ahead to construct a series of hydro-electric power stations along the Lower Orange River.
TRADE-SOUTHERN AFRICA: EPA Talks Will Miss Latest Deadline
- Inter Press Service
While a trade deal between the European Union and Southern African countries is close it will not be concluded before the end of this year. In the meantime, South Africa remains in pursuit of an ambitious regional integration agenda.
FINANCE: Ahead of G-20 Summit, Capital Controls Gain New Currency
- Inter Press Service
South Korea’s closing of ranks with Asian countries that have recently embraced capital controls signifies that such measures will be up for discussion at next week’s summit of the world’s 20 major economies in Seoul.
The G20 in Seoul - Summit or Abyss?
- Inter Press Service
On Nov. 11, the Group of 20 (G20), representing the interests of countries who collectively produce over 85 percent of global wealth, will gather in Seoul, South Korea for its fifth summit.
Group Says Botswana Bushmen Evicted over Diamonds
- Inter Press Service
An international boycott of Botswana diamonds aims to draw greater attention to the government's mistreatment of native Kalahari Bushmen.
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