Between 1977 and 1997, there was a precipitous decline in the proportion of US workers with median education (12 years or less) who were represented by a labor union-from 29 to 14 percent; the unionization proportion declined much less among workers with above-median education (19 to 13 percent).
Globalization is exposing social fissures between those with the education, skills, and mobility to flourish in an unfettered world market-the apparent "e;winners"e;-and those without.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) between 12 Pacific Rim countries has generated the most intensive political debate about the role of trade in the United States in a generation.
In September 1985, emissaries of the world's five leading industrial nations-the United States, Britain, France, Germany, and Japan-secretly gathered at the Plaza Hotel in New York City and unveiled an unprecedented effort to correct the largest set of current account and exchange rate imbalances that had ever threatened the world economy.
With the growing importance of emerging markets the focus of analysts has begun to concentrate on the contribution of Latin America and the Middle East to the global economy, and the relations between these two regions.
Piracy is a significant global threat to international sea-borne trade - the life-blood of modern industrial economies and vital for world economic survival.
The Arctic: land of ice and the six-month day; irresistible goal for explorers and adventurers; enduring source of romance and mystery - and now also a poignant and unavoidable indicator of the impact of climate change.
The Mughal Empire dominated India politically, culturally, socially, economically and environmentally, from its foundation by Babur, a Central Asian adventurer, in 1526 to the final trial and exile of the last emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar at the hands of the British in 1858.
As the borders of the Ottoman Empire crumbled throughout the latter half of the nineteenth century, unprecedented amounts of foreign capital poured in from investors who were eager to capitalize on the country's sparsely regulated industries.
Relations between the United States and the Middle East are going through a period of significant change in which the use of force in pursuit of national interests has proved to be increasingly counter-productive.
For more than two centuries following its formation in 1581, the Levant Company enjoyed a monopoly of British trade with the Ottoman Empire and provided Britain's diplomatic representation at the Sultan's court and throughout the Ottoman territories.
After the horrors of World War II in Asia - not least the systematic appalling mistreatment of Allied prisoners-of-war by the Japanese military - few would have predicted that Britain's relationship with Japan would flourish into a booming partnership of economic interdependence by the start of the twenty-first century.
Latin America-European Union relations in the twenty-first century provides a valuable overview of transatlantic trade agreement negotiations and developments in the first decades of the twenty-first century.
Increasingly, consumers in North America and Europe see their purchasing as a way to express to the commercial world their concerns about trade justice, the environment and similar issues.
Making a New World is a major rethinking of the role of the Americas in early world trade, the rise of capitalism, and the conflicts that reconfigured global power around 1800.
Over the past century, the banana industry has radically transformed Latin America and the Caribbean and become a major site of United States-Latin American interaction.
Product standards, regulations, and conformity assessment procedures are important and necessary, but they also, at times, threaten the free flow of goods in international markets and the competitive positions of many exporters, including those in the United States.
A Brookings Institution Press Internet Policy Institute publicationIn just a few years, the Internet has had a visible impact on the daily lives of many Americans.
A Brookings Institution Press and the Organization of American States publicationIn the past 15 years, the nations of the Western Hemisphere have staged a remarkable revolutionin the way they trade with their neighbors.
How multinationals contribute, or don't, to global prosperityGlobalization and multinational corporations have long seemed partners in the enterprise of economic growth: globalization-led prosperity was the goal, and giant corporations spanning the globe would help achieve it.
How globalized information networks can be used for strategic advantageUntil recently, globalization was viewed, on balance, as an inherently good thing that would benefit people and societies nearly everywhere.
An all-inclusive, exhaustive evaluation of the foreign policy of the European UnionFourteen years ago the 2009 Lisbon Treaty put into place the legal and structural foundations for the European Union to play a role as a global actor.
A 2020 CHOICE Outstanding Academic TitleJapan's challenges and opportunities in a new era of uncertaintyHenry Kissinger wrote a few years ago that Japan has been for seven decades ?
Africa welcomes business investment and offers some of the world's highest returns and impactsAfrica has tremendous economic potential and offers rewarding opportunities for global businesses looking for new markets and long-term investments with favorable returns.
The balancing of competing interests and goals will have momentous consequences for Japan-and the United States-in their quest for economic growth, social harmony, and international clout.
With billions of dollars generated annually, importing and exporting is a potentially lucrative arena for growthand a bewildering tangle of rules and regulations.
The details of international business are growing more complex by the day-and even the most seasoned professionals can find themselves in need of guidance.
This is a story about governance in Mexico after the labor and environmental accords-called "e;side agreements"e;-that accompanied the NAFTA treaty went into effect.
The balancing of competing interests and goals will have momentous consequences for Japan-and the United States-in their quest for economic growth, social harmony, and international clout.
Richard Harris's now classic study on trade and industrial policy was written for the Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada (also known as the Macdonald Commission).
