Protectionism

MULTINATIONAL FIRMS have come a long way in the decades since the emergence of supply-chain management. A sclerotic and retrospective set of disjointed processes has formalised into a proper discipline. Decisions based on gut instincts and relationships are i…

MULTINATIONAL FIRMS have come a long way in the decades since the emergence of supply-chain management. A sclerotic and retrospective set of disjointed processes has formalised into a proper discipline. Decisions based on gut instincts and relationships are i…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve over the course of its 105-year history has changed monetary policy in reaction to property crashes, war, financial bubbles and policymakers’ gut instincts about where the economy was heading. But the U.S. cen…

In the 30 years since Tim Berners Lee first documented his vision for what would become the World Wide Web, the US has been the primary leader in innovative infrastructure and products that are now core to everyday life. This innovation mostly occurred with s…

AP Photo/Evan Vucci Bloomberg reported Sunday evening that a 25% tariff on imports of the metal has accelerated the decline of some US mills. US Steel, a titan of the metal industry, has lost $5.5 billion in market value and idled two furnac…

Question in UPSC Mains GSM3-2018Introduction (Definition then give origin)Body#1: Protectionism & IndiaBody#2: Currency Manipulation & IndiaConclusion (Finding)Pitfalls/MistakesModel answer…

India Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government unveiled the budget for 2019/2020 on Friday, seeking to reverse weakening growth and investment that threaten to take the shine off a recent landslide election victory. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, pres…

THE MOTIVE force behind trade deals is supposed to be FOMOthe fear of missing out. If negotiators fail to grab new markets for their exporters, the theory goes, rivals may snap those markets up first. On June 28th two trading partners seized better access to …

Paris (AFP) - French President Emmanuel Macron defended a huge trade deal agreed by the European Union and four South American countries and warned against "neo-protectionism", as farmers and environmentalists step up their resistance to the accord. The deal…

Although fair and free trade is one of the G20s guiding principles, protectionism has re-emerged in many member states in recent years. Lawrence Summers, one of the G20s architects, discusses the groups evolution since it was established nearly 20 years ago, …