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Fecha: Lunes, Junio 6, 2022 - 20:40
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Economic sanctions deliver bigger global shocks than ever before and are easier to evade Not since the 1930s has an economy the size of Russia’s been placed under such a wide array of commercial restrictions as those imposed in response to its invasion of Ukraine. But in contrast to Italy and Japan in the 1930s, Russia today is a major exporter of oil, grain, and other key commodities, and the global economy is far more integrated. As a result, today’s sanctions have global economic effects far greater than anything seen before. Their magnitude should prompt reconsideration of sanctions as a powerful policy instrument with major global economic implications. Sanctions are not the only source of turmoil in the global economy. Energy prices have been rising since last year as the economic recovery from the pandemic encountered overburdened supply chains. Global food prices rose 28 percent in 2020 and 23 percent in 2021, and they surged 17 percent this year between February and March alone. The war has also harmed Ukraine directly as fighting has closed the country’s Black Sea ports, blocking its exports of wheat, corn, sunflower oil, and other goods. Fuente: |
Fecha: Viernes, Mayo 27, 2022 - 21:14
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The second estimate of GDP released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis show a decrease at an annual rate 1.5 percent in the first quarter of 2022, worst than released last month. The drop was due to a drcreased in exports, government spending and an increase in imports. Within exports, were widespread decreased in nondurable goods. The decreased in government spending reflected a reduced in defense spending on intermediate goods and services. And the increased in imports was led by increases in durable goods. In general, in the first quarter of 2022, an increase of COVID-19 cases still restricted opperations and activities production in some parts inside and outside of the country. Fuente: |
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Autor: Oscar Ugarteche, Armando Negrete
Las exequias del TLCAN
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Resumen: El TLCAN representó la integración de mercados entre socios asimétricos, especialmente entre las economías anglófonas y México. El objetivo del TLCAN era producir un mercado más grande para los bienes producidos en EEUU y un mercado de mano de obra de menores costos, sobre todo en el lado mexicano. Pero el TLCAN no logró revertir la pérdida de productividad de EEUU, ni mejoraron la posición salarial y la pérdida de los empleos manufactureros y poco calificados La cencelación del TLCAN pondrá fin a las políticas multilateralistas o plurilateralistas de comercio en Norte América y sostendrá únicamente relaciones unilaterales. El fortalecimiento del bilateralismo posiblemente acabe en el retiro de EEUU de la OMC y el abandono de las reglas que obligan al resto del mundo.
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¿Abandonó EEUU la política comercial internacional?
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Resumen: Con la virtual cancelación del Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte, la actual Administración de EEUU ha contradicho más de tres décadas de política exterior. Desde la década de 1990, se estableció una política de comercio internacional americana bífida: una plurilateral y otra multilateral. En ambos casos, el soporte fueron las políticas neoliberales que promovieron la flexibilización laboral, la extensión de cadenas de valor a través de todo el mundo y la deslocalización de la producción. Con ignorancia y mala fe, EEUU está destruyendo las instituciones que tardó siete décadas en consolidar. Se está repitiendo el ejercicio de los años 30 que le diera flacos resultados.
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