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RL32165 - China’s Currency: Economic Issues and Options for U.S. Trade Policy22-May-2008; Wayne M. Morrison and Marc Labonte; 55 p. Update: Previous releases: July 15, 2007 June 28, 2007 .... [expand] [read report] Abstract: The continued rise in China’s trade surplus with the United States and the world, and complaints from U.S. manufacturing firms and workers over the competitive challenges posed by Chinese imports have led several Members to call for a more aggressive U.S. stance against certain Chinese trade policie.... [expand] [read report] Topics: Economics & Trade, International |
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RS22597 - Global Climate Change and Wildlife15-May-2008; Pervaze A. Sheikh, M. Lynne Corn, Jane A. Leggett, and Peter Folger; 6 p. Abstract: Recently projected climate changes could have widespread effects on wildlife species. These effects may include extinctions, changes in species’ ranges, mismatches in their phenologies (timing of pollination, flowering, etc.), and population declines. Other species could flourish in response to proj.... [expand] [read report] Topics: Biodiversity, International, Information |
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RL32466 - Rising Energy Competition and Energy Security in Northeast Asia: Issues for U.S. Policy13-May-2008; Emma Chanlett-Avery; 27 p. Update: Previous Releases: January 20, 2006 May 25, 2006 /NLE/CRSreports/05Feb/RL32466.pdf /NLE/CRSreports/04Jul/RL32466.pdf.... [expand] [read report] Abstract: Asia has become a principal driver in world energy markets, largely due to China’s remarkable growth in demand. As the gap between consumption and production levels in Asia expands, the region’s economic powers appear to be increasingly anxious about their energy security, concerned that tigh.... [expand] [read report] Topics: Energy, International |
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RS21625 - China’s Currency: A Summary of the Economic Issues8-May-2008; Wayne M. Morrison and Marc Labonte; 6 p. Update: Previous releases: January 9, 2008 July 11, 2007.... [expand] [read report] Abstract: Many Members of Congress charge that China’s policy of accumulating foreign reserves (especially U.S. dollars) to influence the value of its currency constitutes a form of currency manipulation intended to make its exports cheaper and imports into China more expensive than they would be under free m.... [expand] [read report] Topics: Economics & Trade, International, Information |
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RL34478 - Rising Food Prices and Global Food Needs: The U.S. Response8-May-2008; Charles E. Hanrahan; 22 p. Abstract: Rising food prices are having impacts across the world, but especially among poor people in low-income developing countries. Since 2000, a year of low food prices, wheat prices in international markets have more than tripled, corn prices have doubled, and rice prices rose to unprecedented levels in .... [expand] [read report] Topics: General, International |
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RL34091 - Globalization, Worker Insecurity, and Policy Approaches31-Jul-2008; Raymond J. Ahearn; 18 p. Abstract: Today’s global economy, or what many call globalization, has a growing impact on the economic futures of American companies, workers, and families. Increasing integration with the world economy makes the U.S. and other economies more productive. For most Americans, this has translated into absolute .... [expand] [read report] Topics: International, Economics & Trade |
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RL32450 - Cruise Ship Pollution: Background, Laws and Regulations, and Current Issues1-Jul-2008; Claudia Copeland; 30 p. Update: Previous Releases: May 2, 2008 February 6, 2008 June 14, 2007 October 6, 2006 May 16,2005.... [expand] [read report] Abstract: The cruise industry is a significant and growing contributor to the U.S. economy, providing more than $32 billion in benefits annually and generating more than 330,000 U.S. jobs, but also making the environmental impacts of its activities an issue to many. Although cruise ships represent a small .... [expand] [read report] Topics: Pollution, Water, International |
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RL34634 - Climate Change and International Deforestation: Legislative Analysis22-Aug-2008; Pervaze A. Sheikh, Ross W. Gorte, Jessica Sidener; 10 p. Update: Previous Editions: August 22, 2008 .... [expand] [read report] Abstract: Deforestation accounts for nearly 20% of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions in the world. Deforestation results in carbon emissions when trees and underlying vegetation are burning or decomposing. Deforested areas that are later cultivated also release carbon to the atmosphere when soil carbo.... [expand] [read report] Topics: Forests, Legislative, International |
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RL34620 - Comparing Global Influence: China's and the U.S. Diplomacy, Foreign Aid, Trade, and Investment in a Developing World15-Aug-2008; Thomas Lum, Christopher M. Blanchard, Nicolas Cook, Kerry Dumbaugh, Susan B. Epstein, Shirley A. Kan, Michael F. Martin, Wayne M. Morrison, Dick K. Nanto, Jim Nichol, Jeremy M. Sharp, Mark P. Sullivan, Bruce Vaughn, Thomas Coipuram Jr.; 175 p. Update: Previous Editions: August 15, 2008 .... [expand] [read report] Abstract: This report compares the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) and U.S. projections of global influence, with an emphasis on non-coercive means or “soft power,” and suggests ways to think about U.S. foreign policy options in light of China’s emergence. Part One discusses U.S. foreign policy interest.... [expand] [read report] Topics: Economics & Trade, International, International Finance |
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RL34351 - Brazil's and Canada's WTO Cases Against U.S. Agricultural Support1-Feb-2008; Randy Schnepf; 17 p. Abstract: On December 17, 2007, the World Trade Organization’s (WTO’s) Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) established a single panel to consider charges against U.S. farm programs brought in two separate but similar cases: DS357, brought by Canada, and DS365, brought by Brazil. Both cases make two charges again.... [expand] [read report] Topics: Agriculture, International, Legislative |
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