Financial contagion from Europe could quickly turn conditions in China and America from disappointingly soft to dangerously recessionary.
Astonishingly, it can be cheaper to ship goods to the United States from China than from Central America, according to a World Bank study.
Astonishingly, freight costs for exports from Central America to the United States can be higher than from China, for example.
To sustain its catch-up with America, China needs to rebalance its economy away from exports towards consumer spending, which will require a rise in its real exchange rate.
Japan will remain particularly vulnerable to any external shock from America or China while deflation persists.
Other kung fu talent streamed to America in the wake of Hong Kong's 1997 turnover from the British to China.
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For example, though the relationship today between America and China is far from warm, we are unlikely to declare war on them or vice versa.
The company now faced a total production shortfall of 540, 000 cars from North America, Europe, Japan and China for the period up to 3 June, he said.
In January America's imports from China were over seven times greater than its exports to the Middle Kingdom.
To operate in China, the Council itself must provide documents from America's State Department, the Chinese Embassy in America, the cities of Washington and Shanghai, the local tax authorities and the local branch of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce.
At a time when the Western media are contracting, China is pushing its government-run news services to expand from America to Zimbabwe.
It's starting from a position of strength in North America and China, and it hasn't even begun to wring out global inefficiency.
Along with Schaefer, a European of Chinese descent (her Chinese name, Xie Tingya) who moved to China in 1994, 60% of the faculty is from Europe or North America.
Moreover, we are seeing demand shift from Europe to new markets, including the U.S., China, India and Latin America.
Plans include raising a larger, second fund from current and new investors and opening satellite offices in places like China and Latin America over the next 12 to 24 months.
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First, it does little to incentivise the development of CCS, which will be needed if emissions from existing coal plants, both in America and in sooty places such as China and India, are ever to be reduced.
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And here's one of the best things about energy efficiency -- it turns out that energy-efficient windows or insulation, those things are products that are almost exclusively manufactured right here in the United States of America. (Applause.) It's very hard to ship windows from China. (Laughter.) So a lot of these materials are made right here in America.
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Critical to the stainless steel industry, nickel is seeing strong demand from China and the U.S. MacMillan notes that this demand is in part due to America's shortage of stainless steel scrap.
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