China's voracious demand for raw materials and U.S. appetite for gas and oil are driving the economy today, along with a domestic real estate boom.
This has been painful for Latin America, because raw materials account for almost half the region's exports.
One of China Development Bank's specific tasks is to try to alleviate and, where possible, eliminate bottlenecks in supplies of raw materials or land for China's economy.
And Chinese demand for raw materials, that's driving commodity market at the moment.
South America is the world's major exporter of raw materials, and Asia's sharp recession pummeled prices for commodities, including copper, grains and oil.
Rhett Miller ought to be a household name by now: With model-esque good looks, considerable stage presence, and an arsenal of catchy pop songs, the charismatic frontman for alt-country favorite Old 97's doesn't want for raw materials.
As China's demand for raw materials continues its economic and industrial operation will expand throughout the continent.
It's not all about preserving the everyman's favorite refreshment, either, as the new material will likely lead to the need for fewer raw materials, meaning there's a positive environmental impact too.
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Countries such as Australia and Indonesia have fed China's growing appetite for commodities and raw materials such as coal, iron ore and palm oil.
In his workshop he said he's using nickel silver and ceramics as raw materials for the altar.
First, the high U.S. corporate demand for foreign labor and raw materials alone causes a trade imbalance.
Jotham Coe was originally assigned to Pfizer's antismoking project in 1995 to find new raw materials for other chemists.
At the same time, big infrastructure projects, another key driver of China's growth, have driven up demand for raw materials from resource-rich countries such as Indonesia.
The U.S. also has abundant raw materials, and considering demand for raw materials is declining, the price is also falling.
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The risks to his recommendation and target price include weaker-than-expected new construction markets in the U.S. and China, higher-than-expected costs for raw materials and energy, and higher spending on new-product rollouts.
But this could indicate that China's trade surplus will continue for just as long as inventories of imported raw materials and components are being liquidated.
The data indicate that manufacturer's profit margins are under pressure because the prices they paid for their raw materials rose more quickly than output prices.
China runs a deficit with most of its trading partners, which supply oil, other raw materials and industrial components, and makes up for it by running large surpluses with its U.S. and European export markets.
Antidumping duties on magnesium, polyvinyl chloride, and hot-rolled steel, for example, enable petitioning U.S. companies that often dominate domestic supply of raw materials to foreclose alternative sources and then thrust higher prices on their U.S. customers.
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At the same time, many companies in Asia source a sizable percentage of raw materials from their own country, so they are paying relatively less for inputs -- yet they sell in U.S. dollars.
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