protectionism

Disaster management

EU leaders have agreed to explore a free-trade agreement with Japan. In the US, the Federal Reserve has given banks permission to reward their shareholders financially. We look at media reaction to both of these decisions.

(eine Möglichkeit) ausloten, sondieren

Freihandelsabkommen

US-Notenbank(system)

Aktionäre

Rogues and renegades

The Wall Street Journal warns of the dangers of the current “exchange rate wars”, while the Financial Times comments on the €4.9 billion penalty facing Jérôme Kerviel, whose risky investments nearly crashed the French Bank Société Générale in 2008.

Wechselkurs

Milliarde(n)

Strafe

die ... zu erwarten hat

British workers for British jobs?

Should employers favour domestic workers ahead of foreigners in a recession? You can read two opposing views on this topic in Head-to-Head.

Resisting protectionism

In hard times, protectionism seems attractive. But protectionism will not bring global prosperity, writes The New York Times.

Wohlstand

Saving industry

Should industry be bailed out? No, writes The Economist. This does not address a big cause of the crisis, a fall in demand for all goods.

retten, aus der Klemme helfen

angehen

Keep it open!

Barack Obama was right to criticize the "Buy American" provision in the US economic stimulus bill, even if he should have done so much earlier. The last thing the world economy needs now is nationalist ideas to protect individual countries.

Bestimmung, Klausel

Konjunkturgesetz

Japan joins bail-out race

You can't blame Japan for joining the bail-out race. But the race could turn into a new form of protectionism, writes the Financial Times.

Hilfs-, Rettungs-

EU-Canada Summit with, from left to right: Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France, Stephen Harper, Canadian Prime Minister and Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the EC. Photo by Jaques Witt/European Community 2008

Nafta-Plus

If Canadians are going to have a tougher time selling their goods to the US, who can blame them for looking to Europe. Prime Minister Stephen Harper and President Nicolas Sarkozy have begun negotiations for a free trade pact between Canada and the EU.

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