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Deflation Looms as China's Economy Cools Off:  by William Pesek Jr.

Nov. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Anyone notice how quickly ``overheating'' has been dropped from investors' China lexicon? In the annals of word-disappearance cases, it merits a mention.

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  The skyrocketing cost of oil is sending pump prices soaring. But it's also subsidizing research into new technologies that can change the energy game. ...繼續閱讀

November 16, 2005, 8:44 a.m.
Do-It-Yourself Legislation
A legislative disease the GOP is far from immune to.

By Iain Murray

The aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita have proved a massive breeding ground for what former OECD Chief Economist David Henderson has termed "Do-it-Yourself Economics" (DIYE), which he defines as "firmly held intuitive economic ideas and beliefs which owe little or nothing to textbooks, treatises or the evidence of economic history." The DIYE phenomenon is not restricted to the general public. Henderson points out that DIYE ideas are "sincerely held, and voiced with conviction, by political figures, top civil servants, CEOs, [labor unionists], well-known journalists and commentators, religious leaders, senior judges and eminent professors." Sadly, these ideas might do real harm to the U.S. economy.

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 Nov 10th 2005
From The Economist print edition

One market, one profit, 25 taxmen

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Japan is Back, For Real This Time
October 2005

by Jesper Koll

Japan is back as a high-growth economy. A combination of positive cyclical forces and structural changes suggests that an upgrade to the short- and medium- term outlook for the country is in order. Over the next five to 10 years, the Japanese economy’s growth potential is poised to be close to 2.5% —much higher than the 1% to 1.5% estimates commonly proffered by economists. This paves the way for the Japanese economy to become an even more powerful engine of prosperity for Asia.

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WTO貿易檢討 台灣應主動說明兩岸貿易政策

【中央社 記者呂志翔日內瓦十四日專電】

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中經院:開發中國家地位 台灣NAMA談判挑戰

【中央社 記者唐佩君台北十日電】

中華經濟研究院表示，據WTO香港部長會議宣言，會員國應在今年4月30日前完成非農產品市場進入 (NAMA)開放模式，由於開發中會員國市場開放程度低於已開發會員國，台灣能否爭取到「開發中」國家經濟地位是談判主要挑戰。

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挽救多哈回合

《財經》雜誌/總149期 2005.12.26 00:00

149個成員在最後一刻達成妥協，為挽救多哈回合談判提供了一線生機。更為艱難的實質性談判留給了未來的數月
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世貿第六次部長級會議在達成有限度協議下閉幕，如果餘下談判順利，《香港宣言》將成世界經濟史的里程碑。《香港宣言》特別照顧窮困的利益，規定發達國家向所有最不發達國家的產品提供免稅和免配額的市場准入，估計最不發達國家每年可因此獲80億美元的收益。此外發達國家取消棉花出口補貼，估計撒哈拉以南非洲國家的棉花出口可因此增加七成五。

在世貿會議期間香港傳媒天天充塞「世貿對發展中國家弊大於利」及「自由貿易危害社會公義」等等謬論，不單止違背經濟邏輯，更悖乎常理，筆者不能不為文駁斥。

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WTO談判 台灣亟須建立主談人制度

【中央社 記者呂志翔日內瓦五日專電】

經濟部長何美玥表示，經濟部應有一位次長是「談判代表」，專責談判，事實上，台灣在世界貿易組織 (WTO)談判中設立「主談人」的構想存在已久，但始終未能推動，如能有所改善，當可提升台灣談判能力與表現。

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