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International efforts, such as the Paris Agreement, aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But experts say countries aren’t doing enough to limit dangerous global warming.
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March 13, 2009
United States
The bad news hidden in the good news (today’s trade data)
The US January trade deficit fell to $36 billion. That is as low as it has been in a long time. The petroleum deficit (seasonally adjusted) fell to $14.7 billion -- $4 billion less than in Dece…
January 18, 2007
China
Good news (really)
I am generally tend to see the glass as half empty, not half full. But even I think that the Chinese Ministry of Commerce’s willingness to recognize something that some American economists are still…
January 24, 2012
Trade
Morning Brief: Obama's SOTU To-Do List
As President Obama prepares for his State of the Union tonight, eight budget and public policy experts discuss the most important objectives the president must accomplish with his address (Fiscal Tim…
January 14, 2016
Sub-Saharan Africa
Some Good News From South Africa
It is unduly gloomy in sunny South Africa. The national currency, the rand, is falling; the economy is hardly growing at all; the Zuma administration appears mired in corruption and mismanagement. Th…
May 1, 2015
Iran
Weekend Reading and Watching: Zarif in NY, Daily Life in Damascus, and Science in the Middle East
Iranian FM Mohammad Zarif answers questions at New York University on the recent nuclear framework, terrorism, and more. Rima Ayoubi talks about day to day difficulties she faces in Damascus. Moham…
