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Globalization Factline Our Globalization Bulletins are collection of undeservedly obscure facts and figures, brought to you by the U.S. Business and Industry Council. For more in-depth opinions from our regular columnists and special guest writers, be sure to check out our Opinion Archive. December 2008 Is U.S. High-Tech Manufacturing as Sick as U.S. Finance? Alan Tonelson November 2008 U.S. Recovery Strategy Ignores Manufacturing Alan Tonelson Why Are We Subsidizing Our Creditors? Alan Tonelson October 2008 The Decline of American Manufacturing: Manufacturing and Service Wages Converge Downward Alan Tonelson July 2008 40 Years of Wage Stagnation in Manufacturing Alan Tonelson June 2008 Free Trade Deals a Drug-Fighting Bust Alan Tonelson The Most Competitive Economy in the World? Alan Tonelson McCain Drops the Ball on Dangerous Chinese Toys Alan Tonelson May 2008 America’s Debt Bubble and Trade Deficit Grew Hand-in-Hand Alan Tonelson April 2008 Sovereign Wealth Funds Becoming Increasingly Sovereign Alan Tonelson "Export Boom" Bypasses High-Value Industries Alan Tonelson Colombia Free Trade Agreement: Brainless -- Not a No-Brainer Alan Tonelson China: Global Growth Parasite, Not Growth Engine Alan Tonelson March 2008 The Low-Value Export "Boom" Alan Tonelson U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s China Efforts Aren’t Even Tokenism Alan Tonelson House Democratic Leaders Go into the Tank on China Alan Tonelson February 2008 Domestic Industry’s Woes Go Far Beyond Job Loss Alan Tonelson December 2007 Toy imports from China keep flooding in despite safety scares Alan Tonelson Farm Product Imports from China Keep Surging Alan Tonelson November 2007 Still looking for those Chinese consumers (continued) Alan Tonelson October 2007 Houston, We Have a Problem - With the President's Credibility Alan Tonelson A Bipartisan Failure on China Policy Alan Tonelson Still Searching for those Chinese Consumers Alan Tonelson September 2007 Trade Deficits Don't Matter -- Unless You Care Who Owns Your Country Alan Tonelson August 2007 Manufacturing Job Meltdown Alan Tonelson June 2007 Flopping in the Big Leagues Alan Tonelson May 2007 A Looming Chinese Investment Tsunami in US Firms? Alan Tonelson Nepotism in Chinese Characters Alan Tonelson U.S. Food Safety Trends Alan Tonelson April 2007 Global Financial Trends Alan Tonelson March 2007 While US Automakers Stall, China Steps on the Accelerator Alan Tonelson Sec. Paulson's Claims on US Exports to China Laid to Waste Alan Tonelson February 2007 China Captures Increasing Share of Global R&D Alan Tonelson December 2006 Procurement from China: It Isn’t Just Wal-Mart Alan Tonelson Politburo to Peasants: Message Returned Unrecognized Alan Tonelson November 2006 Import Nation Alan Tonelson U.S Workforce Less Industrialized than Britain's Alan Tonelson October 2006 U.S. Foreign Policy Goals: Jobs is Job #1 Alan Tonelson Senators Schumer and Graham: Mission Accomplished??? Alan Tonelson September 2006 China's One-Way Auto Parts Trade Alan Tonelson August 2006 Global Trade Trends Alan Tonelson July 2006 Global Manufacturing Trends Alan Tonelson June 2006 Washington's Real Priorities Alan Tonelson Jobs of the Future Alan Tonelson Free Trade with New Orleans Alan Tonelson May 2006 No Recovery for Manufacturing Workers Alan Tonelson Ignoring Expert Financial Opinion, China's Leaders Continue to Turbocharge Export-Led Growth Alan Tonelson April 2006 The Hot Air Powering the Globe’s Growth Engine Alan Tonelson What Open Borders Has Wrought Alan Tonelson Chinese Economic Trends Alan Tonelson Bush's Fake China Trade Enforcement Policy Alan Tonelson March 2006 U.S. Immigration Trends Alan Tonelson The Bill Thomas Legacy: Thanks for the Trade Deficits Alan Tonelson The Rope Keeps Getting Sold Alan Tonelson February 2006 U.S. Trade Flows Alan Tonelson U.S. Trade Flows Alan Tonelson The Import Flood Continues Alan Tonelson U.S. Technology Prowess? Alan Tonelson December 2005 Today's U.S. Trade Partners Plunder American Market Monthly Alan Tonelson America's Sorry Trade Record Under the WTO Alan Tonelson November 2005 U.S. Immigration "Policy" Alan Tonelson Waiting for Godot -- or Schumer-Graham Alan Tonelson Arming China Alan Tonelson World Bank Says Trade Liberalization Results Will Be Skewed Alan Tonelson October 2005 Lack of an Immigration Policy -- The Costs Keep Rising Alan Tonelson Hillary-Come-Lately on the US Auto Industry Crisis Alan Tonelson Behind the Auto Parts Meltdown Alan Tonelson Earth to IMF – Budget Deficits Don’t Cause Trade Deficits Alan Tonelson The Manufacturing Slowdown Continues Alan Tonelson September 2005 The Trade Deficit Superpower Alan Tonelson Why Unocal is Just the Beginning Alan Tonelson America's One-Way Trade With Asia Alan Tonelson Signs of the Bubble Alan Tonelson August 2005 Still Looking for Chinese Consumers Alan Tonelson Another Sign of a Bubble? Alan Tonelson The Hot Air Powering the Globe’s Growth Engine Alan Tonelson July 2005 NAM Duped by China Currency Shell Game Alan Tonelson After CAFTA – The Deluge? Alan Tonelson America's Dwindling Export Presence Alan Tonelson June 2005 CAFTA and Labor Rights Alan Tonelson US Trade Flows Alan Tonelson May 2005 US-Central America Trade: Mountains out of Mole Hills Alan Tonelson Central American Markets: Making Mountains out of Mole Hills Alan Tonelson April 2005 Chinese Economic Trends Alan Tonelson Increasingly Clueless on Chinese Currency Manipulation Alan Tonelson March 2005 Lost Years for Core US Manufacturing Alan Tonelson CAFTA 's Six Countries: Salvation of the $11 Trillion U.S. Economy? Alan Tonelson US-China Trade: Which is the Developed Country? Alan Tonelson February 2005 Import Nation Alan Tonelson January 2005 High-Tech Industry Becomes a Lower Wage Industry Alan Tonelson Still Looking for Chinese consumers (cont'd) Alan Tonelson December 2004 Still Looking for Chinese Consumers Alan Tonelson How Asian Currency Manipulation Pays Off Alan Tonelson November 2004 U.S. Manufacturing Trends Alan Tonelson U.S. Trade Trends: Another Trade Gap Alan Tonelson U.S. Trade Trends With Europe Alan Tonelson Trade Flows: Behind the Flu Vaccine Shortage Alan Tonelson October 2004 Jobs of the Future Just Keep Vanishing Alan Tonelson September 2004 U.S. Trade Flows Alan Tonelson Jobs of the Future Keep Vanishing Alan Tonelson Wal-Marting Our Way to Prosperity? Alan Tonelson August 2004 U.S.-China Trade: Which Country is Third World? Alan Tonelson Jobs of the Future? Alan Tonelson July 2004 The Road to Morocco is the Road to Nowhere Alan Tonelson June 2004 A Quantum Leap to Higher Merchandise Trade Deficits Alan Tonelson Don't Worry About the Loss of Manufacturing Jobs, We're Going to be a Service Economy Alan Tonelson U.S. Wage Trends Alan Tonelson Chinese Trade Flows Alan Tonelson May 2004 U.S. Auto Trade Trends With World's Two Most Populous Countries Alan Tonelson Chinese Trade Flows Alan Tonelson Still Searching for Those "Big, Emerging" Latin Markets Alan Tonelson April 2004 Get the Lead Out -- Of Candy from Mexico Alan Tonelson High-Tech Job Flight to India Alan Tonelson Addicted to Exporting to America Alan Tonelson March 2004 High-Tech Job Flight Alan Tonelson WSJ: Desperately Seeking Surpluses Alan Tonelson February 2004 U.S. Technology Prowess Alan Tonelson January 2004 We’re Number 10!!!! 3Q 2003 real wage changes, leading world economies Alan Tonelson The Limits of the Weak Dollar Policy Alan Tonelson The Mountain of Red Ink Keeps Growing Alan Tonelson December 2003 FACTLINE: Wal-Mart's Trade Deficit Alan Tonelson FACTLINE: US-China Trade Alan Tonelson FACTLINE: U.S.-India Trade Alan Tonelson November 2003 FACTLINE: President's Council of Economic Fiction Alan Tonelson October 2003 FACTLINE: Defense Trade Trends Alan Tonelson FACTLINE: US Outsourcing Trends Alan Tonelson FACTLINE: U.S.-China Trade Alan Tonelson FACTLINE: Importing Our Way to Prosperity??? Alan Tonelson FACTLINE: US Technology Trends Alan Tonelson September 2003 FACTLINE: Third World Purchasing Power to Save US Economy? Alan Tonelson Factline: Trade Deficits: It Ain't Just China Alan Tonelson Factline: US Immigration Policy: Kicking Hi-tech Workers When They're Down Alan Tonelson August 2003 Factline: High-Tech Trade Trends Alan Tonelson Factline: Western Hemisphere Economic Trends Alan Tonelson July 2003 Factline: The Asianization of U.S. Foreign Debt Alan Tonelson Factline: US Trade Trends: A Paper Superpower? Alan Tonelson Factline: More Blaming America First Alan Tonelson June 2003 Factline: Import Nation Alan Tonelson Factline: Global Wage Trends Alan Tonelson Factline: US Trade Trends Alan Tonelson Factline: US Auto Trade Trends Alan Tonelson May 2003 Factline: U.S. High-Tech Trade Flows Alan Tonelson Factline: Today's Manufacturing Slump is already the second longest post-1930s Alan Tonelson Factline: It's Not All OPEC's Fault Alan Tonelson Factline: The Other Manufacturing Meltdown Alan Tonelson Factline: Worse than the Last Recession Alan Tonelson April 2003 Factline: US Manufacturing Trends Alan Tonelson Factline: US Immigration Trends Alan Tonelson Factline: World Trade Trends: Overcapacity Alan Tonelson Factline: Chinese High Tech Prowess Alan Tonelson Factline: US Manufacturing Trends Alan Tonelson March 2003 Factline: US-China Trade Trends Alan Tonelson Factline: US Manufacturing Recession Alan Tonelson Factline: China's Deflation Machine Alan Tonelson Factline: Global Workforce Trends Alan Tonelson February 2003 Factline: Security Council or Trade Deficit Council? Alan Tonelson Factline: China's Unequal Trade Alan Tonelson Factline: The Benefits of Foreign Investment Alan Tonelson January 2003 Factline: The Most Competitive Economy??? Alan Tonelson Factline: U.S.-Caribbean Basin Trade Alan Tonelson November 2002 Factline: Still Looking for the Chinese Consumer? Here's Why: Alan Tonelson October 2002 Factline: The False Promise: Trade as an anti-Poverty Weapon Alan Tonelson Factline: World Employment Trends Alan Tonelson Factline: The Most Competitive Economy? Alan Tonelson Factline: Some China Market Alan Tonelson Factline: The Real 'Rich Country' Protectionists Alan Tonelson September 2002 Factline: Southbound -- U.S. Wages Alan Tonelson Factline: Racing to the Bottom in Mexico Alan Tonelson Factline: Trade Flows Since 9/11 Alan Tonelson Factline: Immigration: Americans Need Not Apply (cont'd) Alan Tonelson August 2002 Factline: Third World Income Trends Alan Tonelson Factline: US Trade Flows -- Domestic Market Meltdown Alan Tonelson Factline: US Trade Flows Alan Tonelson Factline: US Workforce Trends Alan Tonelson July 2002 Factline: Economic Patriotism 101 Alan Tonelson Factline: US-China Trade Alan Tonelson Factline: US Trade Flows -- Service Sector Alan Tonelson Factline: US Trade Flows Alan Tonelson June 2002 Factline: Americans Need Not Apply Alan Tonelson Factline: U.S. Trade Policy and Latin America Alan Tonelson Factline: High Tech Outsourcing Alan Tonelson Factline: China -- More Trade = More (Not Less) Government Alan Tonelson Factline: US-China Trade Alan Tonelson May 2002 Factline: Who Owns America? Alan Tonelson Factline: Public Opinion for Fast Track Sinking Fast Alan Tonelson April 2002 Factline: Failure of the Andean Trade Preferences Act Alan Tonelson Factline: Trade Adjustment Assistance: the Fast Track to Low Wages Alan Tonelson Factline: US Trade Surpluses Only With Minor Economies Alan Tonelson Factline: Free trade with Lilliput Alan Tonelson March 2002 Factline: U.S. Trade Flows Alan Tonelson Factline: Immigration: Another Broken NAFTA Promise Alan Tonelson Factline: New Trade Agreements = Higher US Trade Deficits Alan Tonelson February 2002 Factline: US Trade Flows (cont'd) Alan Tonelson January 2002 Factline: Service Jobs and US Living Standards Alan Tonelson Factline: U.S. Trade Flows Alan Tonelson December 2001 Factline: Was the 1990s Really a 'Goldilocks Alan Tonelson Factline: Trade-Loser Industries Strongly Back Fast Track Alan Tonelson Factline: New Poll Shows Public Strongly Opposed to Fast Track Alan Tonelson November 2001 Factline: The Cronyism Continues in Emerging Markets Alan Tonelson Factline: Trade Actions in the WTO Involving the US Alan Tonelson Factline: China's Trade Flows Alan Tonelson October 2001 Factline: American Public Favors American Jobs Alan Tonelson Factline: Western Hemisphere Trade Trends Alan Tonelson Factline: Trends in Manufacturing Jobs Alan Tonelson Factline: The Fast Track to Recession Alan Tonelson Factline: Trade: A Multinational Corporate Monopoly (cont'd) Alan Tonelson September 2001 Factline: Who Exports? Alan Tonelson Factline: US Wages and Productivity: Where's the Beef? Alan Tonelson Factline: The Phony Mexican Export Market Alan Tonelson August 2001 Factline: Fast Track to Unemployment Alan Tonelson Factline: When Free Trade Undermines Democracy Alan Tonelson Factline: Immigration - Land of the Free, Home of the Laid-off Alan Tonelson Factline: US Trade Flows -- Internet or Import-net? Alan Tonelson July 2001 Factline: The Real 1990s Boom -- Imports Alan Tonelson Factline: Immigration, Another Broken NAFTA Promise Alan Tonelson Factline: 1990s, Greatest Economy Ever? Alan Tonelson Factline: Western Hemisphere Trade Alan Tonelson June 2001 Globalization Factline: What Gives with Japan Trade? Alan Tonelson Globalization Factline: Hi-Tech Future? Not! Alan Tonelson Globalization Factline: NAFTA at Seven Alan Tonelson Globalization Factline: Emerging Markets? Alan Tonelson Globalization Factline: Immigration Flows Alan Tonelson Globalization Factline: Clinton's Trade Legacy Alan Tonelson Regular Columnists: Hawkins • Tonelson • Opinion Archive

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