Why Conflict Is Not Good For Business: The BRICS vs. The West
April 4, 2014 4 min. read

After World War II, the theory that economic integration would reduce the possibility of open conflict between two nation states was tried and was deemed successful by history when France and West Germany signed the first accords that would grow to become the European Union. When Russia recently annexed Crimea, the first response by Western […]

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Mexico’s Growing Middle Class
September 23, 2012 2 min. read
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Mexico has come in for positive news of late, thanks in part to a forecast published by Nomura Securities that showed Mexico surpassing Brazil as Latin America’s largest economy by 2022. While that’s certainly possible, a more realistic scenario would involve Mexico growing at the upper end of the growth range the IMF has set […]

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Gary Locke to be the Next U.S. Ambassador to China.
March 10, 2011 4 min. read

This week the White House announced that Gary Locke, current Secretary at the U.S. Department of Commerce would success outgoing U.S. Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman, who is stepping down to possibly run for president.  Mr. Locke is one of the two first ever Chinese-Americans to serve in the Cabinet, and is well known and […]

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