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Comment on Russian Commentators Weigh in on New U.S. Ambassador by Official Russia | Russia-US: Receiving A New US Ambassador

Official Russia | Russia-US: Receiving A New US Ambassador — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:18:19 +0000

[...] of The Pipeline summarizes comments on the reception in Moscow of new US Ambassador to Russia, Michael [...]

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Russia-US: Receiving A New US Ambassador · Global Voices — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:58:09 +0000

[...] of The Pipeline summarizes comments on the reception in Moscow by new US Ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul. Tweet [...]

Comment on WTO Woes by Mark

Mark — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:46:38 +0000

The WTO regularly rules against the USA for protectionist actions such as antidumping duties arbitrarily applied. The typical U.S. reaction is to ignore the ruling as if it never happened. Here are a couple of examples;

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-01-18/wto-rules-against-u-s-duty-calculation-method-backing-korea.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/19/business/global/19trade.html

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/7b00c4a0-7b89-11dc-8c53-0000779fd2ac.html#axzz1T4YAgDOz

Alternatively, the USA simply announces that it won the dispute, and carries on as if that were the case. Is the United States in danger of being kicked out of the WTO? Ha, ha – as if. But it might explain why Russia probably sees the accusation that it does not display “willingness to comply to WTO rules when they do not seem to immediately benefit the country”, considering it is not even a member and thus under no obligation to obey the rules, while longstanding members ignore the rules as and whereas it suits them. Insistence that Russia bind itself to WTO regulation before it is even considered for membership looks, in that light, more than a little hypocritical.

Car manufacturers in the USA may not call their vehicles “American-made” if the content of domestic parts is less than 75%, 15% higher than the Russian rule.

http://www.cars.com/go/advice/Story.jsp?section=top&subject=ami&story=amMade0808

Putin is simply trying to protect the domestic auto industry, so it doesn’t go under from a flood of competition originating in countries that pay their workers next to nothing – China is just a hop away, and is the manufacturing/fabrication king of the world. It has nothing to do with “putting liberalization on hold”.

Comment on WTO Woes by Official Russia | Russia: To Join WTO Or Not?

Official Russia | Russia: To Join WTO Or Not? — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:02:18 +0000

[...] considerations whether to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) or not is addressed by Julia at The Pipeline, and by [...]

Comment on WTO Woes by Russia: To Join WTO Or Not? · Global Voices

Russia: To Join WTO Or Not? · Global Voices — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 09:02:29 +0000

[...] considerations whether to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) or not is addressed by Julia at The Pipeline, and by Democratist. [...]

Comment on Russia Competitiveness Report by Russia: Economic strengths and weaknesses · Global Voices

Russia: Economic strengths and weaknesses · Global Voices — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 08:24:58 +0000

[...] Pipeline summarizes the World Economic Forum “Russia Competiveness Report 2011” outlining the strengths and [...]

Comment on Will Reform Efforts Be Awarded by Increased FDI? by It’s Hard To Be Nostalgic When You Can’t Remember Anything | The Kremlin Stooge

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 21:50:40 +0000

[...] week after the economic reform package of President Yanukovych’s government was released, deals were inked for nearly $60 million in FDI from Barclay’s Capital, the IFC (private-investment arm of the [...]

Comment on Luzhkov: The Contenders (part 3) by Russia: Citizen Bloggers of 2010 · Global Voices

Russia: Citizen Bloggers of 2010 · Global Voices — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 17:42:11 +0000

[...] to investigate rival companies, Navalny’s stock has never been higher. In October, he was elected “virtual mayor of Moscow” by readers of the influential news sites gazeta.ru and Kommersant [...]

Comment on IPO Renaissance for Kazakhstan by IPO Tracker for Russia, Kazakhstan and CIS | AmLaw Group

IPO Tracker for Russia, Kazakhstan and CIS | AmLaw Group — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 23:13:33 +0000

[...] CIS markets in terms of past and future IPO volumes. PBN made reference to a Kazakhstani “IPO Renaissance.” That might be putting things a bit too optimistically, since previously there really [...]

Comment on Moving Up the Rankings by Kazakhstan: Moving Up | AmLaw Group

Kazakhstan: Moving Up | AmLaw Group — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 23:08:54 +0000

[...] most recent annual survey on ease of doing business by the World Bank and IFC promoted Kazakhstan up by 15 places up to 59th [...]

Comment on The OSCE Summit 2010: Drawing Conclusions by World Spinner

World Spinner — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 15:52:13 +0000

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Comment on OSCE Summit Opens in Astana by World Spinner

World Spinner — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 16:24:23 +0000

OSCE Summit Opens in Astana…

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