World Trade Organization

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  Russia’s WTO Entry Spells Opportunity for Overseas Investors

  By Savita Iyer-Ahrestani, AdvisorOne  |  January 17, 2013

  Russia’s entry into the World Trade Organization may be the catalyst that bridges the vast gap between the country's great investment opportunities and giant risks.

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  Congress’ Top 5 Pieces of ‘Unfinished Business’

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  August 7, 2012

  As Congress headed off for its August recess, quite a few tasks were left unresolved, with the biggest by far being legislation to avert the looming fiscal cliff.

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  It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like 2011

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  April 13, 2012

  Echoing warnings by the hedge fund manager George Soros and the WTO, the Financial Times points to similarities in market moves over the past three years.

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  S&P 500 Will Drop 43%: Shilling

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  April 12, 2012

  Money manager, economist and AdvisorOne contributor Gary Shilling is out with another bold prediction, one that might have legs. Shilling says that the S&P 500 will drop 43% from its recent level this year.

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  U.S. Joins in WTO Dispute with China

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  March 13, 2012

  China, which has about 33% of the world’s resources of rare earths, produces at least 90% of the supply available for manufacturing. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin was cited as saying that China’s policy regarding rare earths complies with WTO rules.

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  Lagarde Warns of Dangers of Cuts Before Davos

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  January 20, 2012

  Ahead of the meeting of policymakers in Davos next week, Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund joined with members of the Global Issues Group of the World Economic Forum to warn against policies that aim only for cuts and jeopardize chances for economic growth.

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  Fitch Ponders Cut to Asian Ratings

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  December 12, 2011

  China's exports and imports have exploded since it joined the WTO in 2001, but the world economy is slowing things down forcing Fitch to ponder cuts to its ratings of Asian countries.

• U.S., European Austerity Will Doom Global Economy: U.N. Study

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  September 7, 2011

  A U.N. economic think tank slammed the current approach to solving the global financial crisis in a report released Tuesday, saying current austerity policies and market-pleasing moves, along with financial deregulation, will bring the global economy to its knees, with the best-case scenario a decade of stagnation.

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  Britain Chides U.S., Sees Greatest Danger to Global Economy Since 2008

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  August 11, 2011

  Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer asks those who spent last year telling the United Kingdom to follow the American example of yet more fiscal stimulus to explain why the U.S. economy has grown more slowly than the U.K.’s so far this year.