Hmmm... I agree... I will definitely keep an eye on this as it develops... Russia certainly has a lot of problems, and Putin is as scummy as they come.Kmarion wrote:
Possibly. The reason China has gotten so much attention over these last few years in the shift in their trade policies. After thousands of years of Isolationism they have decided to come out and show themselves.Turquoise wrote:
Well, what I mean is... I think more of the business elite will start to value the idea of trade diversity when the Chinese standard of living rises significantly. What began as cheap labor will eventually become less cost effective than Indian or Indonesian labor.Kmarion wrote:
I described the dependency in my first post. So I must agree. Don't confuse what we should do with what the reality of what we know is going to happen. The Chinese market will not be sacrificed by the business elite. Our only hope for them to start to address their human rights issue is from broad international pressure.
Even from a completely selfish point of view, we're probably going to see a shift of trade towards India and Indonesia.
I think if I were to keep an eye on anyone right now it would be Putin. He has been doing some very erratic things lately.
This is from today. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070329/ap_ … s_russia_7
WASHINGTON - Russia has fully restored its espionage capabilities against the United States after a period of decline following the Cold War, a senior U.S. counterintelligence official said Thursday.
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