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Japan’s Inclusion Makes the Trans-Pacific Partnership a Big Opportunity ArticleMay 8, 2012

Women ride bicycles past Sony Corporation headquarters in Tokyo. The Trans-Pacific Partnership would benefit well-known Japanese businesses such as Toyota and Sony and give U.S. businesses better access to Japanese markets. (AP/Katsumi Kasahara)

Japan’s Inclusion Makes the Trans-Pacific Partnership a Big Opportunity

A regional trade agreement being hammered out this week in Dallas could lead to improved trade between the United States and Japan once they get over a few hurdles, write Jordan Bernhardt and Sabina Dewan.

May 8, 2012

Jordan Bernhardt, Sabina Dewan

International Job Creation Policy Menu ArticleApril 5, 2012

A worker assembles mechanic parts of a wind turbine at a factory of Guodian United Power Technology Co., Ltd., in Baoding, in northern China's Hebei province, Monday, June 20, 2011. Wind power industry is expected to generate approximately 34,000 green jobs in China annually between 2011 and 2020 (including power generation and manufacturing). (AP/Alexander F. Yuan)

International Job Creation Policy Menu

The Just Jobs Network highlights job creation ideas from select advanced and developing economies.

Apr 5, 2012

Just Jobs Network

Filling in the Gaps in Our Trade Intelligence ArticleMarch 14, 2012

President Barack Obama’s executive order creating a beefed-up trade enforcement office means our domestic trade laws and agreements will be more aggressively enforced. But we need to do more to fill in large intelligence gaps about foreign and domestic trade activities. (AP/Susan Walsh)

Filling in the Gaps in Our Trade Intelligence

Sabina Dewan says that a new trade enforcement office and possible crackdown on China solar panel subsidies don’t address the root of the problem.

Mar 14, 2012

Sabina Dewan

Why We Need an Equal Global Workforce ArticleMarch 7, 2012

Saadia Zahidi, head of the World Economic Forum’s Women Leaders and Gender Parity program, who argues that when women

Why We Need an Equal Global Workforce

Increasing women’s labor participation is not just about fairness, writes James Hairston. It’s good for business.

Mar 7, 2012

James Hairston

Rebuilding the Syrian Economy After Assad ArticleFebruary 29, 2012

Villagers chant antigovernment slogans during a demonstration organized after a man killed during clashes between the Free Syrian Army and Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad's forces in Sarmin, Syria, Tuesday, February 28, 2012. (AP/Rodrigo Abd)

Rebuilding the Syrian Economy After Assad

Jordan Bernhardt says it’s not too early to start thinking about how to reintegrate Syria back into the global economy in ways that help its people most swiftly.

Feb 29, 2012

Jordan Bernhardt

Getting State-Owned Enterprises Right in the Trans-Pacific Partnership ArticleFebruary 23, 2012

President Barack Obama shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda in November 2011 at the APEC summit, where Trans-Pacific Partnership leaders met, in Hawaii.
(AP/Charles Dharapak)

Getting State-Owned Enterprises Right in the Trans-Pacific Partnership

Sabina Dewan details why state-owned enterprises need to operate just like any other business in this proposed free trade region and suggests ways to make that happen.

Feb 23, 2012

Sabina Dewan

Making U.S. Exports Work for Job Creation ArticleJanuary 11, 2012

Making U.S. Exports Work for Job Creation

Developing a competitiveness strategy for sustainable export growth to restore our middle class requires several key initiatives, writes Sabina Dewan.

Jan 11, 2012

Sabina Dewan

Helping Complete the Arab Spring ArticleJanuary 3, 2012

Helping Complete the Arab Spring

Sabina Dewan presents key ways the United States and Europe can help build sustained economic growth in the region.

Jan 3, 2012

Sabina Dewan

Obama Forging Stronger Asia-Pacific Economic Ties ArticleNovember 10, 2011

President Barack Obama, third right, stands with Prime Minister Julia Gillard of Australia, left, President Sebastian Pinera of Chile, second left, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore, third left, Prime Minister John Key of New Zealand, second right, and Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei, right, as they take part in the Trans-Pacific Partnership meeting at the APEC summit in Yokohama, Japan, Sunday, November 14, 2010. (AP/Charles Dharapak)

Obama Forging Stronger Asia-Pacific Economic Ties

Sabina Dewan details what President Obama hopes to achieve at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit this week and why it is important for American jobs, exports, and growth.

Nov 10, 2011

Sabina Dewan

Three Things the G-20 Must Do for Job Creation ArticleNovember 3, 2011

Three Things the G-20 Must Do for Job Creation

The Just Jobs Network presents three ways the leaders of the Group of 20 nations can create good jobs with safe working conditions and opportunities for economic mobility.

Nov 3, 2011

Sabina Dewan

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