Describes the evolution of the trade policies of the United States, discussing tariffs, trade barriers, and promotion techniques, and looking at the development of global policy.
Reporter Ron French draws on his investigations of American companies who have outsourced their production to four poor nations to explore how outsourcing is having a negative impact on the American economy and failing to boost the economies of the poorer nations.
Former World Bank chief economist Joseph E. Stiglitz expresses his disillusionment with international institutions and Washington policy makers regarding the global economy, discussing the plight of poor nations, the East Asia crisis, and the former Soviet economies.
Explores the political origins of the global economy in the early twenty-first century through an investigation of the history of trade liberalization in the U.S. since the 1930s.
Traces the history of the trade relationship between China and the United States, discusses how China has grown to be one of the world's top exporters of goods, and explores the political, economic, and cultural issues related to trade with China.
