41. Chinese investment is coming fast
(Panorama/Investment)

... strategy to improve the security of natural resource supply (notably for minerals and food), to gain access to new markets, to acquire technology, brands and know-how, and to improve domestic competitiveness.  ...

42. Kazakhstan and China
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... Iran. Figures and data are not the only proof of this trend: in the whole region, markets, traditional bazaars and even common people's lifestyles are changing: the Chinese economic presence is becoming ...

43. APEC to Examine Trans-Pacific Trade
(Panorama/Governing globalization)

... for open markets and prosperity and economic growth over the medium term. It's also important because it signals that the US is now active again in trade policy, after the first two years of the Obama ...

44. Japan's stunted economy
(Panorama/Change and innovation)

... place, there is the manufacturing sector which is very competitive on world markets.  Its labour productivity has been rising by 4% annually for the last 30 years.  Then there is the service sector which ...

45. America's Pacific Century
(Panorama/Governing globalization)

... on open US markets and technology.  But there is much more to do to strengthen and consolidate this important economic partnership.  Clinton highlights the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement which will ...

46. Steve Jobs, the true Mr Globalization
(Panorama/Change and innovation)

Steve Jobs' products conquered markets in all four corners of the planet.  These products made a major contribution to connecting the world's citizens.  Large numbers of people, the world over, even ...

47. Time for the Asia-Pacific region to lead
(Panorama/Globalization winners)

... intra-regional trade was in reality in parts and components of the final goods that were ultimately destined for Western markets.  The clear conclusion was that developing Asia should “re-balance” its ...

48. Development and democracy in Asia
(Panorama/Governing globalization)

... produced exports for world markets, which drove economic growth.  They invested the returns in human capital and upgraded their work forces who could then produce high-tech goods bringing higher returns.  ...

49. Leadership in North East Asia
(Panorama/Governing globalization)

... friendly policies.  By contrast, for much of the Cold War period when the US was trying to support economic growth in Japan, Korea and Taiwan, it practiced "asymmetric openness" by having its markets more ...

50. Japan's unique economic contribution
(Panorama/Change and innovation)

... Japanese Hidden Champions are on average approximately twice as large as their Western peers. They seem to need a higher “critical mass” to conquer global markets.  The Japanese Hidden Champions are generally ...

51. Governing globalization
(Category)

... need government, although big companies try to push government aside in good times.  Economists have always recognized that markets are not perfect.  These market failures can be tackled at the local, ...