- MALAYSIA BILATERAL TRADE RELATIONS AND ECONOMICS GROWTH
HEADNOTE ABSTRACT This paper examines the structure and trends of Malaysian bilateral exports and imports and then investigates whether these bilateral exports and imports have caused Malaysian economic growth. Although the structure of Malaysia's trade has changed quite significantly over the last three decades, the direction of Malaysia's trade remains ......
- US downturns hits Asian tigers
IMAGE ILLUSTRATION 1 IMAGE PHOTOGRAPH 2 The main concern for international investors is to what degree the Asian tiger economies are likely to suffer as a consequence of the USA's economic slow-down. As it is, the medium term outlook is bleak with Asian currencies still slipping, industrial production declining, private ......
- As economy improves, furniture trade deficit
widens.
As the U.S. economy has improved so have the fortunes of furniture makers both in the United States and abroad. Domestically, manufacturers are reporting sales gains, while products made offshore are being purchased by the Americans in ever increasing numbers. This is reflected in 1993 figures supplied by the International ......
- ASEAN and Germany--natural partners.
(Documentation).
Address by H. E. Rodolfo C. Severino, Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, before the Deutsches Forum Jakarta Jakarta, 30 April 2002 I wish to thank you for inviting me to speak at this forum. I take this as a chance to exchange views on how the ASEAN ......
- Keep an eye on Indonesia.
Despite the economic difficulties faced in South East Asia in recent years, Indonesia's glass industry has grown significantly. Some of the industry's leading international players have invested heavily in the country, creating a series of manufacturing sites, primarily in Jakarta and Surabaya. Growth in the Indonesian glass industry has been ......
- A strategy to keep Asia humming.
Recent American business woes may have their roots in Asia. The whole world lives in one global economy. A "sneeze" by almost any economy can give a "cold" to others - including the U.S. economy. In contrast to the past, Wall Street today is not immune from overseas economic ills....
- Wood furniture trade deficit
widens.
The U.S. wood furniture trade deficit increased 13.3 percent in 1995 despite the fact that for the second straight year U.S. manufacturers exported more than $1 billion worth of wood furniture. Also for the second straight year, the trade deficit topped $3 billion. The trade imbalance climbed from about $3 ......