Coverage

Forbes: Global Trade Alert

"An organization called Global Trade Alert has been collecting data on measures taken by sovereign states that affect foreign commerce. They are independent and privately funded. They try to do a deep assessment of the impact of all kinds of measures that affect trade both favorably and unfavorably."

http://www.forbes.com/2009/09/29/g20-trade-nhl-tires-obama-tariffs-opinions-colu...

30 Sep 2009
Thomas F. Cooley,  Forbes

JoC: Rolling Toward a Trade War

"The rumblings over trade conflict between the U.S. and China are a sign of growing strains on economies around the world
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Others also point to the most recent Global Trade Alert Report, which shows neither the U.S. nor China has been particularly active in imposing protectionist trade measures."

http://joc.com/node/413806

28 Sep 2009
Alan M. Field,  The Journal of Commerce Magazine

FT: Business, not bureaucrats will get trade moving

Global Trade Alert: "the invaluable watchdog project". "It took about 48 hours after the G20 meeting in Washington last November for the first holes to be punched in the anti-protectionism pledge to which all heads of government signed up."

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/293aaea8-ab7d-11de-9be4-00144feabdc0.html?catid=20&SID...

27 Sep 2009
Alan Beattie,  Financial Times

WSJ: Protectionism Rising Despite G-20 Pledge To Trade

FRANKFURT (Dow Jones)--Protectionism is on the rise and poorer countries remain starved of trade finance, but the Group of 20 leading industrialized and developing countries look set simply to congratulate themselves for not making things worse when they meet in Pittsburgh.

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090921-701479.html

21 Sep 2009
Geoffrey T. Smith,  Wall Street Journal

Reuters: More meetings, no movement in intense Doha trade talks

"GENEVA (Reuters) - A week of intensive discussions on advancing the Doha round to free up world trade has filled diaries with dates for more meetings but done little to change positions in the stalled talks, diplomats said on Friday."

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE58H0GS20090918

18 Sep 2009
Jonathan Lynn,  Reuters

AP: Report on eve of G-20 sees protectionism rise

"WASHINGTON (AP) -- ...Since first taking a no-protectionism vow at a summit meeting last November, the world's 20 major economies have been responsible for as many as 121 "blatantly protectionist" measures, with 134 more in the pipeline, said Global Trade Alert, a monitoring service overseen by the London-based Centre for Economic Policy Research and supported by the World B

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_RISING_PROTECTIONISM?SITE=AP&SECTION=H...

18 Sep 2009
Tom Raum,  Associated Press

WSJ: The tip of a protectionist iceberg

"BRUSSELS -- This weekend's U.S.-China trade skirmish is just the tip of a coming protectionist iceberg, according to a report released Monday by Global Trade Alert, a team of trade analysts backed by independent think tanks, the World Bank and the U.K. government."

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125295068841109309.html

14 Sep 2009
John W. Miller,  Wall Street Journal

FT: G20 nations break ‘no protectionism’ vow

"The world’s leading economies have continued to break their pledge of no protectionism with a raft of restrictions on trade and investment, say two authoritative reports....."

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bc23a942-a171-11de-a88d-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check...

14 Sep 2009
Alan Beattie,  Financial Times

The Economist: Wearing Thin, How strong is Barack Obama's belief in free trade?

"Although Barack Obama alarmed free traders last year with protectionist-sounding pronouncements on the campaign trail, such as one about the need to renegotiate NAFTA, optimists among them dismissed this as mere posturing designed to placate restive trade unions.

http://www.economist.com/businessfinance/displayStory.cfm?story_id=14442673&sour...

14 Sep 2009
The Economist

WSJ: ECB Warns of Growing Protectionism

The Wall Street Journal article discusses fears that protectionism will threaten the global recovery.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125257663649698975.html

11 Sep 2009
Geoffrey T. Smith ,  Wall Street Journal