Questions tagged [trade]
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Are some vegetables from China being labeled as "Product of New Zealand" in Australia?
There are a number of claims going around on Facebook that foods purchased in Australia which are labelled as being from New Zealand are from China. This 2014 article in Macro Business explains:
It works like this: Vegetables from China are sent…
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Did the EU prohibit the transport of Russian fertilizer to non-EU countries, so that only the EU could purchase it?
Reportedly Russia’s permanent representative to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia
accused EU officials of “selfishness, cynicism and hypocrisy” for prohibiting European carriers from transporting Russian fertilisers to Africa, Asia or Latin America, while…
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Does the Russian 300mm "guided" rocket 9M949 use gyroscopes made in the USA?
One Ukrainian website seem to claim that:
Керована 300-мм ракета 9М949 ракетного комплексу "Торнадо-С": оптоволоконний гіроскоп для інерційної навігації. Виробництво - США.
in google translation:
Guided 300-mm missile 9M949 missile system…
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Were masks imported to China in Jan-Feb resold to Mexico at 20-30 times the price in March?
Global News reports
In March, the masks sold to China in January and February were being sold back to Mexico at 20 to 30 times the price, according to [Jorge] Guajardo [Mexico’s former ambassador to Beijing].
There doesn't seem to be much doubt…
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Quasi-consensus among economists that neither trade deficits nor surpluses are necessarily 'good' or 'bad' for an economy?
The BBC has a story that says:
Economists generally agree that neither trade deficits nor surpluses are necessarily 'good' or 'bad' for an economy.
Is there some way to verify there's a level of consensus or at least majority opinion among…
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