U.S. President Barack Obama joined his Canadian and Mexican counterparts as they completed a summit meeting in Mexico on Monday. Shannon O’Neil of the Council on Foreign Relations discusses the issues tackled, including trade, the H1N1 flu and the drug war.
All Posts Tagged With: "economic crisis"
August 10, 2009
Obama tackles drugs, flu and trade at Mexico summit
June 16, 2009
Global economic crisis pushes human trafficking
Increasing unemployment and poverty are making people more vulnerable to human traffickers, according to the State Department's annual report on human trafficking released Tuesday. E. Benjamin Skinner of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy discusses modern slavery.
May 15, 2009
Economic downturn deepens across Europe
As the recession continues, Germany's economy -- Europe's largest -- is contracting rapidly. France announced Wednesday that it has slipped into recession. Marcus Mabry of The New York Times discusses the deepening economic downturn and what may be in store for Europe.
May 12, 2009
Tune in: Online radio show on urban slums
For the first time in history, more people are living in cities rather than in the country. But urbanization has come with a cost -- there has been an explosion of world slums over the past decade. Worldfocus.org's weekly radio show explored urban slums. Listen now.
April 24, 2009
Europe remains optimistic in face of economic decline
Roben Farzad of BusinessWeek magazine discusses the optimism about the global economy in Europe. Britain reported its sharpest economic decline in 30 years on Friday, yet economists were upbeat, saying it was the beginning of the end.
April 1, 2009
G-20 countries split over way out of economic crisis
Reginald Dale, a senior fellow in the Europe program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, discusses the divide over regulation between France and Germany and the UK and U.S. and whether Russia will respond to President Obama's pledge to "reset" the relationship with Russia.
December 22, 2008
Bush gives U.S. automakers time and money
Roben Farzad, a senior writer at BusinessWeek, outlines the American automobile industry's 2009 prospects and discusses the effect of falling gas prices.
December 17, 2008
OPEC announces record oil production cuts
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) set a precedent today with its largest oil production cuts ever -- 2.2 million barrels per day.
December 15, 2008
Madoff fraud case triggers international losses
Andrew Ross Sorkin of The New York Times discusses the international ramifications of the Madoff fraud case.
December 10, 2008
U.S. and China urge against protectionism
Bruce Kogut, a professor at Columbia University's Graduate School of Business, discusses how the Congressional auto bailout could ultimately hurt the American automotive industry.













