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Puterile emergente la carma OMC

Luna mai a anul 2013 reprezinta luna in care se va desemna un nou sef al Organizatiei Mondiale a Comertului. Dupa o lupta de 6 luni (din decembrie 2012), in competitie au ramas doi reprezentanti ai Americii Latine, in extenso am putea spune ai statelor emergente : candidatul mexican Herminio Blanco (fost secretar de stat, negociatorul mexican in semnarea Acordului NAFTA) si candidatul brazilian Roberto Azevedo (reprezentantul Braziliei la OMC din 2008, familiar cu modul de functionare al OMC). Tarile emergente au lansat inca de anul trecut pretentia de a avea o influenta mai mare in institutiile de management financiar, o pretentie justificata prin faptul ca ele sustin cresterea economica [...]

By |2017-11-14T21:28:41+02:00April 26th, 2013|Adrian Marius Dobre., Blogs|0 Comments

Democratia si statul de drept la control!

Germania isi mentine pozitia de initiatorul numarul 1 european si impreuna cu Olanda, Danemarca si Finlanda au adresat Presedintelui Comisiei Europene  si Presedintiei Consiliului Uniunii Europene o scrisoare prin intermediul careia propun infiintarea unui mecanism european privind democratia, statul de drept si valorile fundamentale ale UE. Propunerea a fost prezentata si in cadrul reuniunii Consiliului Afacerilor Generale de luni, 22 aprilie. S-a insistat pe aspectul aplicarii acestei masuri intr-un mod nedescriminatoriu tuturor statelor membre si s-a punctat aspectul coercitiv. In cazul in care Comisia Europeana semnaleaza nereguli – singura sanctiune vehiculata a fost suspendarea fondurilor Europene.La o prima analiza, putem spune ca se aseamana cu procedura de infringement – Comisia [...]

By |2017-11-14T21:28:41+02:00April 25th, 2013|Adrian Marius Dobre., Blogs|0 Comments

Lant european de domino – criza bancilor slovene

Criza bancara se extinde iar Slovenia este avertizata de Organizaţia pentru Cooperare şi Dezvoltare Economică (OECD) ca exista un risc real de a intra intr-o criza severa daca nu isi recapitalizeaza rapid bancile.Raportul OCDE atrage atentia si asupra deficitului bugetar crescut. Daca nu se vor lua masuri rapide, datoria publica s-ar putea dubla.In acelasi trend descendent, Comisia Europeana estimeaza o scadere cu 2% a PIB-ului in 2013, situand Slovenia in topul european dupa Grecia si Cipru.   Orgoliul de la Ljubljana ca un ecou : Ne vom rezolva singuri problemele! Guvernul sloven a apreciat un necesar de un miliard de euro pentru a-si consolida bancile cu probleme, dar se pare [...]

By |2017-11-14T21:28:42+02:00April 12th, 2013|Adrian Marius Dobre., Blogs|0 Comments

Shocking and aweing the boy leader

Over a century ago, as this column noted, events in Europe were simultaneously described as serious but not yet desperate and as desperate but not serious.  Given the antics of the Boy Sun King in Pyongyang, Kim Jung Un, it is hard to know how serious or desperate the current situation on the Korean peninsula is. Kim unilaterally abrogated the truce that ended the Korean War sixty years ago; cut off the hotline with Seoul; threatened to strike America; provocatively moved several of his mobile rockets; restarted the Yongbyon reactor; and warned diplomats in the north to leave in advance of conflict.  Is Kim serious in threatening a state of [...]

By |2017-11-14T21:28:42+02:00April 12th, 2013|Blogs, Harlan Ullman.|0 Comments

Redefining Country Risk in Europe after Cyprus?

The transformation currently taking place within the European Union not only casts doubt on the future of the bloc, but it also brings to the forefront elements that redefine the notion of country risk. The conditions Brussels has attached to its assistance to Cyprus have opened a discussion on how much control a country’s government should have over the financial sector and, ultimately, its citizens’ savings. Ever since the great depression in the 1920s, the idea that bank deposits are secure has been a fundamental banking principle. Brussels’ demand that depositors pay for the bailout of their Cypriot banks breaks the social contract in place in Europe since the 20s. [...]

By |2017-11-14T21:28:42+02:00April 9th, 2013|Antonia Colibasanu., Blogs|0 Comments
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