IP protection is vital for African development, explains the US ambassador to Tanzania in today's Tanzania Daily News. At a conference in Dar es Salaam he told of local musicians who miss out on rewards for their work due to rampant counterfeiting.

Protectionists and fearmongers want you to be afraid of the trade deficit but British companies and workers win when trade increases.  Britain is shifting away from low-value added manufacturing but that’s a good thing, because it is moving into high value added design a

Competitive tendering for contracts is vital for any business – but especially for governments because tax payers’ money is at stake.

Greens are confused by what is clearly good news – the EU has been importing a third of CO2 emissions, often from developing countries, who have gained from more jobs and higher wages as a result.

Brazil’s response to outrageous U.S. cotton subsidies that harm American consumers is to implement tariffs on American imports that will harm Brazilian producers and consumers, without guarantee that U.S. cotton subsidies will be rescinded.  Two wrongs don’t make a right.