by Marcus Noland | September 2nd, 2011 | 08:05 am
Numerous recent stories highlight North Korea’s continued entanglement with various sanctions regimes around the world. First, Korean-American businessman Park Woo-il, aka Steve Park, above left, best known for importing North Korean soju and copping a plea after being arrested for lying to the FBI, announced that he had signed an MOU with the North Korean government to [...]
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Tags: Canada, Japan, Mt. Kumgang, sanctions, South Korea, Syria, United States
by Marcus Noland and Stephan Haggard | July 12th, 2011 | 07:42 am
We have made what we believe is a measured, eyes-open, risk-averse case for aid. The limited evidence we have on aggregate supply, commercial trade, existing stocks, the likely performance of the summer harvest and prices—both international and domestic—point to ongoing shortages that will almost certainly have adverse effects on vulnerable portions of the population. These [...]
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Tags: Africa, aid, Brazil, Canada, China, European Union, food, India, Russia, South Korea, Switzerland, United States, Zimbabwe
