Also, it is essential to examine the current structure of trade.

As an immature debtor borrower, its trade balance and current account are also in deficit as a mature debtor borrower, its trade balance enters surplus and, as a debtor repayer, its current account moves to surplus.

The counterargument hinges on the difference between the current account deficit and the trade deficit.

Thus, in order to keep the current account deficit stable, the trade deficit must shrink.

As an immature creditor lender, the trade balance and current account are in surplus as well as a mature creditor lender, the trade balance returns to deficit finally, as a creditor borrower, the country s current account swings into deficit.

They see little reason to believe that current asset values and trade flows are not sustainable.

Indeed, the current rush to bilateral trade agreements has been accompanied by a rise in protectionism.

The United States trade and current account deficits have begun to shrink relative to American and world GDP.

There have often been imbalances in current international arrangements with respect to consideration of the forest products trade.

And bilateral or regional trade deals can chip away at some of the barriers in the current global system.

Normally, a country s current account deficit (trade deficit minus transfers from other countries) is financed with foreign private capital.

However, there was no denying that current trade negotiations were encountering difficulties that the negotiators should endeavour to resolve.

The move was little noticed, but, in some ways, it was as important as the World Trade Organization s decision that the current round of trade negotiations be devoted to development.

The US has complained about China s current account (trade) surpluses but, as a percentage of GDP, Germany s surplus is even greater.

Few people appear to realize the fundamental contribution of the emerging economies to the success of the current global trade regime.

External trade and investment Foreign investment and balance of payments Foreign trade and balance of payments In 2001 the current account deficit dropped to about 2.2 of GDP (US 1.17 billion) from 3.1 in 2000 while the trade balance registered a small deficit.

The worsening terms of trade have been a major factor contributing to the decline in the current account surplus in recent years.

Even in the current period of growing optimism about the German economy, the nation s trade unions are showing themselves to be moderate.

The policies that China will adopt as part of its new five year plan will shrink its trade and current account surpluses.

The current reintegration plan, like two previous attempts at disarmament, falls short of credibly demobilizing armed groups and regulating the arms trade.

Trade unions see opportunities to promote implementation of sustainable development goals in the thematic cluster of issues of the current implementation cycle.

If there were no current restrictions on trade, the country could have imported between 700 million and 800 million in American foodstuffs.

As the current crisis makes painfully clear, in this era of global trade and investment, our economies and our prosperity are inextricably linked.

So the dollar would have to stay at its current level to continue to create the large trade deficit and resulting capital inflow.

Moreover, the current system of international trade is deeply inequitable it exposes developing countries to unfair competition, and discourages diversification of their economies.

Indeed, America s trade deficit in manufactures is roughly equal to its current account deficit (the amount by which domestic investment exceeds domestic saving).

Modernization of standards systems, including institutions and infrastructure for certification and conformity assessment, is essential to operate in the current global trade environment.

As the current development round of trade talks moves into its final stages, it is becoming increasingly clear that the goal of promoting development will not be served, and that the multilateral trade system will be undermined.

CAMBRIDGE China s current account surplus the combination of its trade surplus and its net income from foreign investments is the largest in the world.

The current (Doha) round of global trade negotiations is behind schedule the next session, to be held in Hong Kong, is only months away.

Its current blockage of the adoption by the European Council of the Commission's financial aid and direct trade regulations stands witness to this reality.

Without those preferential schemes, small island developing States will lose their current share of global trade, and that would have dire socio economic consequences.

Lacking in savings and wanting to grow, the US runs massive current account and multilateral trade deficits in order to import other countries surplus savings.

Difficult economic times will make it hard to generate support for trade pacts, despite the current importance of export oriented firms for the American economy.

Secretary General Kofi Annan, one of the multilateral trading system's ardent supporters, has recognized that the current round of trade negotiations at the World Trade Organization (WTO) is an opportunity to rectify that problem and translate words into action.

Unsurprisingly, this dearth of leadership has seriously undermined the effectiveness of international institutions, exemplified by the United Nations Security Council s ineffectual response to the Syria crisis and the failure of the current round of World Trade Organization (WTO) trade negotiations.

Savings could remain high, even as current consumption grows slowly, while the trade balance would be held in check by higher demand for imported capital goods.

Japan s past predilection toward saving has long implied a large trade and current account surplus, but now these surpluses are starting to swing the other way.

Our first message was that the current round of trade negotiations, especially as it has evolved, does not deserve even to be called a Development Round.

As part of a job training employment development approach, the service is staffed, in part, by women who are current and or former sex trade workers.

Differences among the eurozone countries in growth rates of productivity and wages will continue to cause disparities in international competitiveness, resulting in trade and current account imbalances.

The current account deficit is increasing relentlessly, owing to a widening trade deficit (now at 13 of GDP), raising the danger of a balance of payments crisis.

True, the Fund has been notably soft on the United States of late, downplaying the continuing vulnerabilities posed by the gaping US current account and trade deficits.

Implementation of trade facilitation measures requires a thorough analysis of existing bottlenecks and costs, as well as a comparison of current practices with international standards and benchmarks.

In another case, a member of the military sentenced for the attempted murder of the then trade unionist and current congressman Wilson Borja allegedly escaped from prison.