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This chapter introduces some uncommon trade deals and national policies. It shows that Argentina is not the best trade partner and that its reputation for accumulating sovereign debt encouraged Ghana to seize one of its warships. More broadly, this chapter reveals that states can slide backwards into protectionism in weird ways. As if navigating arcane trade rules is not enough, managing business relationships across cultures can be downright treacherous, too. Just ask Robert Kraft, whose ignorance of Russia’s unique way of doing business is precisely why Vladimir Putin stole his Super Bowl Ring.
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Not to mention that these wines would be exported anyway, thus the policy is doing little to boost gross exports. The whole exercise would seem pointless, if not for the fact that it suppresses demands for importing licenses and, presumably, total imports.
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Probably not the first concern for peaceful and remote Samoa, but you never know. Obesity is a pressing national security concern for the USA though. Recent research indicates that America’s obesity epidemic is negatively affecting the armed forces. See John Cawley and Johanna Catherine Maclean, “Unfit for Service: The Implications of Rising Obesity for U.S. Military Recruitment,” National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper 13408 (September 2010).
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Keep your groans to yourself. It was a clever pun.
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Mislan, D.B., Streich, P. (2019). Gone to the Birds? Turkey Tails, Chicken Taxes, and the Global Economy. In: Weird IR. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75556-4_9
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