GLG News by Political Experts (outside Washington DC)

- Mining in “nationalization” in Bolivia will amount to tax hikes.- Economic policies of the Morales government are increasingly overshadowed by rising civil strife, regional rivalries, and a deadlocked constituent assembly.- Morales’s statements to the effect that the Constituent Assembly will not...

The New York Times op-ed page calls for Congressional hearings to focus on pharmaceutical compliance--and FDA enforcement--of existing laws.  This is an attempt to suggest that--or at least evaluate--whether the entire pharmaceutical industry is engaged in the same misconduct that the Times alleges...

- Most of the regulatory hurdles for the use of cloned food have already been passed.- The biggest obstacle to actual use is consumer resistance- spurred on by some activist groups.- The comment period ends on April 2, 2007.

Litigation will continue despite laws protecting paint manufacturers from public nuisance lawsuits.

Here is yet another example of a finding of possible new risks associated with a widely prescribed drug that helps many people. Is the risk real?  AstraZeneca insists that their Nexium and Prilosec medications are safe- but what is safe? All drugs have risks. This should not be news.But such risks,...

The New York Times op-ed page today calls for Congressional hearings to focus on pharmaceutical compliance --and FDA enforcement-- of existing laws. This is an attempt to suggest that-- or at least evaluate -- whether the entire pharmaceutical industry is engaged in the same misconduct that the...

The replication of the Venezuelan model among the new left in Latin America, as has been the case in Bolivia, will continue with Rafael Correa’s election in Ecuador. The erosion of traditional political parties and the rise of indigenism are key factors in Andean region.

The article suggests that China's reluctance to impose stronger sanctions on North Korea in the wake of the latter's nuclear test is largely the result of economic factors; specifically, China's rising demand for North Korean iron ore. The article is seriously misguided.

The value of China's currency, the RMB, is gradually appreciating in value and will continue to do so.

The president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, announces imminent nationalization of mining sector.