05-01 Nationalism
Pigs butchered on the streets of Hong Kong. Well hidden today. Tourism is the big globalizing influence. It was a bit of a shock watching pigs being butchered on the streets of Hong Kong in the 1970s. And how about dog carcasses hanging in butcher shops in Seoul, Korea. And will I ever forget the…
05-02 BRIC
It was to be Brazil, Russia, India and China that would fuel economic growth. But it is India and China with their skilled work forces. The keynote speaker at the 28th International Small Business Congress, held in Stockholm in 2001, was projecting with confidence the continuous growth of the world’s economy, fueled by the BRIC…
05-03 NAFTA
The Canada-US-Mexico Free Trade Agreement was promoted by President H. W. Bush to reduce illegal Mexican Immigration. You probably realize that changing our tax laws is bloody complicated. Well major new trade agreements are just as techy.So, participating as a representative for small business in both the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement in 1987 and…
05-04 EU
The EU is the German Empire. But an economic union run by bureaucrats. It was three weeks during the summer of 1954 that my brother and I toured Europe, and I remember coming home with a cloth bag full of loose change from all the nations we had visited. No credit cards then, just US…