Crash Course
Globalization and Trade and Poverty: Crash Course Economics
What is globalization? Is globalization a good thing or not. Well, I have an answer that may not surprise you: It's complicated. This week, Jacob and Adriene will argue that globalization is, in aggregate, good. Free trade and...
The Wall Street Journal
Growth Trends
Where is Japanese business seeing the best prospects for growth and investment globally?
Bloomberg
Singapore Seeking Expats With 'Super' Skills, Minister Says
Singapore is seeking to attract higher-caliber foreign workers under a new points-based visa system, as part of the government's broader push to boost local employment while positioning itself as a global city, Manpower Minister Tan See...
Bloomberg
Singapore’s Trade and Industry Minister on Budget, Economy, Trade
Feb.20 -- Singapore Minister for Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing discusses Singapore’s budget, how Singapore is positioned for the future, foreign workers, the U.S.-China trade frictions and his outlook on global trade. He speaks...
Bloomberg
Singapore Says in Talks With Europe, U.S. on Vaccinated Travel
Oct.04 -- Singapore Minister for Trade and Industry and co-chair of the covid-19 multi-ministry taskforce Gan Kim Yong discusses the current covid-19 restrictions, their travel program for vaccinated people and the decline in the...
Bloomberg
Singapore Targets Discrimination Amid Foreign Labor Resentment
Aug.29 -- Singapore’s Prime Minister is seeking to diffuse concerns about the foreign workforce. Lee Hsien Loong has pledged that his government will further tighten the visa criteria for its ex-pats, raising salaries for low-income...
AFP News Agency
VOICED : After riots Chinese live apart in Vietnam steel mill town
VOICED : After riots Chinese live apart in Vietnam steel mill town
Bloomberg
Qatar Cuts Pay for Foreign Employees Working for Government
Jun.11 -- Qatar’s finance ministry has told government-funded entities to cut expenditure by 30% through pay cuts or layoffs of foreign workers. Bloomberg’s Simone Foxman reports on “Bloomberg Daybreak: Middle East.”
Curated Video
President Trump's Immigration Freeze Is Keeping Families Separated
Thousands of immigrants are stranded abroad because of U.S. Embassy closures. The new ban prevents them from coming home for another six months.
Bloomberg
Top Glove Says Demand Has Been Very Strong Amid Pandemic
Aug.11 -- Lee Kim Meow, managing director of Malaysia's Top Glove Corp., the world’s biggest glove maker, discusses how the coronavirus outbreak is affecting demand for its products. Top Glove has vaulted past Public Bank Bhd. to become...
Curated Video
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STORY: An estimated 400,000 foreign workers have returned to Kuwait since
its liberation by Allied forces in February, 1991. Kuwait is now
wary of having to rely so heavily on foreign labour and has said it
will cut its foreign...
Sky News
PM Warned British Jobs May Go Abroad If She Limits Immigration
VOICED: One of the world's top accountancy firms has told Sky News it will move some of its business out of the UK if the government clamps down on immigration following the vote to leave the EU. The UK chief executive of Deloitte said...
Bloomberg
Singapore Revamps Visa Rules to Attract Foreign Talent
Singapore is overhauling visa rules to attract foreign workers and ease a tight labor market that's contributing to wage and price pressures. Haslinda Amin reports on Bloomberg Television.
Bloomberg
U.S., China Must Cooperate To Deal With COVID-19, ARI's Kishore Mahbubani Says
Apr.24 -- Kishore Mahbubani, Distinguished Fellow, Asia Research Institute, NUS, says the U.S. and China must cooperate, and not compete, in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. He was speaking with Haslinda Amin and Rishaad...
Curated Video
Aid gears up, Libya border flow slows
HEADLINE: Aid gears up, Libya border flow slows
CAPTION: The international effort to help many thousands stranded around the Libyan border has picked up speed, although the flow of evacuees across the border slowed somewhat on Friday. (4...
AFP News Agency
VOICED : Jobless Italians return to vineyards for
VOICED : Jobless Italians return to vineyards for
Bloomberg
Tech Mahindra's Warning on Trump Tech Visas
May.29 -- The vice chairman at one of India’s largest technology services companies warned that U.S. President Donald Trump’s visa policies will damage the industry as his company reported weak earnings and his stock fell the most...