WSJ Asia calls attention to Clinton’s rebuff of the US Religious Freedom Commission
In an important article in today's Asian edition, the Wall Street Journal reported on President Clinton's dismissive response to a...
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Clinton’s Parting Shot at International Religious Freedom
(Washington, D.C.): On 19 December, President Clinton fired off a letter to U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) Chairman...
PetroChina Coalition Urges American Shareholders to Divest — and to Expand Political Risk’ Assessments
(Washington, D.C.): A large coalition of non-governmental groups (NGOs) from across the political spectrum chose Pearl Harbor Day to call...
Casey Chair Robinson Addresses Nation’s Women Legislators on Protecting State Public Portfolios from Fund-Raising Efforts by Global Bad Actors’
(Washington, D.C.): Following remarks by Congressmen Asa Hutchinson (R-AR) and David Vitter (R-LA) at a plenary breakfast in New Orleans...
Sobering up on China
(Washington, D.C.): An amazing thing happened in Wednesday's Washington Post: Readers were informed in a front-page article that Communist China...
U.S. Religious Freedom Commission Challenges President Clinton On Upcoming China Sovereign Bond Offering
(Washington, D.C.): The next major development in the escalating controversy over Chinese efforts to finance odious activities on the U.S....
Critical Mass: Financial Times Affirms Rise of Capital Markets as Foreign Policy Leverage
(Washington, D.C.): One of the most prestigious financial newspapers in the world reported today that, with passage last week by...
Time to Raise the General Knowledge Level’ on China
(Washington, D.C.): Hong Kong's still-independent press is having a field day with an unusual PDA (public display of aggressiveness) by...
Sinopec Case Again Points to Beijing’s Deception in U.S. Equity Market; Far Eastern Economic Review Scorches S.E.C and Wall Street
(Washington, D.C.): An extraordinary article by Murray Heibert appeared yesterday in the prestigious Far Eastern Economic Review (FEER) under the...
Sinopec Comes to Market as China Taps Unsuspecting U.S. Investors for Funds to Support Nefarious Activities
(Washington, D.C.): The listing and trading of a $3.4 billion Initial Public Offering by China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec)...
Senate’s Approval of P.N.T.R. Sets the Stage for China to Renew its Penetration of the U.S. Bond Market
(Washington, D.C.): According to a September 16 Reuters report, the government of China intends to reenter the U.S. bond market...
Breaking Faith
(Washington, D.C.): Last week, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, morphed from a man who presents his well-established pro-Israeli Labor Party...
Fed Chairman Greenspan Takes Aim at Use of Capital Markets Leverage to Protect U.S. Security Interests — and Misses
(Washington D.C.): In a clearly orchestrated gambit, Sen. Phil Gramm (R-TX) solicited testimony in a Senate Banking Committee hearing today...
Thompson-Torricelli: Security-Minded Legislation to Contend with 21st Century Threats
(Washington, D.C.): In a bit of Freudian repartee at the expense of Secretary of State Albright, President Clinton recently told...
Foreign Policy in U.S. marketsFinancial Times, 24 May 2000
By Thomas Catn, Joshua Chaffin and Stephen Fidler
By Thomas Catn, Joshua Chaffin and Stephen Fidler
To enforce its will around the world, Washington has traditionally relied on the time-honoured trade embargo. But under a new...
With PNTR Approved, U.S. Capital Markets Take Center Stage Thompson Legislation Focuses on Proliferators’ Access
(Washington, D.C.): As the Clinton Administration celebrates its foreign policy victory over human rights-, religious freedom- and national security-minded opponents...