Aug 9th, 2005 · A recent World Trade Organization ruling could affect the U.S. government's ability to regulate Internet gambling. The WTO decision may allow law enforcement officials to apply U.S. law on online gambling companies headquartered on the tiny island nation of Antigua. Adam Davidson's reports.
Apr 28th, 2005 · In a three-part report inspired by the book The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy by Pietra Rivoli, NPR's Adam Davidson examines what a simple T-shirt can teach us about globalization and its impact on our everyday lives.
Mar 6th, 2005 · Members of the National Association of Manufacturers are no longer lobbying Congress from a united front. As NPR's Adam Davidson reports, larger multinational companies and smaller domestic manufacturers are asking elected officials for very different changes on everything from tariffs and taxes to regulation.
Feb 14th, 2005 · China's cheap labor has sparked a booming manufacturing sector and a threat to U.S. factories and plants. But NPR's Adam Davidson writes that faith in good old American ingenuity lends some manufacturers hope that they will be able to compete successfully against the Chinese.
Feb 13th, 2005 · The U.S. trade imbalance with the rest of the world, especially China, is forcing American manufacturers to find ways to boost their exports in order to stay afloat. NPR's Adam Davidson visited two factories in Erie, Pa., that are focusing on niches that cheap labor in China cannot easily fill.
Jan 13th, 2005 · Businessmen are beginning to prepare for the future in Aceh, Indonesia. Some see the tsunami as a business opportunity --opening markets and having foreign money flowing in. Others are far less optimistic. NPR's Adam Davidson reports.
Jan 11th, 2005 · The Indonesian government temporarily bans all adoptions of 35,000 children who were orphaned or separated from their parents by the tsunami. They government draws up plans to place orphans in Islamic boarding schools. But the schools have yet to be built and Acehnese families have been taking neighborhood orphans into their homes. NPR's Adam Davidson reports.