NewsPronto

 
Men's Weekly

.

USA Conversation

The Conversation USA

The Conversation USA

Cultural differences impede trade for most countries — but not China

  • Written by Bedassa Tadesse, Professor of Economics, University of Minnesota Duluth
imageContainer ships at port in Qingdao, China.Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images

It’s a widely accepted notion among economists that cultural differences can pose a significant barrier to trade. The larger the cultural gap between two countries – judging by differences in language, customs, values and business norms – the more challeng...

Read more: Cultural differences impede trade for most countries — but not China

More Articles ...

  1. Charities are allowed to do some lobbying, but many do none at all
  2. From diagnosing brain disorders to cognitive enhancement, 100 years of EEG have transformed neuroscience
  3. ‘Above the law’ in some cases: Supreme Court gives Trump − and future presidents − a special exception that will delay his prosecution
  4. Supreme Court kicks cases about tech companies’ First Amendment rights back to lower courts − but appears poised to block states from hampering online content moderation
  5. Supreme Court rules that Trump had partial immunity as president, but not for unofficial acts − 4 essential reads
  6. To insure or self-insure? The question homeowners must answer amid impact of climate change
  7. How was popcorn discovered? An archaeologist on its likely appeal for people in the Americas millennia ago
  8. Disability community has long wrestled with ‘helpful’ technologies – lessons for everyone in dealing with AI
  9. What’s next after Supreme Court curbs regulatory power: More focus on laws’ wording, less on their goals
  10. 5 questions after the NCAA’s $2.75B settlement to pay college athletes
  11. Black economic boycotts of the civil rights era still offer lessons on how to achieve a just society
  12. Loss of Supreme Court legitimacy can lead to political violence
  13. US’s terrorist listing of European far-right group signals fears of rising threat − both abroad and at home
  14. Knowing when to call it quits takes courage and confidence - 3 case studies
  15. Supreme Court rules cities can ban homeless people from sleeping outdoors – Sotomayor dissent summarizes opinion as ‘stay awake or be arrested’
  16. How camping bans − like the one the Supreme Court just upheld − can fit into ‘hostile design’: Strategies to push out homeless people
  17. Supreme Court makes prosecution of Trump on obstruction charge more difficult, with ruling to narrowly define law used against him and Jan. 6 rioters
  18. ICE detainees suffer preventable deaths − Q A with a medical researcher about systemic failures
  19. Federal funding for major science agencies is at a 25-year low
  20. ChatGPT and the movie ‘Her’ are just the latest example of the ‘sci-fi feedback loop’
  21. ‘Authentic’ ayahuasca rituals sought by tourists often ignore Indigenous practices and spiritual grounding
  22. Biden crashes, Trump lies: A campaign-defining presidential debate
  23. Supreme Court sidesteps case on whether federal law on medical emergencies overrides Idaho’s abortion ban
  24. Supreme Court rejects settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma over legal protections for the Sackler family that owned the company
  25. Gazans’ extreme hunger could leave its mark on subsequent generations
  26. Fireworks sales have fallen back to Earth after years of explosive growth – here’s why
  27. 5 ways anti-diversity laws affect LGBTQ+ people and research in higher ed
  28. The science behind splashdown − an aerospace engineer explains how NASA and SpaceX get spacecraft safely back on Earth
  29. Lucy, discovered 50 years ago in Ethiopia, stood just 3.5 feet tall − but she still towers over our understanding of human origins
  30. AI companies train language models on YouTube’s archive − making family-and-friends videos a privacy risk
  31. How the surrealists used randomness as a catalyst for creative expression
  32. Pope Francis may have surprised many by inviting comedians to the Vatican, but the value of humor has deep roots in Catholic tradition
  33. What people say today about the first televised presidential debate, between Nixon and JFK, doesn’t match first reactions in 1960
  34. How does hail grow to the size of golf balls and even grapefruit? The science behind this destructive weather phenomenon
  35. For many Olympic medalists, silver stings more than bronze
  36. Diplomacy, sanctions and soft power have failed to deter Iran’s anti-West agenda − could a new Iranian president change that?
  37. College may not be the ‘great equalizer’ − luck and hiring practices also play a role, a sociologist explains
  38. The world’s fourth mass coral bleaching is underway, but well-connected reefs may have a better chance to recover
  39. More women in venture capital doesn’t mean more funding for female-led businesses, new research suggests − here’s why
  40. Service dogs can reduce the severity of PTSD for veterans – new research
  41. As debate approaches, presidents are blamed for events over which they have little control
  42. Extreme heat waves aren’t ‘just summer’: How climate change is heating up the weather, and what we can do about it
  43. Journalism’s trust problem is about money, not politics
  44. Populism can degrade democracy but is on the rise − here’s what causes this political movement and how it can be weakened
  45. FDA authorized the sale of menthol-flavored e-cigarettes – a health policy expert explains how the benefits may outweigh the risks
  46. Journalism has become ground zero for the vocation crisis
  47. Lead water pipes created a health disaster in Flint, but replacing them with cheaper plastic − as some cities are doing − carries hidden costs
  48. When people are under economic stress, their pets suffer too – we found parts of Detroit that are animal welfare deserts
  49. Kidneys from Black donors are more likely to be thrown away − a bioethicist explains why
  50. Genetic testing cannot reveal the gender of your baby − two genetic counselors explain the complexities of sex and gender