Sheep Updates 2014

This session covers nine papers from different authors: Genetic Research: A brave new world of opportunities 1. China\u27s Appetite - The implications for WA, James Kynge, Chairman, FT Confidential Research, Emerging Markets Editor, Financial Times, London. 2. The genetics warm-up - the secret language of genetic research and its impacts on WA\u27s sheep flock, Professor David Lindsay, University of Western Australia, Perth WA The strength of genetic data: is it really valuable? 3. Genetic research in Western Australia - What have the compromises in production been? Johan Greeff, Senior Geneticist, Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia 4. Show me the money - the case for genetic selection, John Young, Farming Systems Analysis Service, Kojonup WA 5. Using ASBVs and Indexes, Luke Stephen, Project Officer MERINOSELECT, Sheep Genetics, Armidale NSW Concurrent 6. New traits for the sheep industry, Dr Graham Gardner, Associate Professor in Biochemistry, Toxicology and Nutrition at Murdoch University, WA 7. Genomics and DNA testing: new tools for ram breeders to accelerate gain Dr Stephen Lee, School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, University of Adelaide, Roseworthy Campus, SA 8. Producer case study: using genetic data and tools to make a better product, Bindi Murray, Livestock Manager, Kunmallup Pastoral Co, Woodanilling WA. 9. New Sheep CRC - vision for future genetic progress, James Rowe, CEO, Sheep CRC, UNE, Armidale NS

WTO accession, the changing competitiveness of foreign-financed firms and regional development in Guangdong of southern China

This paper investigates the changing competitiveness of foreign-financed manufacturing firms and its implications for regional development in Guangdong province of southern China in the run-up to World Trade Organization (WTO) accession. It is argued that transnational corporations (TNCs) and some competitive, large-scale, locally-funded firms in Guangdong will triumph after WTO accession. The crowding-out process of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in Guangdong will be accelerated in the near future, as they are competing directly with TNCs, and as their competitive advantages are diminishing, due to bureaucratic red tape and the rigorous enforcement of new government policies. Due to close business linkages with local privately-funded firms, the competitiveness and vitality of foreign-financed enterprises will have profound long term effects on the economic development of Guangdong, before and after WTO accession

A global bond: Explaining the safe-haven status of US Treasury securities

This article offers new theoretical and empirical insights to explain the resilience of US Treasury securities as the world’s premier safe or “risk-free” asset. The standard explanation of resilience emphasizes the relative safety of US Treasuries due to a shortage of safe assets in the global political economy. The analysis here goes beyond the standard explanation to highlight the importance of domestic politics in reinforcing the safe status of US Treasury securities. In particular, the research shows how a formidable “bond” of interests unites domestic and foreign owners of the public debt and works to sustain US power in global finance. Foreigners, who now own roughly half of the US public debt, have something to gain from their domestic counterparts. The top 1% of US households, which dominate domestic ownership of US Treasuries, has considerable political clout, thus alleviating foreign concerns about the creditworthiness of the US federal government. Domestic owners, in turn, benefit from the seemingly insatiable foreign appetite for US Treasury securities. In supplying the US federal government and US households with cheap credit, foreign investors in US Treasuries help to deflect challenges to the top 1% within the wealth and income hierarchy

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