Oct 9, 2008

Top 10 World News Events of 2000

Global politics impacts international trade relationship heavily, which directly affect a nation's economic condition. Forecasters should always pay attentions to the world's politics.
Following are the top 10 world news events of the year 2000 selected by Xinhua. The events are arranged in chronological order:
  1. Vladimir Putin Elected Russian President
  2. Soaring Oil Prices Panic World Market (2000's aver. $1.4 vs 2008 $ 4, hum!)
  3. Detente Emerges on the Korean Peninsula After North-South Summit
  4. First Draft of Human Genome Completed
  5. Violence Plagues Middle East Peace Process
  6. Russian Nuclear Submarine "Kursk" Sinks
  7. Millennium Summit of Global Leaders Convened
  8. US Permanently Normalizes Trade Relations With China (US increased a large amount of imports from China, since then)
  9. US Presidential Election Becomes Extended Battle
  10. EU Integration a Step Further

Read more: Photobucket from english.peopledaily.com.cn

Oil price source: mass.gov

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