After graduating from Louisiana State University in 1980 with a degree in international trade and finance, Joo Siang joined as his father's right-hand man.
Today, though, international trade and finance have grown to a level where most major economies often rise and fall together as was clearly demonstrated in 2008.
Their weaknesses are acute--Bush's constitutional authority is under attack by Congress, Abe faces key legislative elections in late July--and they also have chronic implications for international trade and finance.
It has developed alongside a similar body of international law governing trade, finance, and the exploitation of natural resources such as the sea.
The yuan's increased use beyond China's borders is a (still distant) threat to the dollar's central role in trade and international finance, but if the dollar were eventually shoved aside, it would make Americans poorer and raise the cost of their borrowing.
In October, Anwar accused three key government figures Finance Minister Daim Zainuddin, International Trade and Industry Minister Rafidah Aziz and then-domestic trade and consumer affairs minister Megat Junid Megat Ayob of various misdeeds.
Although not strictly finance ministers' territory, the Doha round of international trade negotiations is in trouble.
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Also remaining in the same posts were Daim Zainuddin (finance, special functions), Syed Hamid Albar (foreign), Rafidah Aziz (international trade and industry), Ling Liong Sik (transport) and Samy Vellu (works).
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