Mattancherry is Indian Jewry's most famous settlement. Its pretty streets of pastel coloured houses, connected by first-floor passages and home to the last twelve saree-and-sarong-wearing, white-skinned Indian Jews are visited by thousands of tourists each year. Its synagogue, built in 1568, with a floor of blue and white China tiles, a carpet given by Haile Selassie and the frosty Yaheh selling tickets at the door, stands as an images of religious tolerance.
Trade protectionism, disguised as concern for the climate, is raising its head. Citing competitiveness concern,powerful industrialised countries are holding out threats of a levy on imports of energy intensive products from developing countries that refuse to accept their demands. The actual sense of protectionist sentiment in the OECD countries is, of course, their current lackluster economic performance, combined with the challenges posed by rapid economic rise of China and India - In that order.
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