Asian financial crisis:  Seattle-area impacts:
"Asia's downturn lashes many Puget Sound area businesses" Seattle Times, 3 Jan 99
"Paper losses:  Asian crisis hits Northwest pulp and paper mills hard" Puget Sound Business Journal, 28 Dec 98

Documentation in international trade:
"Paperless transactions in your (near) future," World Trade Magazine, October 2000

The Euro:
New York Times overview and set of articles regarding the euro
"Primer on Euro: From birth to growth as unifying force" New York Times, 30 Dec 98
"Little Countries" from The Economist (on the pros and cons of being a small trading nation;  3 Jan 98)

U.S. balance of payments:
"Interim Report:  Notes on the U.S. Trade and Balance of Payments Deficits," Wayne Godley, Jerome Levy Institute, March 2000.