Trade and Economics

Beijing should act to rein in a $2 billion industry.

The Russian economy may be wobbly, but it is still funding a deadly war with oil and gas sales.

Investors have drained the global south in pursuit of aggressive profit maximization.

From powerbrokers in the ’90s to pariahs today.

Once dismissed from the field he helped found, Albert O. Hirschman feels newly relevant.

Poorer countries have become more integrated but not necessarily more united.

Governments, civil society, and the private sector are reimagining development away from external interventions.

The West’s aid model was always a mirage. It’s time for a realistic alternative.

The origins of tennis still shape the sport—including how much players earn at the major tournaments.

Labor strife, climate shocks, and Chiquita’s uneasy return mark a new chapter for Panama’s banana industry.

The president’s chaotic agenda is making business even harder for one of his key voter bases.

With concrete steps, Washington can keep Syria’s future on track.

The Indian leader’s visit to China caps a nearly year-long effort to ease bilateral tensions.

How New Delhi is navigating U.S. tariffs and a shifting geopolitical reality.

Trump's economic program has damaged many weaker economies and makes even less sense for the United States.

The independence of the agency that sets monetary policy is under threat.

Avoiding digital dictatorship may mean rethinking our relationship with machines.

Is Trump hurting military readiness?

So why aren’t the president’s latest economic moves generating more alarm?

A resurgence in bilateral relations is one of the region’s more significant recent trends.

The U.S. government’s 10 percent stake in the chipmaker has broader implications. 

The duties are ostensibly aimed at Moscow, but they hit New Delhi hardest.

As a 50 percent total tariff kicks in, a former Indian diplomat says there’s still time for dialogue.

Central banks are independent for a reason.

A new book argues that the world’s two biggest economies need a bit more of each other’s cultures.

Dollar dominance is here to stay, if the United States can keep it.

New Delhi is making a bad bet on Beijing as its relationship with Washington sours.

After two decades as a bastion of the left, the country is taking a right turn.

The U.S. leader’s beef with the top international court dates back to his first term in office.

By conflating corporate trade with national policy, the White House is undermining the U.S.-India relationship.

After trade talks with Trump, the Swiss government is reconsidering everything it knows about itself.

President Lee Jae-myung is taking on entrenched family interests.

Trump’s 50 percent tariffs don’t need to burn the bridge.

Beijing is speeding up plans to create systems it can monitor.

Local leaders are driving an economic race to the bottom.

The U.S. president’s entourage has some surprising inclusions and exclusions. 

Jared Cohen: “Without economic growth, you start to evaporate geopolitically.”

Despite the high cost of Trump’s secondary tariffs, New Delhi has compelling reasons to keep Moscow close.

Former Iranian foreign minister outlines path for diplomacy.

With tariffs on one side and shakedowns on the other, the U.S. president is upending years of China consensus.

Nvidia and AMD show how deals get done in Trump’s Washington.

Economist Dani Rodrik on what a new global trade order could look like.

Trump’s remittance tax will hurt migrants—and incentivize emigration.

How Trump’s trade policy will harm the U.S. economy.

Trump’s tariffs will cause problems but not widespread shortages.

The measures have spiked U.S. import taxes to the highest level since the Great Depression.

With Trump imposing an additional 25 percent tariff, New Delhi faces some difficult choices.

Yet experts suggest that Moscow won’t bow to the White House’s threats.

So far, it’s more signals than sanctions.

Think the 1990s Asian economic crisis—just on a far larger scale.

Trump is threatening one of the world’s most important bilateral relationships. He alone can fix it.

Firms don’t want Huawei’s domestically produced alternatives—but might have no choice.

Moscow has successfully restructured its economy on an impressive war footing, but there are weaknesses under the hood.

Switzerland is furious, Taiwan feels cheated, and several others refuse to give up hope for better trade deals.

It’s a new reality for a country, and a planet, whose post-World War II prosperity was ushered in by a decades-long effort to dismantle trade barriers.

A recent meeting shows the message that Xi wants to send to private industry.

The White House also warns of an additional “penalty” due to New Delhi’s trade relationship with Moscow.

The latest global picture on Trump’s tariff regime—including who has managed to cut a deal.

A Qatari-backed project near a coral reef pits economics against environmentalism.

The rift between the Western Hemisphere’s two largest democracies is the strongest evidence yet that Trump is in the business of autocracy promotion.

The move is also a slap in the face to China hawks in Washington.

Why all signs are pointing to a breakthrough at the upcoming Trump-Xi summit.

A series of scandals has put Kyiv’s public institutions under the microscope.

An anti-corruption campaign is chilling consumption.

A popular Brazilian payment system is causing concerns in Washington.

Beijing thinks it holds all the cards as Trump attacks allies.

Brussels is worried it could be Beijing’s next target.

Oil sanctions have failed to deliver results with Iran and Russia. It would be a mistake to try them with China.

When European and Chinese leaders meet in Beijing, relations will be strained.

Right when the Trump administration should be ramping up export controls, its trade strategy is undermining them.

The prime minister is prioritizing trade talks with the United States and curbing inflation.

European nations aim to stem the flow of foreign funding for Moscow’s war machine.

Beijing dominates global trade. But it couldn’t turn that into a geopolitical advantage—until Trump 2.0.

The biggest releases in foreign affairs, history, and economics.

Trump’s cuts and erratic policies are undermining the foundation of American competitiveness.

Former Indonesian diplomat Dino Patti Djalal on how his country views Trump and a new world order.

What was meant as a show of strength by MAGA and its Brazilian franchise has turned into a gift for Lula.

Tokyo is being squeezed by its biggest enemy and by its closest friend.

Other countries may follow Moscow’s lead in formalizing ties.

The level of U.S. government economic intervention under Trump 2.0 is off the charts.

Hanoi has a long history of managing its wayward friends, but what’s in this for Washington?

The White House also announced that it would send additional weapons to Ukraine via NATO.

The Trump administration, like other governments around the world, wants to encourage more births—but isn’t sure how.

The United States imports copper. Making imports pricier won’t magically open new U.S. mines.

The nations attending the meeting may have small GDPs, but they are rich in critical minerals.

The Aug. 1 deadline extension has left U.S. trade partners scrambling for last-minute deals and concessions.

Economist Kenneth Rogoff on a slow global shift away from the dollar.

It’s not even clear if this is still the big week for trade.

The ideological and economic concerns that make Beijing wary of development assistance.

Despite slowing growth, people haven’t forgotten the party’s record of delivering public goods.

At the bloc’s annual summit, Brazil hopes to focus on economic development rather than anti-Western antagonism.

Two more nations have joined Denmark in aiming to directly curb Russia’s sanctions-evading vessels.

The outcome of the talks could serve as a bellwether of the partnership’s broader trajectory.

The “move fast and break things” approach of Trump’s second term has undermined some of his administration’s own China goals.

Paetongtarn Shinawatra is accused of violating the constitution in a phone call with former Cambodian leader Hun Sen.

It took a decade for the U.S. economy to recover from Nixon. This time could be worse.

In an era defined by vanity, the U.S. president outdoes all his populist peers.

A progressive candidate’s primary win is causing panic among the city’s upper classes.

Battle experience may give Ukrainian manufacturers the edge.

Ignoring Tehran’s oil shipments has been informal policy for years. What if Washington made it official?