Trade and Economics

The U.S. made a global order that it’s now obsessed with overthrowing.

The U.S. Development Finance Corporation was created to help alleviate global poverty. Trump has other ideas.

The White House hopes to lower prices on key food items as well as pharmaceuticals.

Switzerland cuts a deal—plus the latest global picture on Trump’s tariff regime.

Renewables are in hot demand in a growing region.

High political walls are hurting an industry vital to the character of the country.

And how the region is navigating a changed United States.

Alarmed by Beijing’s rare earths chokehold, Washington is scrambling to plug other potential vulnerabilities.

The new deals contain unusual concessions that could change the flow of goods in Asia.

Beijing dabbles in diplomacy at Web Summit.

How a fight over culling birds turned into an anti-government flash point.

He was late to the show, but he brought a big stick.

Now even Switzerland can’t escape great-power politics.

Trump is courting the jihadi-turned-statesman to secure a new ally in the Middle East.

On constitutional matters of war powers and tariffs, Republican lawmakers have abandoned the field to Trump.

Hungary hopes that flattering Trump will keep Russian energy flowing to the country.

How an ordinary ingredient became a symbol of collective complaint.

The economic shocks precede Chávez and Maduro.

Chile, Mexico, and Peru announced new trade talks at APEC.

As Islamabad draws attention on the global stage, it grapples with economic problems and surging terrorism back home.

A number of justices are skeptical of reading too much into the president’s “unlimited” powers.

Brazil’s people-centered climate vision risks abandoning the most vulnerable.

A top China scholar and former Biden administration advisor on the Trump-Xi meeting and the future of the U.S.-China relationship.

The case is less about tariffs and more about whether the U.S. Constitution still matters.

Taipei needs to learn how to better wield the “silicon shield.”

Rare earths and other assets have given Beijing an edge in trade talks with Washington.

The U.S. president has been on a mission to secure new supply chains—and counter China’s grip.

Why the bloc always seeks economic solutions to its political problems. 

The storm hit three island nations with vastly different approaches to climate adaptation.

From soybeans to semiconductors, here’s everything you need to know about what came out of the meeting. 

Beijing’s latest policy is vague but still important.

The United States and China have struck a vague and reversible deal.

U.S. and EU penalties on Russian oil companies raise the stakes for New Delhi’s trade talks with Washington.

East Asian countries are using a tried-and-true method to woo the U.S. president and secure better trade deals.

Estonia’s president on Russia, Ukraine, NATO, drones, and Trump.

Did Argentine voters endorse their president’s economic overhaul—or cow to Trump’s threats?

Both sides are sending positive signals ahead of a Thursday meeting, but a temporary truce may be more likely.

Beijing is hoping to use an expanded free trade deal to portray itself as the bloc’s alternative to the United States.

Economist Jared Bernstein warns that revenues simply aren’t catching up with sky-high valuations.

Economic carrots and sanctions aren’t powerful enough to compensate Russia for giving up its maximalist aims.

From Japan to Pakistan, the deals keep coming.

After signing several trade deals at the ASEAN summit, the U.S. president is turning his attention to Washington’s East Asian partners.

Prime Minister Mark Carney hopes to decrease Ottawa’s dependence on Washington.

By cutting U.S. support for labor rights around the globe, Washington is hurting workers at home and abroad.

Once-thriving crops are poorly adapting to new temperatures.

The conservative president-elect has an economic crisis in his inbox.

China’s complex new rules take on the entire world at once—and give Trump an opportunity.

Sweeping sanctions packages aim to curb funding for Moscow’s war effort.

The threat to Moscow’s oil earnings is huge. But will it be enough?

Ties between organized crime syndicates and Chinese intelligence run deep.

Latin America’s right has welcomed centrist Sen. Rodrigo Paz’s victory.

Can the carbon-negative country enrich itself without harming the planet?

The move follows a U.S. decision to cancel plans for a peace summit in Budapest.

The continent’s largest emitter aims to cut coal and invest in nuclear and gas.

Billions for Buenos Aires, and support for Argentine farmers, is not sitting well in the U.S. heartland.

Love her or hate her, Italians aren’t used to this kind of stability.

Sanae Takaichi may not get a chance to implement her hard-line conservatism.

Timor-Leste’s president said it was easier to get into heaven than the Southeast Asian bloc.

Australia becomes the latest country to sign a deal with the U.S. president.

Cutting U.S. assistance to Bogotá will make it harder to stop record flows of cocaine.

Ottawa’s latest reforms are a blueprint for Washington’s victims around the world.

The world’s largest annual book event gets underway.

Even after the president’s impeachment, protests show little sign of slowing down.

The deal to sever China’s ties to the Panama Canal could boost its influence elsewhere in the region.

Washington and Beijing both believe they can manage the chaos. Neither can.

Bargaining with the president’s pension reform plan may not secure the support that Paris needs to pass a budget.

Trump is using the crisis to target his political enemies.

Beijing’s new export controls take a page from Washington’s playbook.

People’s Daily has laid out an optimistic scheme for industrial transformation.

Data discrimination leaves millions of people dangerously vulnerable.

A decade of cutting-edge investment hasn’t translated into growth.

Four countries are defying global anti-migrant sentiment to offer free movement to their citizens.

Kyiv’s two-year offensive against Russian oil facilities has intensified, eating away at Moscow’s energy revenues.

More sanctions on LPG and “shadow fleet” tankers indicate more maximum pressure on Tehran.

A report suggests that Islamabad continues to use its critical minerals to attract U.S. financing.

Benjamin Netanyahu lacks a realistic vision for navigating Israel’s potential economic isolation.

Beijing’s control of rare-earth minerals will force Trump to find new leverage.

How an idea that promised a brave new world seemingly delivered dystopia instead.

Is there historical precedent for this kind of financial intervention?

Jobs across the continent are at risk as a duty-free deal with Washington lapses.

It’s not the economy, stupid.

Trump’s tariffs are having major ripple effects on the fashion industry’s female work force.

A two-pronged approach for the world’s most trade-dependent region.

Germany’s vocal support for mobilizing hundreds of billions of Moscow’s reserves could be a game-changer for Ukraine.

From Trump’s “chemistry” with Lula to a U.S. bailout of Argentina.

The U.S. leader is pressuring the world to abandon climate action. Will it work?

EU policymakers should channel their inner naturalists as they adapt to Trumponomics.

The White House has usurped the power to make foreign treaties and keeps their texts secret.

The Trump administration’s manipulation of statistics is exporting uncertainty into the international system.

Tech firms will spend trillions on AI in the coming years.

Dan Wang’s account of an engineering state mixes the grand and the intimate.

A discussion with Adam Tooze about his essay on the end of development.

EU measures to kneecap energy, banks, and defense firms contrast with Washington’s passivity.

Day one was filled with royal pageantry. Day two dodged the pitfalls of politics.

A year after winning national elections, the British leader is struggling.

Correctly defining conflict has high stakes in the insurance industry.

The dollar isn’t getting dethroned—yet—by outside rivals, but Trump may be doing their work for them.

Job losses are only one factor in the equation driving its financial decline.

Can the latest round of negotiations find a deal that sticks?

It’s time for some game theory.