Trade and Economics

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.

Ideological and economic concerns mean that Beijing is wary of foreign aid.

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?

The Trump-Milei political alliance indicates the need for the International Monetary Fund’s reform.

Amid chaos and missile fire, ships are still sailing as normal.

Conspiracy theories about U.S. power are now shared by the Trump administration.

China has come out ahead in recent dealmaking.

Today’s budget policies owe a great deal to the Bush-Gingrich showdown of 1990.

Trump hopes to top the Bastille Day procession.

Traders fear a wider conflict, even if oil facilities haven’t been targeted yet.

“We’re in the sprint mode of a real race for supremacy between the United States and China.”

Multifront conflicts have never ended well for the countries that provoked them.

This will give factories a temporary reprieve, but both sides could still leverage economic chokepoints in the future absent a larger deal.

A new poll finds serious faults with the president’s foreign policy in his first 100 days.

Trump is tweeting softly, but Brussels is carrying the big stick.

Although the economy is recovering, analysts warn that Sisi’s vanity projects could harm the country in the long term.

When business titans and political leaders fall out, global autocracies show that the billionaires almost always lose.

Bans and sanctions aren’t enough to beat China.

Pushing millions off Medicaid will help offset tax cuts.

The leaders claimed progress on thorny issues, but it remains to be seen if the rhetoric will translate into reality.

Making steel and aluminum more expensive won’t help domestic mills much, but it will hammer factories.

Xi Jinping has turned over critical economic roles to Li Qiang.

A conversation with Zoomer author and commentator Kyla Scanlon.

U.S. clean tech companies face a perfect storm from tariffs and the loss of tax credits.

Trump’s “Americas First” foreign policy has intensified geopolitical competition in the region.

Scaling digital dollars would hand more power to Big Tech and potentially undermine U.S. security.

Economists warn that such duties will hike consumer prices and lower U.S. economic output.

Great power competition is taking new forms under the sea.

Nigeria’s president on the West African bloc’s greatest test yet.

Trump can use part of a 1974 law to levy tariffs while the courts duke it out.

The Russian president has abandoned real strategy for a single goal.

Other presidents have struggled with political and logistical obstacles when trying to effect a rollback.

Rather than reducing their exposure to the region, companies are on a building spree.

The Caribbean nation now helms a key regional forum and is on the cusp of an oil boom.

But the administration has other ways to build protectionist walls that are less vulnerable to legal challenges.

You don’t need to be an idealist to be worried about Donald Trump’s approach to global order.

Amid a renewed debate on protectionism, the world’s most populous country remains a tariff outlier.

The U.S. president said he didn’t want to jeopardize a potential peace deal but indicated that his patience wouldn’t last much longer.

Ramaphosa’s treatment at the White House cemented that the U.S. is writing itself out of the continent’s future.

There are signs Trump might abandon “maximum pressure.” That’s good news for U.S. interests—and Venezuelan democracy.

A giant firm and a superpower have become deeply entangled.

Halfway through the 90-day tariff pause, almost no progress has been made to avoid global trade carnage.

Circularity, not speed, may define the future of the industry.

Trump could have cornered China—instead, it’s the biggest winner of his attack on global trade.

New Latin American lending raises more questions than answers.

Due to strategic myopia, New Delhi faces a potential crisis on another border.

The new America First Investment Policy upends any notion of long-term national interest.

Students are surprisingly indifferent toward Taiwan.

Inside the South African president’s gambit to mend ties with Trump.

Officials hope to boost domestic spending, but prospects are slim.

Once-hopeful negotiations are falling prey to a bitter fight over uranium enrichment.

To increase their bargaining power, Brazil, India, and South Africa should resurrect a dormant diplomatic forum.

A closer look at Trump’s acquisitions in the Middle East.

Israel’s economy minister insists that Trump and Netanyahu remain “very, very close.”

In Beijing this week, Colombia joined the Belt and Road Initiative, and Brazil notched key investment pledges.

Saudi Arabia and Qatar made splashy economic commitments worth nearly $2 trillion during the U.S. president’s visit.