It’s a little awkward, but in fact, a reality in this day and age that bilateral trade between two countries who view each other as somewhat adversarial, can co-exist economically. As the world turns, ...
As tariffs and trade deals make headlines, here’s a perfect puzzle: Why, as tariffs fell and supply chains expanded in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, did many economies fail to see the ...
In the 1960s, growing demand for wild plant and animal products was driving certain species like elephants and tigers toward ...
BACKGROUND Since taking office on January 20, 2025, the Trump Administration has undertaken an aggressive trade policy that has impacted, and will continue to impact, all countries trading with the US ...
Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...
International trade around the world has sagged despite moderate economic growth. Reshoring and de-globalization, two related concepts with slightly different emphases, seem be responsible. The global ...
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, often referred to as CITES (SIGH-teez), is an agreement between governments that regulates the international trade ...
If there is a point on which most economists agree, it is that trade among nations makes the world better off. Yet international trade can be a contentious political issue, both domestically and ...
To help understand international trade, suppose that there are only two international transaction that take place in a given period, but let’s assume that those two transactions are representative of ...
Jen Snowball is a Professor of Economics at Rhodes University, and a researcher at the South African Cultural Observatory, which is funded by the Department of Sport, Art and Culture. There is growing ...
Nations are almost always better off when they buy and sell from one another If there is a point on which most economists agree, it is that trade among nations makes the world better off. Yet ...