While global trade costs have dropped over the past 200 years, the paper-based trade documents still required in many developing nations contribute to trade delays and high costs, particularly in ...

LONDON, Dec 2 (Reuters) - The financial system risks undermining global trade if it fails to adapt to the economy's needs, ...

Countries in the Global South increasingly view President Trump’s “America First” foreign economic policies as both a coercive force and a catalyst for greater economic autonomy.

BRUSSELS, 2nd December, 2025 (WAM) -- The European Council Presidency and the European Parliament’s negotiators reached a provisional agreement on the revised Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP) ...

8 November 2024 - There are 32 countries classified as Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs): 16 are in Africa, five in Asia, eight in the Commonwealth of Independent States and South-Eastern Europe ...

Observers said developing countries will not accept roundtables or dialogues on this matter since it is of huge consequence for their economies.

Industrial policy prioritizes growth in specific sectors. Yet there is little agreement about how to target sectors in practice, and many argue that governments cannot pick winners. This essay ...

The fragmentation of the world economy poses an existential threat to the World Trade Organization and the multilateral system that has fueled the global economy’s growth for the past half-century.

Trust, but verify is my response to President Trump’s latest deal making with President Xi Jinping of Communist China. Of course, that’s always the case with the Chinese, who can never be counted on ...

In Belem, the Brazilian city hosting COP30, it's hard to miss the BYD Dolphin Mini -- the Chinese hatchback that's dominating the local electric vehicle market, even as the company ...

The demand for quantitative assessments of the impacts of food and agricultural policies has grown steadily in the past four decades. From the application of social cost-benefit analysis to ...

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