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 ...

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.

The financial system risks undermining global trade if it fails to adapt to the economy's needs, with developing countries likely to suffer the most, the UN Trade and Development Agency said on ...

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 ...

Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. This memo is a part of CFR Expert Manjari Chatterjee Miller's project on India and the liberal international order published by the China ...

We’re almost a quarter of the way through the 21st century, and the past 25 years or so have been a tale of two economies when it comes to bridging the gap between the world’s richest and poorest ...

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

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.

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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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 ...