The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says that although "the tariff shock is smaller than originally announced", it is a key ...

The Secretary-General of the United Nations on Trade and Development is calling for international financial institutions to ...

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Global economic ties are changing in ways we have not seen since the end of the Cold War. After years of shocks—including the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine—countries are ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with former US trade representative and Council on Foreign Relations President Michael Froman about how global trade moves forward in the midst of President Trump's tariffs.

As global demand rises for safe, traceable, sustainable and ethically sourced food, the ninth edition of ‘Indusfood 2026’ ...

Amid the headlines and noise of the latest tariffs from Washington and the growing fears about the state of global trade, a quiet movement to support free and open commerce is taking place in world ...

President Donald Trump's return to the White House in 2025 kicked off a frenetic year for global trade, with waves of tariffs on U.S. trading partners that lifted import taxes to their highest since ...

China slapping tariffs on beef highlights the “chaotic” global trade environment Australia is facing, a government minister ...

I have spent a large part of the past twelve years advising nearly three dozen international governments as to how to best approach creating a legal framework that can work in a global marketplace.

Though trade flows have adjusted, more diversified global value chains could help lessen the impact of future shocks. The demand and supply shocks unleashed by the pandemic were expected to lead to a ...