Most worrying is what Maurice Obstfeld at the Peterson Institute recently called “a deep distrust of economic openness” – a bipartisan consensus that the open trade which has been nurtured …
No matter where you look, the global polycrisis envelops us, throwing together climate change, pandemic threats, food insecurity, technological competition, trade conflict and hot wars. Confidence has faltered in open …
Building a community with a shared future for mankind is the noble goal pursued by China in advancing major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics for the new era. The world has …
Apart from potentially slowing the EU’s switch from gas-reliant vehicles to low-emission alternatives, the tariffs are an invitation for Beijing to retaliate. The bloc is not as innocent as it …
The prevailing view at Bretton Woods rejected the laissez-faire argument that free markets automatically provide full employment. It was believed that public institutions must intervene in difficult times. Delegates established …
The safety of our futures relies much more heavily on extensive cross-border collaboration than most of our politicians recognise – not just in the large, lumbering multinational institutions like the …
But the frustrating, mind-numbing banality of proceedings in Abu Dhabi seemed to surprise even the most enthusiastic trade policy wonks. One must question the millions of dollars spent on flying …