When a plague of poverty decimated an ancient land, the king called in his wisest economic advisers and demanded they prepare a short textbook on economics so that he might devise a remedy.

This article was originally published by the Council on Foreign Relations on Aug. 1, 2025. One of the hardest jobs of a policymaker is to weigh trade-offs. Few policies are clean, absolute, and ...

Seven months into President Donald Trump's campaign to rebalance global trade in America's favor, the White House can point to several "wins." Experts say the victories have come at a cost to the ...

Indian refiners, the world's biggest user of Russian oil, can operate without supplies from Moscow from a technical standpoint, but the shift would involve major economic and strategic trade-offs, ...

Africa’s premier trade and investment event, the Intra-African Trade Fair 2025 (IATF2025), officially opened in Algiers today ...

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