With the year coming to a close, we're sharing our most popular Planet Money bonus episode of 2025! As U.S. trade with China ...

But many Americans aren't listening. A recent poll by Quinnipiac University, conducted in late January, found that 42% of Americans believe tariffs will help the U.S. economy. The United States' ...

Globalization’s first age some 200 years ago sheds light on today’s turn toward economic nationalism The “first age” of globalization was beset by contradictions. In the 60 years or so before World ...

India and Russia are holding negotiations for a possible free trade agreement, which could expand trade ties between New ...

Few expected him to go so far. In a stunning shift in American economic policy, Donald Trump has yanked up tariffs across the board. On April 2nd, speaking from the Rose Garden of the White House, he ...

Mr. Lighthizer, the author of “No Trade Is Free: Changing Course, Taking On China, and Helping America’s Workers,” was the U.S. trade representative in the first Trump administration. The ...

Mr. Irwin, an economics professor at Dartmouth College, worked on trade policy while on the staff of President Ronald Reagan’s Council of Economic Advisers. During the first game of this year’s World ...

“I think free trade has been dead and probably been dead for a while and isn't looking good for any time in the near future,” said Chad Bown, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International ...

The year is 2029 and Donald Trump has left the White House. Upon his successor’s shoulders rests the fate of the global trading system. The next president could end America’s one-sided tariff ...

As economic security policies gain ground across major APEC economies, the forum has remained largely silent on the issue. While framed as national security, these policies often undermine the liberal ...

Hainan island in China is progressing towards its 2050 goal of becoming a globally influential free trade port with new Customs operations. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com ...

Discover the concept of balanced trade and its implications, including pros and cons, to better navigate economic discussions on trade surpluses and deficits.