The escalating trade war with China is currently on something of a hiatus. In October, the Trump Administration eased tensions by reversing its decision to expand the list of Chinese companies restricted from access to advanced U.S. technology. Earlier this month, Trump said he would allow Nvidia to export to China some high-grade computer chips,…
India remains among the most over-regulated economies in the world, said author and commentator Gurcharan Das, arguing that tariffs are a tool meant to protect infant economies. What did Das say about the “tariff king” label and reforms? Speaking at the Business & Economy Literature Fest (BELF) 2025 on Sunday,…
Within a year of taking office, U.S. president Donald Trump turned global trade on its head. His sweeping tariffs took effect on Aug. 1, and have since upended countless trade relationships countries built through years of diplomacy. Yet despite the U.S.’ tariffs, global trade has been more resilient than expected, say Macquarie’s analysts in their…
It was the week before Christmas, and Americans got one more dispiriting look at the jobs market. After a year of stalled hiring and “ghost jobs,” Americans are going back to school, retraining, and trying to get off the sidelines. But they’ve been flying blind after the longest federal government shutdown in history clouded the…
The negotiations that remade the North American Free Trade Agreement were, as one participant put it, a series of “near-death” experiences. For more than a year, starting in 2017, envoys from the United States, Canada, and Mexico met to determine the future of a trade alliance worth trillions of dollars. They clashed over everything from…