By: Jacques Otumfuo & Albert Derrick Fiatui (CIMAG)Global maritime trade is the invisible engine behind more than 80% of world trade by volume.In the wake of a prolonged pandemic disruption, the past ...

When Donald Trump threatens to slap massive tariffs on China , economic textbooks want to self-destruct like the smoky opening scene in a Mission Impossible movie. After all, free trade drives down ...

If America is in a trade war, the question to ask is, are we tired of winning yet? "Donald Trump reaps $50bn tariff haul as world 'chickens out,'" reads the Financial Times headline. "Only China and ...

Globalisation is fundamentally political, not technological. This is the lesson from a new book tracing 1000 years of international trade history. Here the authors use lessons from the past to ...

Avocados in the U.S. market recently rose in price because there was a ban on importing them from Mexico. This ban, now lifted, was imposed due to a threat made against an American inspector. Given ...

With all the talk going on about the merits of free trade and the U.S.’s free trade agreements, it might be helpful to look at an example from the past. Debates over free trade vs. protectionism are ...

Jonah Keri is writing for Grantland -- eventually he’ll write everywhere; people from Quebec just get into everything if you let them -- and today has a good piece looking back at some major trade ...

-- John Kemp is a Reuters columnist. The views expressed are his own -- By John Kemp LONDON, Nov 16 (Reuters) - As hopes for reaching a binding agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions at the ...

When Donald Trump threatens to slap massive tariffs on China , economic textbooks want to self-destruct like the smoky opening scene in a Mission Impossible movie. After all, free trade drives down ...