Donald Trump has cast the first protectionist stones by withdrawing the US from the Trans-Pacific Partnership and telling Mexico and Canada that he wants to replace NAFTA with bilateral trade agreements. Is the demise of the post-war global economic order now inevitable?
Jan 17, 2017 Jim O'Neill argues that trade is not zero-sum – and that we need more of it if we are to eradicate poverty.
Jan 11, 2017 Christine Lagarde proposes steps to address the main challenges policymakers will confront in 2017.
Dec 26, 2016 Stephen S. Roach foresees disaster in the incoming administration's evident intention to squeeze China.
Dec 22, 2016 Christopher Smart foresees how new protectionist measures will compel companies to revamp their business models.
Dec 8, 2016 Dani Rodrik explains why no one should mourn the passing of the TPP and the TTIP.
Nov 29, 2016 Javier Solana argues that the world is past the point of closed borders and unilateral solutions.
Nov 11, 2024 Nadia Calviño
Nov 11, 2024 Dani Rodrik
Nov 7, 2024 Olivier De Schutter & Kate Pickett
Nov 11, 2024 Mukhtar Babayev
Not only did Donald Trump win last week’s US presidential election decisively – winning some three million more votes than his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris – but the Republican Party he now controls gained majorities in both houses on Congress. Given the far-reaching implications of this result – for both US democracy and global stability – understanding how it came about is essential.
