Commentary / World Apr 23, 2019
The international economic policy game
by Koichi Hamada
We need trade competition among economic agents but cooperation among governments
Commentary / World Nov 22, 2016
by Barry Eichengreen
Does Donald Trump's election mean that globalization is dead, or are reports of the process' demise greatly exaggerated?
Commentary / World Oct 28, 2014
WTO check on 'consensus' poses risk to poorer nations
by Emily Jones
The U.S. and EU are said to be urging the World Trade Organization to move away from consensus-based decision making. That might boost efficiency, but it also could jeopardize the WTO's legitimacy in the eyes of its smaller and poorer members.
Editorials Aug 17, 2014
India's new prime minister, Narendra Modi, has perplexed international supporters by torpedoing a World Trade Organization deal that would have reformed customs rules and made global trade much easier.
Commentary / World Aug 8, 2013
by Andrey Borodaevskiy
The absence of developed cooperative ties and of commercial turnover growth within the BRICS grouping may only perpetuate existing structural differences.