Global Economy and Development

U.S. President Donald Trump takes part in a welcoming ceremony with China's President Xi Jinping in Beijing, China, November 9, 2017. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj - RC176D2FD4E0

The U.S.-China trade war won’t be ending soon

Friday, September 21, 2018

A customer carries a box of lobsters that are imported from the U.S. at a seafood retailer at a fish market in Beijing, China, June 27, 2018. Picture taken June 27, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Peter - RC1C6923C110

Is anyone winning the US-China trade war?

David Dollar, Joseph Parilla, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Mexico's Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray (C), Mexico's Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo (3rdR), White House chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow (3rdR-standing) and Jesus Seade (R), Mexico's President-elect Obrador's representative in trade negotiations look on as U.S. President Donald Trump (L) announces a deal to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) at the White House in Washington, U.S., August 27, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC1E94C10BA0

The US and Mexico make NAFTA progress, but where’s Canada?

Monday, August 27, 2018

A woman, who has been displaced by floods, uses a USAID box to move her belongings while taking refuge on an embankment at Chandan Mori village in Dadu, some 320 km (199 miles) north of Karachi October 10, 2010. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro (PAKISTAN - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT) - GM1E6AA1O2701

Trump tries to cut foreign aid without Congress

Thursday, August 23, 2018

Cars to be exported sit at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China August 8, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. CHINA OUT. REUTERS/Stringer - RC1BE44D4870

New tariffs escalate the US-China trade war

Thursday, August 23, 2018

People stand beside a truck loaded with sacks of flour received from The United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

If the US doesn’t lead on foreign assistance, who will?

Merrell Tuck-Primdahl and Fred Dews

Friday, August 17, 2018

Photo: African leaders at Continental Free Trade Agreement signing

How Africa’s historic free trade agreement will change the continent

Witney Schneidman, Landry Signé, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, August 15, 2018

Pins with images of Imran Khan, leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), are pictured at a market a day after general election in Islamabad, Pakistan, July 26, 2018. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha - RC11759567A0

Making sense of Pakistan’s elections

Friday, July 27, 2018

Flags are pictured outside the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva.

Finding breakthroughs for the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Fred Dews, Bill Finan, Homi Kharas, and Enric Sala

Friday, July 20, 2018

A worker driving a forklift stacks containers in a yard at Port Botany's container handling facility located in Sydney, Australia, March 2, 2016. Picture taken March 2, 2016. REUTERS/David Gray - GF10000371752

Unpacked: The US-China Trade War

Thursday, July 12, 2018