Global Trade

ChineseFlag_USFlag

Former USTR Charlene Barshefsky on the obstacles to a US-China trade deal

David Dollar and Charlene Barshefsky

Monday, June 10, 2019

A view showing the tower and departure sign outside the Murtala Mohammed International airport in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos, May 11, 2017. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye - RC1A51F62B00

Figures of the week: International trade in services

Thursday, June 6, 2019

A truck is seen before crossing the borderline into Mexico at the World Trade Bridge, in Laredo, Texas U.S.

What’s at stake in the US-Mexico tariff dispute?

Thursday, June 6, 2019

A manufacturer, works on sportswear in Adjame, Abidjan, Ivory Coast, May 16, 2019. REUTERS/Thierry Gouegnon - RC1BDE579120

Africa’s industrialization under the Continental Free Trade Area: Local strategies for global competitiveness

Tuesday, June 4, 2019

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari waves at the crowd while he drives around the venue during his inauguration for a second term in Abuja, Nigeria May 29, 2019. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde - RC1A84EB7CC0

Africa in the news: AfCFTA enters into force, South Africa and Senegal tackle climate change, and presidents inaugurated in Nigeria and Malawi

Christina Golubski

Saturday, June 1, 2019

A truck drives next to the border fence while waiting in a long queue for border customs control to cross into the U.S., at the Otay border crossing in Tijuana, Mexico April 4, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso - RC12300AE540

6 things to know about Trump’s Mexico tariffs

Friday, May 31, 2019

A Benjamin Franklin U.S. 100-dollar banknote and a Chinese 100-yuan banknote depicting the late Chinese Chairman Mao Zedong, are seen in a picture illustration in Beijing, China, January 21, 2016. REUTERS/Jason Lee - GF20000103031

Why the trade arithmetic favors China

Friday, May 31, 2019

Trucks and commericial vehicles are unloaded at the Mercato market in Addis Ababa September 11, 2015. Addis Ababa's 'Mercato' - Italian for 'market' - is reputedly the biggest open-air market in Africa, lying in the west of the capital. Supermarkets have sprouted across the city as the metropolis has expanded with Ethiopia's booming economy, but Mercato remains a popular destination for shoppers seeking clothing, electronics and a huge range of other items. It has been around for as long as the city, which was founded at the end of the 19th century, but it took its current form, and its name, from the Italians who invaded Ethiopia in 1935. The Italian occupation ended in 1941. Picture taken September 11, 2015. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri - GF10000267939

Figures of the week: With AfCFTA officially in force, Africa is now the largest free trade area

Thursday, May 30, 2019

A tobacco farmer checks his mobile phone at the start of the selling season at Tobacco Sales Floor in Harare, Zimbabwe, March 20, 2019. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo - RC15DE969D80

Making globalization work for Africa

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly

Thursday, May 30, 2019

Photo: African leaders at Continental Free Trade Agreement signing

Keys to success for the AfCFTA negotiations

Landry Signé and Colette van der Ven

Thursday, May 30, 2019