Tag: Economics

It is hard to keep track of all the tariffs that U.S. President Donald Trump is announcing or enacting these days. On top of the 10 percent tariffs that he ...

Germany’s election campaign has focused on topics ranging from the welfare state and retirement benefits to tax levels and, above all, migration. But those policies seem somewhat beside the point ...

Chinese billionaire Jack Ma’s reappearance has sparked speculation about Beijing easing pressure on the private sector, but the real story runs deeper. Alibaba, Ma’s company, remains a potent symbol of ...

Around $5.4 trillion of payments are made every year through the U.S. government’s secure payment system, which is run by the Treasury Department’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service. It’s normally ...

The current price for a pound of Arabica coffee beans on international commodity markets is $3.84. That’s an all-time high and a boon for coffee producers. But those commodity prices ...

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at how Canada might fare from hefty U.S. tariffs, heated competition in the artificial intelligence race, and U.S. President Donald Trump’s displacement ...

Halfway through his third (nonconsecutive) term, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is dealing with significant economic trouble. Although markets have recovered somewhat in recent weeks, at the peak ...

According to conventional wisdom, South Korea is caught between its long-term ally, the United States, and its largest trading partner, China. Though South Korea cooperates with the United States for ...

Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Latin America Brief. The highlights this week: Mexico thwarts U.S. tariffs for now, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio takes his first tour of the region, and ...

U.S. President Donald Trump’s second-term trade war officially began on Tuesday with fresh tariffs on China and retaliation from Beijing, but that’s only a small sample of what lies ahead. ...