Tag: Trade Policy & Agreements

U.S. President Donald Trump’s second trade blitzkrieg this week, after resuscitating his plan to enact sweeping tariffs on much of the world, was to announce 50 percent import duties on ...

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: U.S. President Donald Trump hosts a surprise African leaders’ summit in Washington, anti-government protests turn deadly in Kenya, and Nigerian ...

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at U.S. trade threats, French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to the United Kingdom, and deadly protests in Kenya. Deal or No Deal U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday ...

This may be crunch week for U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to remake the global trading order, with a self-imposed July 9 deadline to reach deals with hundreds of countries ...

Baltic coastal states are stepping up their legal enforcement measures to further pressure Russia’s continued use of a so-called shadow fleet of tankers to circumvent Western sanctions and fund its ...

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s South Asia Brief. The highlights this week: The United States and India try to clinch a major trade deal, a high-level phone call provides a window into ...

With U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to strike Iran’s nuclear sites, Washington’s attention has shifted back to the Middle East once again. That wasn’t the game plan. It was during ...

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at Thailand’s political instability, trade concerns in the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, and controversy over a satirical cartoon in Turkey. Deferential Tone Thailand’s ...

After U.S. bombers hit three key Iranian nuclear facilities over the weekend, the world immediately began worrying about shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. The shipping industry, though, reacted more ...

The world breathed a sigh of relief on May 12 when, after negotiations in Geneva, the United States and China initially agreed to a 90-day pause in their trade war, ...