Free trade seems to have few supporters these days. Though actual trade volumes are recovering from the post-crisis recession and drop in commodity prices, “globalization” has become increasingly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The international order is evolving quickly, with new cooperation mechanisms replacing inferior multilateral frameworks. One major ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about Asian economics and technology news. A man walks past the logo of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) at ...

Progress in global trade governance owes a lot to European and US collaboration. But as the US renounces its role of chief trade architect, the EU must consider alternative options After the second ...

Today the world is on a knife edge - war and conflict are piercing the heart of our multilateral system and our global confidence. Russia’s war against Ukraine, the war in Gaza and the crisis in the ...

This week I am cheating—producing a column written by someone else. There are two reasons for that. I have been out of town for a conference, making it hard to find time to write, and the fact sheet I ...

The international order is evolving quickly, with new cooperation mechanisms replacing inferior multilateral frameworks. One major trend has been the “minilateralization” of multilateralism, whereby ...