protectionism

A global cartel of nickel-producing countries would be much more complex, difficult to organise and could be undercut at any time by a single member or simply by the vagaries of the market. Not every nickel-producing country is going to…

For several years now, India’s annual budget — presented at the beginning of the year — has included a few lines that dismayed economists. Successive finance ministers have raised tariffs, reversing a quarter-century-long trend dating back…

Hong Kong CNN  —  China has challenged a move by the United States to block sales of advanced computer chips and chip-making equipment to Chinese companies by launching a trade…

London CNN Business  —  The world’s biggest economic relationship has hit a rough patch. The European Union and United States — together responsible for one third…

President Emmanuel Macron begins his three-day state visit to the US on Wednesday bolstered by shared bilateral visions on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and China’s assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific. But President Joe…

Chairman Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Noor Alam Khan chairing a session in this undated photo. — Twitter/NAofPakistan/FileISLAMABAD: The government, pursuing an extreme protectionist approach, has slapped up to 500% more taxes on…

Mr Lee was speaking at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, held in Kigali, Rwanda, on post-COVID recovery. The supply chain shocks caused by COVID-19 led to an “unhappy experience” for countries and shook their confidence in…

As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine helped push global agricultural prices to soaring heights, some Asian governments restricted the export of products they viewed as essential to domestic food security.For Indonesia it was cooking oil. For…

TOP GROWERS The fastest-growing economies in 2021 were Argentina, Turkey, and India, which expanded by 10 per cent, 9.5 per cent, and 8.3 per cent, respectively. But growth after a crash needs to be interpreted carefully. Much of last…

Convened by the WEF's Trade and Investment community, business leaders called for higher global ambition for trade cooperation. Governments across the world must rise above geopolitical tensions to re-engage on trade reforms while…