"In December, Israel and Jordan signed an agreement to facilitate Jordanian exports to the West Bank."

"For companies depending on fast, small deliveries, the costs of new Brexit trade rules are mounting."

>"African countries are struggling to implement the African Union’s protocol on free movement four years after its ratification."

>"Michael Spence points to a fundamental shift in growth dynamics that will profoundly affect trade, employment, and inflation."

"After a remarkably strong performance in 2021, financial markets now seem to be coming to terms with the likelihood that fiscal and monetary policies will tighten in 2022. Though a bearish outlook may not yet be warranted, the possibility _...Read More_

"Takatoshi Ito urges the US to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership."

>"A prominent Republican economist admits that open markets have hurt some people. But tariffs, he says, aren’t the answer."

"In Geneva, the U.S. wants to reform so-called special and differential treatment at the World Trade Organization."

"Large-scale job losses in the US due to trade with China will lead to enduring demographic and political aftershocks without the implementation of policies that promote widespread job growth."

"With Omicron we’re facing the same old argument about whether to protect people’s livelihood in face of a crisis"

"Beijing is joining U.S. allies including Japan and Australia in a new Asia-Pacific trade agreement."

>"At the heart of the conflicts is the sway progressive Democrats and labor unions hold with the president, economists and others say" >"At the heart of the conflicts is the sway progressive Democrats and labor unions hold with the _...Read More_

>"The Biden administration is expected to face scrutiny as it decides how to enforce a new ban on products made with forced labor in the Xinjiang region of _...Read More_

"Beijing joined the trade organisation because it accorded with domestic reforms envisioned at the time by state leaders. Today the titans of Wall Street are doubling down on their Chinese exposure as China is further encouraged to reform _...Read More_