A new year brings new developments in trade. Four CFR experts highlight the trade policies they will be monitoring this year.

Policies meant to lure importers to Hainan, a resort island off China’s coast, signal an opening up, Beijing says. One expert calls it a “bait and switch.” ...

Editor’s Note: Katherine Tai has spent decades working on trade issues, including as U.S. Trade Representative in the Biden administration. She ushered in the first “worker-centered" trade policy in U ...

Debates over world trade often conflate two distinct issues. The first is how to expand the efficiencies that occur when international trade is broadly balanced and countries are able to benefit from ...

This article is based on a podcast recorded August 22, 2025, featuring a conversation on the complex world of international trade with WBD (UK) Partner Peter Snaith, WBD (US) Partner Alan Enslen, and ...

BOSTON — The Institute for Business in Global Society (BiGS) will hold its second debate this year on Nov. 5, taking on a timely question: Will higher tariffs create a better future for the United ...

Thanks to its free trade policy, Morocco has undeniably become the economic bridge between Europe and Africa. While the results of this approach are well illustrated in the industrial sector, the ...

Discover Frederic Bastiat's influence as a 19th-century economist known for critiquing protectionism and promoting free trade ...

Globalization’s first age some 200 years ago sheds light on today’s turn toward economic nationalism The “first age” of globalization was beset by contradictions. In the 60 years or so before World ...